Colby is the most sought-after LAC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colby credits much of its "transformational change" to its current president, who has held this leadership role since 2014. This may very well represent the case.

Okay, gpt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby credits much of its "transformational change" to its current president, who has held this leadership role since 2014. This may very well represent the case.

Okay, gpt.

You are getting stranger and stranger, kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby credits much of its "transformational change" to its current president, who has held this leadership role since 2014. This may very well represent the case.

Okay, gpt.

You are getting stranger and stranger, kid.

Good try, that was obviously an ai message. Please stop wasting other people’s time with nonspecific nonsense that doesn’t drive any sort of discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby credits much of its "transformational change" to its current president, who has held this leadership role since 2014. This may very well represent the case.

Okay, gpt.

You are getting stranger and stranger, kid.

Good try, that was obviously an ai message. Please stop wasting other people’s time with nonspecific nonsense that doesn’t drive any sort of discussion.

Write your own content, when you are able. Don't tell me how to write mine. And regarding AI generated material, you have yet to be correct with one of my posts.

[Anonymous]

Who is so insecure about where their kid is attending college that they spend the time writing and monintoring a post like this? So weird. Your kid is fine. It's definitely nobody's first choice college--but it's just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a free app with no supplemental essays, so its application numbers are inflated. If you visit and you're full pay (and remotely credible academically), you'll be admitted. Fail either of those conditions and you need a big hook.

This. Not true of T-10 SLACs. I'll add they fill most of their class early, so regular decision is a very hard admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2029, Colby College had over 20,000 applications-that is almost 0.75 to double that of all the WASP colleges, and its acceptance rate is comparable to the most competitive lacs Pomona and Swarthmore! Is Colby going to climb the ranks as the most prestigious liberal arts college? It has the endowment, outcomes, and now application total to back it!

I'm not surprised Colby is on the rise. My DS loved his visit so it's definitely high on his list! Is it one that needs an ED application or is RD ok odds still?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2029, Colby College had over 20,000 applications-that is almost 0.75 to double that of all the WASP colleges, and its acceptance rate is comparable to the most competitive lacs Pomona and Swarthmore! Is Colby going to climb the ranks as the most prestigious liberal arts college? It has the endowment, outcomes, and now application total to back it!

Colby gets three quarters of the applicant total of some other school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2029, Colby College had over 20,000 applications-that is almost 0.75 to double that of all the WASP colleges, and its acceptance rate is comparable to the most competitive lacs Pomona and Swarthmore! Is Colby going to climb the ranks as the most prestigious liberal arts college? It has the endowment, outcomes, and now application total to back it!

I'm not surprised Colby is on the rise. My DS loved his visit so it's definitely high on his list! Is it one that needs an ED application or is RD ok odds still?

You need ed- that’s the only reason it’s admissions process is “competitive.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2029, Colby College had over 20,000 applications-that is almost 0.75 to double that of all the WASP colleges, and its acceptance rate is comparable to the most competitive lacs Pomona and Swarthmore! Is Colby going to climb the ranks as the most prestigious liberal arts college? It has the endowment, outcomes, and now application total to back it!

I'm not surprised Colby is on the rise. My DS loved his visit so it's definitely high on his list! Is it one that needs an ED application or is RD ok odds still?

If considered in terms of probability, RD chances at Colby are indeed slim.

[Anonymous]

Colby also has two rounds of ED compared others

[Anonymous]

First off, Colby is a great and very cool LAC. So this post isn't mean to bag on Colby at all.

But applications to Colby are (a) free and (b) have no supplemental essays. Applying to Colby thus takes almost no time or effort by applicants and substantially expands the applicant pool, which probably includes a lot of applicants who have marginal interest in Colby.

If you look at ED applications, which may or may not be a better indicator of "sought-afterness," Colby does not stand out. According to the Internet, Colby received about 1,000 ED apps for 2,300 students. Whereas, Pomona received about 1,700 ED apps for 1,750 students, Bowdoin was 1,600/1,900, and Swarthmore was 1,400/1,650. And I believe that Colby's ED acceptance rate is significantly higher than these schools. Its yield rate, particularly in RD, is also probably a lot lower. (Colby no longer publishes their Common Data Sets, so I can't say for sure.)

Again, Colby is a great school. But I think the number of applications and admission rate requires a deeper look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a free app with no supplemental essays, so its application numbers are inflated. If you visit and you're full pay (and remotely credible academically), you'll be admitted. Fail either of those conditions and you need a big hook.

This is exactly why my kid's friend applied.

[Anonymous]

All of these tiny LACs should just be called LAC 1, LAC 2, etc. They're all interchangeable and indistinguishable from one another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Colby is now the Big Cheese of the LACs.

+1.