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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don’t understand the Colby thing. I know three kids there now who didn’t get into schools with higher acceptance rates (Middlebury, BC and Brown). But maybe the key is that the kids I know are all full pay?[/quote]

Colby is need-aware, has no application fee, and no supplemental essay, so lots of kids just tick that box off to apply using the common app.

It’s also one of the few colleges that doesn’t make public its common data set.

They’re playing games—but acceptance rate has a much lower weight in USNews than it used to, so they’re where they belong in the ranking. [/quote]

I wonder why some thinks Colby is the only school who plays these “Games”.

No application fee schools : Wellesley, Tulane, Carleton, Grinnell, Colorado, Macalester, Smith, Trinity 
Need aware schools: Carleton, Colgate, BU, WL, Wesleyan, Case Western, Bates, Colorado, Haverford, Smith, Pitzer, Oberlin
No Supplement essay : Grinnell, Middlebury, Colgate, Hamilton, Case Western, Oberlin, Bates, NEU, Pitt, wesleyan, Kenyon

To name a few.
Can you just accept the fact that a lot of kids wants to go there?[/quote] All this is true, and yet it's a mystery why Colby should have a lower admissions rate than geographically similar schools with historically much higher recognition  e.g. Bowdoin. Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, Hamilton and even Bates.   [/quote]

My DD toured Wesleyan, Williams, Bates, Bowdion, Vassar and Colby.
I’m sure it’s my kid and my personal taste, but we liked Colby campus the most, including their athletic center and performing art center.
Others might feel that way, too.[/quote]

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