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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe so many people feel the urge to say such negative things about a school - and probably most of them have never visited or know anything more than the broadest details. Does it make people just feel so good to put others down?  
I hope all you negative people don't have kids that want to go to Colby. We don't need you there to poison the waters.
It is an amazing school with a President who is visionary and strategic about the future. They built a $200M gym for their athletics program that is stunning. They are building tons of new dorms this year. They have a gorgeous new art museum and art facility. They have an amazing freshman orientation trip and a Jan Plan where kids study all kinds of interesting things for a month. They encourage Study Abroad and they have a robust career development/network program. The classes are small, a lot of the teachers are great, kids get a great education. You can ski in the winter and hike in the fall and spring. I only wish I was 20 and my only job was to study and think about where I want to go in life in such an ideal setting.
I think it's awesome that they don't charge an application fee. I mean, come on, everyone complains how greedy it is to have to pay for all those applications!! So, some schools cut it out and now you complain about that??
Really, I feel like we found the best kept secret - although it is clear that it is not much of a secret anymore. We visited most of the SLACs and Colby was easily the favorite. For my child! There are many friends at Middlebury and Bates who love it there too.
I highly recommend if your child is interested that you go and visit and make your own assessment. Hopefully, your child is not picking their college based on whether a place has a 14% acceptance rate compared to an 8% one. [/quote]
Not to mention Waterville, which is probably the worst location for any SLAC in the country. I have tried, and I actually cannot think of a more wretched town where a SLAC is located.[/quote]

It can't be crappier than Lewiston. Yuck.[/quote]

Lewiston, Maine--home to Bates College--is not an attractive location. Personally, I would not send a child there even if offered full tuition.[/quote]

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