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In 2022, Columbia University celebrated its most competitive admission cycle to date.

Over 40,000 students applied for undergraduate spots, and fewer than 6% made the cut.

The reason for this unprecedented surge might have had something to do with the school's most recent accolade.

U.S. News and World Report had just named Columbia the second best university in the country,

right behind Princeton and tied with Harvard.

But just as Columbia's new freshman class settled into campus, a shocking revelation surfaced.

Their university admitted that it had cheated its way to the top.

I'm Margo Gray.

This week on Campus Files, we explore the extraordinary measures that universities will take to climb the college rankings.

Think about the last time you bought something.

A vacuum cleaner, a mattress, maybe a water bottle.

Chances are you did a little research, sifted through brands,

and tried to find the best option out there.

Well, I suppose we are a competitive society,

and we are very much a consumerist society,

and many of us are status seekers.

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