<p>I think RD this year is going to be higher unless Columbia is dead-set on establishing themselves as equally selective as HYPSM. This is something that you can’t just change in a few years, so the low acceptance rate for the class of 2015 may just have been as a consequence of shifting to the Common App. </p>
<p>Regardless, my guess is the acceptance rate is going to be higher for the class of 2016 in both ED and RD rounds.</p>
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<p>Columbia is actually in the upper west side in a neighborhood known as Morningside Heights. It’s still in the borough of Manhattan, but in my opinion, Morningside is more quiet than central Manhattan, Greenwich Village (which is where NYU is) and the majority of Manhattan. You’re visiting the campus soon, so judge for yourself, but I think Columbia still feels very much like a campus and not so much in a city,</p>