Reached at her Brooklyn, N.Y., home yesterday,Yatrakis refused to confirm the accuracy of theTimes report.
Drusilla Blackman, director of admissions atColumbia College and Susan Foight, a member of theadmissions committee, also declined to commentyesterday.
Columbia spokesperson Fred Knubel issued abrief statement, saying that "it is the policy ofColumbia to ensure and individual's privacy not tocomment on an individual's application to theschool and not to disclose whether or not aspecific application has been received."
Columbia acceptance letter, however, was sentto Grant before the faculty committee voted torevoke Grant's application. It is unclear whetherher acceptance to the school still stands.
Dickson said Grant has been accepted to severalschool, but refused to specify which.
"It's not fair to the school or to Gina,because you don't wan a media frenzy at the otherschools," Dickson said