Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
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Anonymous
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https://news.colby.edu/story/class-of-2027-admitted-to-colby/
6% admitted, considerably down from 28% nine years ago  Lower than Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Williams, and Amherst...
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Anonymous
| Do they admit a large percentage through ED? If so, their overall admit rate will be very low. Especially if they don’t charge an application fee and/or require supplemental essays. Not sure what Colby does. |
Anonymous
| Why can’t I find a recent CDS from Colby? Sus. |
Anonymous
No fee or supplemental essay. They exploit the system as much as possible to push their acceptance rate low. |
Anonymous
They don’t publish one anymore but you can find data on College Navigator. |
Anonymous
| IS Colby the new Harvard? |
Anonymous
| Colby is a poor man’s Bowdoin and always will be. |
Anonymous
| The investment that school is making/has made in the past couple of years is unbelievable. The athletic center is like something you’d see in the Big Ten. Up and coming is the phrase that comes to mind. |
Anonymous
They are literally the only school that doesn’t. What are they hiding? |
Anonymous
| Yeah. Not credible. |
Anonymous
| When we visited this past summer, it was standing room only at admissions presentation. Felt like a very crowded trade. I guess it was |
Anonymous
This, my student got lots of solicitations from Colby, |
Anonymous
| It’s free to apply. They are gaming it. Tiny school. |
Anonymous
| 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. |
Anonymous
Eww, that's really gross. I think less of Colby after reading this. |