Total applications for the Columbia Class of 2015 rose 32 percent from last year, increasing from 26,179 to 34,587 applications.
A month ago, Columbia accepted a record-low 19.6 percent of early decision applicants from a pool of 3,229 early applications. That record total marked a 7.2 percent increase from last year's early pool of 2,983.
Now with this year's tidal wave of regular applications, which likely can be attributed in large part to Columbia's decision to switch to the Common Application, I think it's fair to say that Columbia's admission rate, 9.16 percent last year, will hit another all-time low. Wow.
