Columbia considers expanding undergraduate enrollment by up to 20 percent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, no way my kid would go to that activist, crime ridden, hellhole.

They should be able to get to classes without daily protesters taking over the campus and possibly having events like their graduation disrupted.

Any other IVY or top 30 school is better than this place.

It's still like that?

[Anonymous]

This is not good. Columbia has not had a couple of good years. Steer away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not good. Columbia has not had a couple of good years. Steer away.

Are you steering competition away from your DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They had a 4% admissions rate last year (2025). 96% of their applicants were rejected.

This does not count waitlist 1:1 admits, let alone the 1/4 of the school that is General Studies, with its >25% admit rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/11/21/columbia-considers-expanding-undergraduate-enrollment-by-up-to-20-percent/
The University plans to finalize a decision by the time it releases early admissions results mid-December.

Make sure your DC applies to Columbia this year.

Make sure DC does not apply. This is a sinking ship.

There are only two schools: an ivy school, or a non-ivy school.

You probably still need stats to get in even after 20% expansion.

If that makes you feel better. Columbia GS has a 40% acceptance rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They had a 4% admissions rate last year (2025). 96% of their applicants were rejected.

What about losing $100 million per month since Covid as mentioned on the article did you not grasp?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They had a 4% admissions rate last year (2025). 96% of their applicants were rejected.

This does not count waitlist 1:1 admits, let alone the 1/4 of the school that is General Studies, with its >25% admit rate.

Try again.
The waitlist admits barely budged the overall admission rate.

59,616 applied total
2,946 were admitted total
389 of these were off the waitlist

4.3% admission rate without waitlist admits
4.9% admission rate with waitlist admits included

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They had a 4% admissions rate last year (2025). 96% of their applicants were rejected.

This does not count waitlist 1:1 admits, let alone the 1/4 of the school that is General Studies, with its >25% admit rate.

Soon to be 1/2 of the school. I. Sure that’s where they will put the vast majority of new students. Back door all the way.

[Anonymous]

“Columbia is not considering an expansion of General Studies, according to Michael Thaddeus, professor of mathematics. A University spokesperson did not respond to a Spectator inquiry about whether Columbia was considering an expansion of General Studies.”

With Columbia’s recent history, does anyone trust Columbia to tell the truth?

[Anonymous]

Columbia was already bursting at the seams before the expansion of its undergraduate student body. Students struggle with housing, campus cafeteria,and enrolling in required classes. Not a pretty picture. Columbia is probably a school for undergraduates to avoid amid the current, continued, and upcoming choas over at least the next several years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, no way my kid would go to that activist, crime ridden, hellhole.

They should be able to get to classes without daily protesters taking over the campus and possibly having events like their graduation disrupted.

Any other IVY or top 30 school is better than this place.

It's still like that?

No, it is not. DC is a freshman. There’s a lot of misinformation on this board.

[Anonymous]

The DeVry of the Ivy League

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They had a 4% admissions rate last year (2025). 96% of their applicants were rejected.

Test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe Columbia already expanded 15-20% just this last cycle. Now again?

They want to beat Penn and Cornell for the largest ivy?

They wont hit 16k undergrads (Cornell), but they are likely to pass Penn (9.8k undergrads) this year. They are targeting 11-12k based on the leaked details

[Anonymous]

Cornell has indeed had a lot of problems recently, but it is pretty crazy that the Ivies haven’t expanded in so long. Basically anything under a 25% admissions rate is suspect, in my book. The demand is there. The kids are qualified. The schools have a tax exemption because they have a mission to educate. Why not expand? Because your desire to maintain the prestige of a low admissions rate is somehow more important than your mission of educating qualified students??