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[quote=Anonymous]Here's something to think about. Colby press release for class of 2027 said they took 1100+ kids of which 13% are international and 48% identify as US people of color.

So I think that leaves 39-40% for US caucasian admits.

That's about 450 kids admitted.

They also note that 50 states are represented in the US.  So let's say another 10% of that 450 are from the remote states (Dakotas, Hawaii, Alaska etc).

So now at 400 slots from the populated US states for caucasian admits for class of 2027.

Now then you have recruited athletes and legacies - I assume those are still things are Colby.

So that leaves the question - how many spaces this year went to non-athlete-, non-legacy, bigger city private school kids?

Maybe 100?  Quite possibly less. That would be across all of DC, NY, Boston, Chicago, and the west coast private schools.

The analysis is not meant to be racial (at all) but simply pragmatic. Just to point out how vanishingly impossible schools like Colby are for private school, coastal caucasian kids.

Not a whiny comment so please don't blow me up for this.

Just the facts based on what the school put out and them telegraphing their institutional priorities and frankly the value of these coastal private schools given these odds (if college is your primary lens - and i know it's not for many parents)

I ask the question as a level set for all of the local DMV private school kids (and parents) who applied. And the junior parents who plan to apply next year.

I'm guessing ~50% of the applicant pool to Colby of 18,000 is fighting for these 100 slots.

So perhaps 9000 kids in competition for these 100 slots for private school coastal US caucasian athlete, non-legacy. Good luck with that. Plan accordingly.

These small liberal arts colleges may no longer be the relief valve from tougher Ivies that the Big3 thought they were even 2 years ago

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