Niyati Roy

CC More Selective Than Ever
Tue, Apr 1, 2008, 12:45am

On Monday afternoon, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions sent out the much-awaited admission packages that had been causing sleepless nights for more than 22,000 hopefuls from across the country and the world.

Barnard Goes Coed—Well, At Least in the Residence Halls
Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 6:36pm

What’s it like for a guy to live in an all-girls dorm? Marcos Garcia, CC ’08, spent a year in Barnard’s Plimpton Hall and lived to share the story.

Q: How many girls did you live with? What was the setup of the suite?

Early Decision Admit Rates Fall
Thu, Dec 13, 2007, 3:27pm

Much-awaited admissions envelopes were mailed out to Columbia’s early decision admits to the classes of 2012 of Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science Tuesday afternoon. According to admissions statistics, the combined admit rate fell slightly from last year.

BC Financial Aid Office Gives Counsel on Loans
Wed, Oct 3, 2007, 3:25am

As private loans gain in popularity, Barnard College introduced an experimental program last year to cut back on the number of students taking out these loans.

Barnard Admits 28% to Incoming Class
Wed, Apr 4, 2007, 12:00am

Barnard College has offered places to 28 percent of 4,572 applicants who applied to become part of the class of 2011. The number of applications received remained about even with last year's figure.

Admissions Stats Break School Records
Thu, Mar 29, 2007, 12:00am

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions was a flurry of activity Wednesday afternoon as admissions officials ran to and fro, transporting large bins full of the highly anticipated thick DHL envelopes that more than 21,000 hopeful applicants all across the world-from New Jersey to Beijing-await wit

CCSC Candidates Urge Financial Aid Reform
Thu, Mar 22, 2007, 12:00am

Parties running in the Columbia College Student Council race have taken up the cause for financial aid as its major advocate group has gone on hiatus.

CC and SEAS Receive 21,213 Applications for 2011
Mon, Jan 22, 2007, 12:00am

For the fifth straight year, Columbia has broken its previous record for the number of applications received in a single year.

Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science received 21,213 applications, a 6.7 percent increase over last year's figures.

Harvard President Search Turns Up Familiar Faces
Wed, Nov 1, 2006, 12:00am

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the dean of Harvard Law School have something in common: they are both speculative candidates to become president of Harvard University.

McDonald's Opens on 104th St.
Mon, Oct 16, 2006, 12:00am

Bustling with excited children and the smell of warm french fries, the new McDonald's on 104th and Broadway is full of activity late on a Sunday afternoon.

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