Columbia Admits 10
Percent
Columbia College received 19,116
applications, for approximately 1,050 places in the Class of
2012. This is up 5.7 percent from 17,964 a year ago. 2,105
applications were early decision and 17,011 were regular. A
total of 1,660 students were admitted: 454 early decision and
1,206 regular; early decision admissions comprise 44 percent
of the class. The overall admit rate was 8.7 percent,
compared to 8.9 percent last year.
SEAS received 3,463 applications, up 6.3 percent
compared with last years 3,262 applications. 404 applications
were early decision and 3,059 were regular. A total of 609
students were admitted: 142 early decision and 467 regular;
early decision admissions comprise 44 percent of the class.
The overall SEAS admit rate was 17.59
percent.
Combined, there were 22,579 applications to the College
and SEAS, a 5.8 percent increase over last years 21,213. The
overall admit rate for both schools was 10.05
percent.
