<p>Stats are up in another thread, and also on the Spectator. Fewer applicants applied this year (by a couple hundred)… but that’s all I remember. XD</p>
<p>605 accepted, 3088 applied. 19.6% acceptance rate, more brutal than in previous years. via Columbia Spectator.</p>
<p>The race to the bottom is so ridiculous. This essentially means that Columbia is shrinking its class size to maintain a stupid-high US College and World Report ranking, because people are stupid enough to believe that that ranking actually matters. </p>
<p>US College and World Report has actively made our lives worse.</p>
<p>To excited to post all myyy stats, BUT just a summary:
1810 SAT (lol), 3.12/5.00 weighted GPA, 3.22 unweighted.
ECs: 10 varsity letters (4 basketball, 4 football, 2 track). Captain 4 seasons.
(Athletic recruit.)
African American. Underprivlidged Racial Minority.</p>
<p>CLASS OF 2016 BABY!!! Can’t wait</p>
<p>^^Seems like a ■■■■■ who’s against Affirmative Action…</p>
<p>@Philliphassler: I feel bad for people who have nothing better to do with their time than try and make people angry at them and start a stupid fight with them. Not only is it extremely pathetic, its also kind of sad.</p>
<p>How much do y’all think it’s safe to let grades slip?</p>
<p>I would say no more than a letter grade to be safe, and try to keep everything in As and Bs? But meh, what do I know.</p>
<p>B- all the way</p>
<p>Just wondering if it was Columbia’s standard procedure to have the local admissions officer send accepted ED students a personal note. Anyone get one?</p>
<p>@itsthatime yes, I got one on Friday! 
It was sweet. <3</p>
<p>@brandnew3773 I couldn’t agree more. I may have my own beliefs on affirmative action, but trying to incite CCers against others based on lies is shameful. It’s no one here’s fault how college admissions are conducted.</p>
<p>^itsthatime,
I also got a letter from my admission officer. I was also wondering if it is the standard practice. Anyway I am happy to get letter. It is a nice gesture from Columbia.</p>
<p>After i got in cornell, i dropped 14 points in AP Economics (from a 93 to 79) and 5 points in AP Chem (from 85-80). The only class I went up in is AP Calculus because it’s the only class where completely stopping taking notes really doesn’t affect the grade at all. (for me at least)</p>
<p>Got an email from Class of '06 alum to schedule an interview a week after deferral. Sure it doesn’t mean much for the RD round, but it is better than NOT getting an interview.</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter, Glido!</p>
<p>To those accepted: did you guys get anything else in the mail after the acceptance letter? I’m just wondering what I’m missing out on because I’m on vacation. </p>
<p>Happy holidays cc!</p>
<p>I got a personal letter from my admissions officer. Everyone gets one, and they personalize it with a note in pen on the bottom!</p>
<p>Wow, thanks. You’re awesome, columbiafan :-)</p>
<p>Happy holidays guys… let’s attempt to ignore all of the “~what you should know~” threads from upperclassmen who seem to think that it’s their duty to make us all hate the school before we get there.</p>
<p>^ bitter, cause all the posts seem to be either overwhelmingly (and almost fakely) positive, or RAWR COLUMBIA SUCKS RAWR</p>
<p>can you guys post your stats?</p>