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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Colgate vs Lehigh vs bucknell? [/quote]

Colgate by far.

I say that as someone encouraging my kid to look at Lehigh and Bucknell because she likely won’t get into Colgate. [/quote]

Colgate does not have much in common with either one of those schools.  Bucknell is for rich kids who can't get into the top schools.  Colgate is extremely academic and rigorous.  [/quote]

Colgate used to be for rich kids who couldn't get into Dartmouth. I was one and so where most of the people I knew when I went there. It's a great education and everyone I've known who has gone there enjoyed their time there, but we were very aware that we went to a safety school [/quote]

Yep. Me too. I didn’t apply to any Ivy and while I always wondered what would have happened, I think it was unlikely I wouldn’t have gotten in.

Colgate kids were mostly kids who wanted Ivies and didn’t make it. I felt intellectually challenged at Colgate and I would say that’s the case for most. It’s a tough school with little grade inflation.

Of course there were also a few kids who got into Ivies but couldn’t afford it (schools gave less back then) and “settled” for Colgate.

Many kids go to Harvard for grad school from Colgate.

I tend to think my 3.8 UW GPA, 8 APs and 1340 SAT might not get me into Colgate these days. Back in the 90’s, kids with 1300 SATs often had a chance at Dartmouth, Cornell or Brown. I bet they are tossed aside pretty fast these days even at Colgate.  [/quote]

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