East Coast Colleges on the level of UC Berkeley

[beyphy]

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@kei04086

If UC Berkeley is just as prestigious or accepted as Columbia, why is Columbia so much more selective?

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<p>At elite schools, selectivity is based, in part, on yield. Berkeley’s yield is 37.4% whereas Columbia’s is 59.9%. If Berkeley didn’t have another university cutting into its yield every year (i.e. UCLA with 35.2%) I’m sure it would be significantly more selective as well.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/01/30/national-universities-where-accepted-students-usually-enroll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;