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[quote=Anonymous][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]
Lewiston is bad. Waterville is worse. Keep in mind Lewiston is much closer to LL Bean, Freeport, beaches, and Portland.

Don’t get me wrong, Lewiston would surely be in the top 10 of worst SLAC locations, maybe even top 5. But I am not being rhetorical: is there a worse place than Waterville? I would like to think there is. But I honestly can’t think of one. Nominees?[/quote]

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