Columbia acceptance rate drops to record low 3.7 percent after 51 percent spike in applications
Columbia acceptance rate drops to record low 3.7 percent after 51 percent spike in applications Samantha Camacho / Staff Photographer By Irie Sentner | April 6, 2021, 8:32 PM
Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science released offers of admission to 2,218 students on Tuesday, causing the acceptance rate to plummet to a record-low 3.66 percent. Admitted students come from all 50 states and 100 countries.
During the 2020-21 admissions cycle, Columbia Undergraduate Admissions received 60,551 applications, a 51 percent increase from last year. This spike in applications, which peer institutions have also experienced, led the Ivy League to push its joint decision release from its typical date in late March to April 6. This delay, according to a March 10 statement, would allow “Columbia to most effectively and carefully consider each applicant through its compr
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Over 60,000 students applied to Columbia this year. Will the 51 percent spike decrease the achievement gap?
Over 60,000 students applied to Columbia this year. Will the 51 percent spike decrease the achievement gap? Princeton Huang / Staff Photographer By Irie Sentner | March 12, 2021, 7:24 AM
Every year in late March, all eight Ivy League universities simultaneously release undergraduate admissions decisions to tens of thousands of eagerly waiting high school seniors. For many, Ivy Day as it has been dubbed by the admissions community represents the end of a long, stressful, and taxing application process. With a single click, students’ dreams of attending the Ancient Eight either come true or are shattered.