Next month, high school seniors across the country will be looking into whether they have entered their first choice university. But for some students who dreamed of going to Columbia University, acceptance suddenly doesn't sound so hot.
“When comparing Columbia with almost all Ivy Leagues, virtually the other Ivy Leagues win. [in terms of desirability with students] – And even non-Evy like Duke, Emory, Washington [University] In St. Louis, Christopher Lim, a university admissions consultant and CEO of Command Education, spoke to the post.
President Trump cut Colombia's federal funds to suck up the chaotic pro-Palestinian protests, so applicants are considering accepting offers from schools or going elsewhere.
Applicants applied with the knowledge that the campus was closed by a Pro-Palestine camp last spring, but Lim says he didn't think things were that crazy yet.
“A lot of my clients thought things would return to normal now,” he said. “And by the time the school year begins in the fall, who knows? 1,000 things could change again.”
The non-stop drama predicts that many of the families he works with are “unless there's a very specific reason to want to go to Colombia.”
Regular decisions Although results for admissions have not yet been announced, early decision offers have been made over the past few months that require binding commitments from students.
Lim said there are several hopeless parents to backtrack those deals. Fundraising cuts could close labs where children were planning to work on campus, so one family is trying to wiggle.
He added that early permit students trapped in are feeling relieved to see the president crack down on future schools.
“They actually like what Trump does,” Lim said. “They might actually change things, maybe they do.”
The decision to enroll at the Colombian General Studies School, which acknowledges nontraditional students have suspended their education, has also been released.
The 21-year-old from Sydney, Australia, asked him to withhold his name for fear of retaliation, but is on the fence about whether he will be attending Colombia. As an Israeli citizen, he originally applied to represent his community.
“To be Jews on campus, in a way, I thought that by defending on campus and demonstrating for Israel, I could give the power to stab some of the middle fingers,” he told the Post.
However, he is increasingly concerned as illegal protests continue to be rampant. Receiving the acceptance letter on March 1st was not the thrill he had imagined. If I were to be honest about Israel, would the professor grade me differently? ”
His family is strongly opposed to joining him in Colombia. “They want to go there? It sounds like hell. Discrimination is not worth the money,” he said.
He is still waiting to hear from several other universities, including Yale, the University of Washington and the schools in his hometown of Australia. I hope there will be an alternative.
Meanwhile, Rim said some of him Clients view campus disruption as an opportunity.
“I just had one mom say, 'We should have applied to Colombia. It's very easy to get in right now,” he said.
