Ever wonder why there was a sleeper cell of pro-Hamas Columbia students ready to bang drums, pitch tents and smash windows after the attacks of October 7? Because the university consciously stacked its classes full of activists.
Elite colleges have long combed their enormous pool of applicants for social justice warriors passionate about community activism.
That admissions strategy backfired spectacularly when kids decided to turn their ire on the university itself in the name of the Palestinians. The result has been reputational damage and crippling federal budget cuts .
“Columbia essentially did this to themselves,” college admissions expert Christopher Rim told The Post. “Students involved in a lot of social justice-type activism were really sought after in the past at Columbia.”…