Early Decision

CU receives fewer ED applicants for 2016

This year Columbia received 3,088 ED applications, a decrease from last year’s 3,229 applications, of which a record low of 19.6 percent were accepted.

Primary aspirations

As early decision letters are sent out, we should remind ourselves of broader goals.

Admissions Sends Early Decision Packets to Record Pool of Applicants

To the crew of the UPS truck idling along College Walk, the red-fringed envelopes were just another pickup on a busy Thursday afternoon. But for Columbia's early decision applicants, the envelopes contained the life-changing news that they will be attending their first choice school.

Early Decision Admit Rates Fall

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.