Talk:Columbia College

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CC Admissions

To Absentminded, why did you remove the part that said the CC admissions rate is the 2nd lowest in the history of the Ivy League? Reaganaut 17:07, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

I made the edit for the following reasons-
  • I removed the part about regular decision because 8.9% is the total admission rate for CC. The RD rate is even lower.
  • I removed the comparisons to Harvard and Yale because they're dishonest at best, and factually wrong at worst.
  • Harvard and Yale (as well Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown) all include their engineering students in their reported statistics. Granted, this is because engineering is a division in the university, and not a separate school. You just declare an engineering major when the time comes. You're admitted to the "college" in general when you apply.
  • However, Penn and Cornell are similar to Columbia in respect to having a school of engineering with separate admissions processes. Even then, both include those statistics in their overall admissions (as well as all of their other divisions...)
  • Therefore to use just CC's rate in comparison with other schools' overall rate is not a fair comparison, and amounts to dishonest self-aggrandizement (in my opinion). I hope this justifies my edits.
  • If you tried hard enough I'm sure you could find a lower isolated rate. Perhaps Wharton? Absentminded 19:28, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
  • Thanks for the clarification. I agree with all of your points. Reaganaut 21:27, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

Removed the part about most selective school at Columbia. Visual Arts MFA, MD, and DDS programs are all more selective as of last year. Absentminded 23:59, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Where are you getting all your stats? They may be useful for other pages... Pacman 10:54, 9 April 2007 (EDT)