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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally agree that Colgate is the best. I am guessing Colby may have had a good run in the ratings lately and it is a good school.  But Colgate is little 3 and those (Willams and Haverford being the other two) go way back as very good schools. Their alumnae communities are great and they are traditionally feeders to Ivy Grad schools.  In my private prep school experience, Colgate was for good students who were smart.  Kenyon and Colby were for decent students who weren't dumb.[/quote]

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My daughter looked at Colgate and was originally quite taken with it.  After a visit, however, her impression was that a number of students were slackers -- kind of lazy, intellectually incurious.  [b]Several with whom she spoke were taking the same classes that they had taken in high school[/b], "to get good grades."  She decided to drop Colgate from final consideration.  I know this is only her subjective impression, but it was the decider for her.[/quote]

That's true at many of the Ivies and other selective colleges too, because many don't accept AP credit so kids end up retaking classes. Presumably they learn something new that they didn't learn in AP but for some of my DC's friends that doesn't seem to be the case.[/quote]

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