Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year

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Anonymous wrote:A poster said that because Colby students aren't known for being focused on career, it was like a continuation of high school. At first, I thought that was quite the insult. Then, well maybe?

DC attended a small (relative to public) and rigorous private school with strong faculty relationships and community. So, yes, it's been quite a similar experience at Colby. And I think that's great.

He knows each of his teachers and advisors from both majors well -- just as he did at his DC private. He shows up if they do a reading from their recently published book or goes to dinner with a visiting lecturer. He's been networked in (through the amazing Davis Connects) to some fantastic internships and study abroad. He found a challenging and unexpected second major that is "for fun." Like most Colby students, he glories in the outdoor life of hiking and skiing. While he is working hard, he is also having the time of his young life.

He'll soon go on to graduate school at a much bigger place where he'll experience thrill of being utterly unrecognized by his professors. But that'll be just fine. Because he'll be a 22 year old who is confident and well prepared. He'll have tired of life in rural Maine and be ready for the adrenalin of the big city.

While he is ambitious, he also knows that life is long. It should not be a rush to build the resume. Colby has given him the ability to explore his interests and come to a gradual decision about how he wants to spend his professional life.

So you are basically saying Colby is the equivalent of a fancy prep school. I think your kid needs to get out of his wealthy bubble and experience real life

Easy to say, except basically every other post around here is asking how to enter that bubble. Some people live an entire life in there, tends to work well.

If you are happy with that, great. Some of us are not impressed with that set up and gravitate towards more interesting environments

Sounds fine to me. Colby is good for a certain wealthy and white private school crowd. Nothing wrong with that in theory. Some kids are looking for an extension of their fancy prep school experience while others are interested in exploring untested waters

I think if you are first gen or a POC attending Colby, you get to take advantage of the Davis Connects program that leverages the strong alumni network. I’d recommend you check it out. You may change your views about the college.

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Number of applicants to Colby class of 2019: 7,591

Number of applicants to Colby class of 2028: 19,188.

That’s quite a difference over 9 years. Why? New buildings? New programs? Marketing? Can’t think of many other schools with such a large percentage increase in applications in that time period.

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What’s interesting is that despite Colby’s ridiculously low acceptance rate, most of the kids who got in at my kid’s school were WL or rejected at Bowdoin, Middlebury, Williams, and Amherst, and there were a LOT who applied to many in this group. Considering their good yield, they must have a really good algorithm that helps maximize yield.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s interesting is that despite Colby’s ridiculously low acceptance rate, most of the kids who got in at my kid’s school were WL or rejected at Bowdoin, Middlebury, Williams, and Amherst, and there were a LOT who applied to many in this group. Considering their good yield, they must have a really good algorithm that helps maximize yield.

They come back and ask for more stuff as decision time gets closer, e.g. you could get a letter saying you are a strong candidate for Presidential Scholar (that is not financial but an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member from day one) and they go on to say: if interested, please let us know which professors you would like to work with on what research projects. Obviously, anyone who is interested enough to complete this will be a better candidate from a yield point of view. My DD completed all this because as an Asian candidate pre supreme court decision she felt she had to jump through every hoop. Ultimately went somewhere else though.

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Anonymous wrote:IS Colby the new Harvard?

Nowhere near it

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My DS applied to Colby after we were blown away by a visit there. It’s small but the facilities are impressive. The professors seemed very invested in their students. DD desperately wanted to go there, but got rejected. She’s too 10% at her HS so we were a bit surprised but she’s happy where she is (BC).

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Anonymous wrote:It’s all about ED2. Everyone I know who has gone and especially this year are those who didn’t get into Bowdoin or Middlebury in ED1. Still selective, but a back up for the more selective.

Or got in RD and went because were shut out of T30sunis/T15LACs in RD.

Yeah.. I know a few kids who didn't got into any T21 LACs in RD. such as Haverford, Colgate, Carleton.. but got into Colby. I don't know what algorithm Colby uses.

Also, Colby doesn't publish CDS so we dont know how many internationals?

10% of the class of 2027 was international. They release these stats every year on their website.

https://afa.colby.edu/apply/college-profile/

The question is not what percentage of enrolled students are international, but rather how many applicants. I’d guess 40-50%, but we’ll never know because Colby will never tell us.

Name me a school that publishes the number of international applicants. If you can’t point to one then you are singling out Colby for no reason, indicative of your blind bias. Proving you are a Colby troll. Go ahead.

Middlebury provided some detailed info about international applicants this year. They received applications from 156 countries, and apps from the top ten totaled 2,424.

https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2024/02/inclusive-admissions-and-incoming-class-update

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Why doesn’t Colby publish its common data set?

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Anonymous wrote:What’s interesting is that despite Colby’s ridiculously low acceptance rate, most of the kids who got in at my kid’s school were WL or rejected at Bowdoin, Middlebury, Williams, and Amherst, and there were a LOT who applied to many in this group. Considering their good yield, they must have a really good algorithm that helps maximize yield.

Could you clarify what you mean by “Most of the kids who got in [to Colby] at my kids school”? Do you mean over several years of admissions or just this year? It’s highly unlikely that Colby accepted more than 1-2 kids from a school unless it’s a New England feeder. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Colby publish its common data set?

Not sure, but if you are interested in data about Colby, they publish a college profile every year with much of the data you would find in a CDS. https://afa.colby.edu/apply/college-profile/

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Anonymous wrote:It’s all about ED2. Everyone I know who has gone and especially this year are those who didn’t get into Bowdoin or Middlebury in ED1. Still selective, but a back up for the more selective.

Or got in RD and went because were shut out of T30sunis/T15LACs in RD.

Yeah.. I know a few kids who didn't got into any T21 LACs in RD. such as Haverford, Colgate, Carleton.. but got into Colby. I don't know what algorithm Colby uses.

Also, Colby doesn't publish CDS so we dont know how many internationals?

10% of the class of 2027 was international. They release these stats every year on their website.

https://afa.colby.edu/apply/college-profile/

The question is not what percentage of enrolled students are international, but rather how many applicants. I’d guess 40-50%, but we’ll never know because Colby will never tell us.

Name me a school that publishes the number of international applicants. If you can’t point to one then you are singling out Colby for no reason, indicative of your blind bias. Proving you are a Colby troll. Go ahead.

Middlebury provided some detailed info about international applicants this year. They received applications from 156 countries, and apps from the top ten totaled 2,424.

https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2024/02/inclusive-admissions-and-incoming-class-update

This link doesn’t provide the total number of international applicants to Middlebury. They must be gaming the system.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s all about ED2. Everyone I know who has gone and especially this year are those who didn’t get into Bowdoin or Middlebury in ED1. Still selective, but a back up for the more selective.

Or got in RD and went because were shut out of T30sunis/T15LACs in RD.

Yeah.. I know a few kids who didn't got into any T21 LACs in RD. such as Haverford, Colgate, Carleton.. but got into Colby. I don't know what algorithm Colby uses.

Also, Colby doesn't publish CDS so we dont know how many internationals?

10% of the class of 2027 was international. They release these stats every year on their website.

https://afa.colby.edu/apply/college-profile/

The question is not what percentage of enrolled students are international, but rather how many applicants. I’d guess 40-50%, but we’ll never know because Colby will never tell us.

Name me a school that publishes the number of international applicants. If you can’t point to one then you are singling out Colby for no reason, indicative of your blind bias. Proving you are a Colby troll. Go ahead.

Middlebury provided some detailed info about international applicants this year. They received applications from 156 countries, and apps from the top ten totaled 2,424.

https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2024/02/inclusive-admissions-and-incoming-class-update

This link doesn’t provide the total number of international applicants to Middlebury. They must be gaming the system.

What system, exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Colby publish its common data set?

To hide something, that in turn Colby can use to create hype around selectivity, yield, scholarship, fin aid, outcome, graduation rate.. so many things one can manipulate if CDS is not available.

Colby tbh is overhyped college.. wonder why its still ranked 25!!

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t Colby publish its common data set?

To hide something, that in turn Colby can use to create hype around selectivity, yield, scholarship, fin aid, outcome, graduation rate.. so many things one can manipulate if CDS is not available.

Colby tbh is overhyped college.. wonder why its still ranked 25!!

Tell us exactly why it is "overhyped". Tell us why its education product is inferior to its reputation or ranking.

I bet you can't.

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Anonymous wrote:A poster said that because Colby students aren't known for being focused on career, it was like a continuation of high school. At first, I thought that was quite the insult. Then, well maybe?

DC attended a small (relative to public) and rigorous private school with strong faculty relationships and community. So, yes, it's been quite a similar experience at Colby. And I think that's great.

He knows each of his teachers and advisors from both majors well -- just as he did at his DC private. He shows up if they do a reading from their recently published book or goes to dinner with a visiting lecturer. He's been networked in (through the amazing Davis Connects) to some fantastic internships and study abroad. He found a challenging and unexpected second major that is "for fun." Like most Colby students, he glories in the outdoor life of hiking and skiing. While he is working hard, he is also having the time of his young life.

He'll soon go on to graduate school at a much bigger place where he'll experience thrill of being utterly unrecognized by his professors. But that'll be just fine. Because he'll be a 22 year old who is confident and well prepared. He'll have tired of life in rural Maine and be ready for the adrenalin of the big city.

While he is ambitious, he also knows that life is long. It should not be a rush to build the resume. Colby has given him the ability to explore his interests and come to a gradual decision about how he wants to spend his professional life.

So you are basically saying Colby is the equivalent of a fancy prep school. I think your kid needs to get out of his wealthy bubble and experience real life

Easy to say, except basically every other post around here is asking how to enter that bubble. Some people live an entire life in there, tends to work well.

If you are happy with that, great. Some of us are not impressed with that set up and gravitate towards more interesting environments

Sounds fine to me. Colby is good for a certain wealthy and white private school crowd. Nothing wrong with that in theory. Some kids are looking for an extension of their fancy prep school experience while others are interested in exploring untested waters

I think if you are first gen or a POC attending Colby, you get to take advantage of the Davis Connects program that leverages the strong alumni network. I’d recommend you check it out. You may change your views about the college.

I have 3 black gfs who are alum. They said that Colby was happy to fund anything they asked for while there. Network appears to be strong also.