Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 23:19     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do they admit a large percentage through ED? If so, their overall admit rate will be very low. Especially if they don’t charge an application fee and/or require supplemental essays. Not sure what Colby does.


No fee or supplemental essay. They exploit the system as much as possible to push their acceptance rate low.



This, my student got lots of solicitations from Colby,



Eww, that's really gross. I think less of Colby after reading this.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:42     Subject: Re:Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
It’s all about ED2. Everyone I know who has gone and especially this year are those who didn’t get into Bowdoin or Middlebury in ED1. Still selective, but a back up for the more selective.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:36     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
It’s free to apply. They are gaming it. Tiny school.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:33     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do they admit a large percentage through ED? If so, their overall admit rate will be very low. Especially if they don’t charge an application fee and/or require supplemental essays. Not sure what Colby does.


No fee or supplemental essay. They exploit the system as much as possible to push their acceptance rate low.



This, my student got lots of solicitations from Colby,
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:26     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
When we visited this past summer, it was standing room only at admissions presentation. Felt like a very crowded trade. I guess it was
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:25     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Yeah. Not credible.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:24     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why can’t I find a recent CDS from Colby? Sus.


They don’t publish one anymore but you can find data on College Navigator.


They are literally the only school that doesn’t. What are they hiding?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:23     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
The investment that school is making/has made in the past couple of years is unbelievable. The athletic center is like something you’d see in the Big Ten. Up and coming is the phrase that comes to mind.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:22     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Colby is a poor man’s Bowdoin and always will be.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:21     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
IS Colby the new Harvard?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:21     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Anonymous wrote:Why can’t I find a recent CDS from Colby? Sus.


They don’t publish one anymore but you can find data on College Navigator.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:18     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Anonymous wrote:Do they admit a large percentage through ED? If so, their overall admit rate will be very low. Especially if they don’t charge an application fee and/or require supplemental essays. Not sure what Colby does.


No fee or supplemental essay. They exploit the system as much as possible to push their acceptance rate low.

Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:18     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Why can’t I find a recent CDS from Colby? Sus.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:15     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
Do they admit a large percentage through ED? If so, their overall admit rate will be very low. Especially if they don’t charge an application fee and/or require supplemental essays. Not sure what Colby does.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2023 22:13     Subject: Colby is poised to have the lowest acceptance rate of any LAC this year
https://news.colby.edu/story/class-of-2027-admitted-to-colby/

6% admitted, considerably down from 28% nine years ago Lower than Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Williams, and Amherst...