Today's spec: Admissions stats break school record

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>FYI: here is the link to the article!</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/News/Admissions.Stats.Break.School.Records-2812139.shtml[/url]”>http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/News/Admissions.Stats.Break.School.Records-2812139.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>AARGH!! and they seem so proud of that itsy bitsy number</p>

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<p>Yep. And I noticed on the Yale forum that their apps are down this year: Nineteen thousand, some-odd as compared to over 21,000 last year.</p>

<p>This actually should boost Columbia’s perceived status, I suppose. Doesn’t help the nerves of those waiting to hear, however. </p>

<p>Look at it this way, though: If you get in, GREAT. If not, Columbia has obviously become even more exclusive than in the past and you are in good company.</p>

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<p>It sucks that if you are from North Dakota and you applied to Columbia, from reading that article you know you didn’t get in.</p>

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<p>Just what I was thinking, menunno. At least you don’t have to wait if your from north dakota because they already know the results.</p>

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<p>Sheesh: I didn’t even notice that! That is really an awful way to find out…</p>

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<p>Yeah…picked up on it quick. </p>

<p>Clue a helpless mom again…what’s CAS, SECS or whatever all the schools/decisons?</p>

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<p>Lol about the North Dakotans. Surely they should release this info after a couple days?</p>

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<p>I assume you are talking about SEAS: that is Columbia University’s engineering school ( School of Engineering and Applied Science, I believe); and CC which is, of course, Columbia College (one of the undergrad schools at Columbia University). CAS= not sure about that one or from whence it came. Same for SECS…</p>

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<p>thank you…I’ve read so many acronyms on so many different universities. Daughter keeps me straight but when she’s gone, I’m lost!</p>

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<p>They could’ve just said that admitted students represent 49 out of 50 states and leave the rest to the imagination…</p>

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<p>Spec is hoping they just don’t have internet in North Dakota yet (the print edition should take a few weeks to reach them; it has to go overland via sled-dog).</p>

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<p>Or maybe they didn’t get any applicants from ND, so they it didn’t really matter.</p>

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<p>can we not talk about the 6.8 % admission rate?? i am absolutely terrified!!!</p>

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<p>or 8.6 i mean</p>

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<p>Good luck to everyone waiting!</p>

<p>I include the following quote from the Spec article because it shows that stats are only a small part of the picture and what a huge role luck plays as they try to put together a class, not just judge each applicant on individual record alone. Though not getting accepted always hurts, it is not a personal failure. Perhaps this year Columbia needed tuba players who grew up on farms. </p>

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<p>VERY good point, SAC!!!</p>

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<p>To be fair, Jessica’s quote is the exact same thing you’ll hear from every other top school’s admissions spokesperson every April.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/29/usa.harvard.reut/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/29/usa.harvard.reut/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s officially harder to get in to Columbia than Harvard.</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s crazy.</p>