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[quote=Anonymous]DC Alumnus here. Colgate is a fantastic school, but just like any school, it has strengths and weaknesses. Strengths are academics, specifically the sciences and the ability for students to do meaningful research; the study abroad program, which is rich and almost universally taken advantage of; the tightness of the student body, and subsequently the alumni; D1 athletics and the Outdoor Ed program; and probably most importantly these days, career outcomes. Weaknesses are rural / isolation (which has its advantages, namely the ability to really focus on why you're there, fondly referred to as the "Colgate bubble"), weather (if you don't like winter--it actually is great for skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts, and a still-too-dominant Greek life (again, unless you like that stuff).

On the career outcome front, I went there twenty years ago, and have recruited 50+ Alums into consulting. They almost always thrive and go on to top companies in executive roles. There is something about Colgate students that makes them ideally suited for top-level business jobs, which shows in median earnings data; in 2014 Colgate was 14th in mid-career median earnings, tied with Yale.

RE: the drinking culture that one poster mentioned, this used to be a thing, but is just average now. The University bought all of the houses from the Greek orgs several years ago, and the partying that characterized the 90s is a fraction of what it was. My advice on thriving at Colgate (or anywhere) is to find your "people"--whether that the Maroon-News, a team, a singing group, an art community, or whatever--and fling yourself in with reckless abandon. These tight communities are the ties that bind alumni years later.[/quote]

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