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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so it’s all about no app fee? wes amd midd have no supps and don’t get these numbers. could they be fudging numbers?[/quote]

Also, Hamilton, Grinnell, Colgate have no supps as well.[/quote]

As far as I can tell, none of these schools do tons of marketing to prospective students, nor do they push people to apply ED or spend a lot of time talking about their acceptance rates (or at least Wesleyan and Midd don’t, the two we’ve toured).

Sounds like the application fee is just one element of Colby’s game.[/quote]

Grinnell has both no supps, no fee.

I agree the Colby's game. but for last several years, Colby's yields were pretty good. Last year was around 54%.
I think the high yield means a lot. If people apply only for no fee and no supps, the yield shouldn't be this high comparing with other SLACs.

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I think that when a kid applies to groups of SLACs, Colby will almost never be the first choice. I could see them being ahead of Bates or St Lawrence, but I could never see them getting a kid who also got into Williams/Mid/Bowdoin and I can't see a kid who applies to Colby applying to those schools as well. [/quote]

My kid was accepted to Middlebury and Colby and went to Colby. No regrets whatsoever [/quote]

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