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Just returned from graduation of great Colby kids. The ease of admission process clearly swelled the applicant ranks, but the bottom line is that the average SAT is now over 1500, and now the students' ability is on a par with the other leading New England schools like Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Yale, etc.
Most seemed to lack professional plans, but they seemed a joyful lot.

The bolded is a huge, huge leap. I am betting that that average student at Dartmouth, Yale, Amherst, etc. is far more intellectual than the average student at Colby. It's also misleading to post average scores when far less than 50% submit them.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=colby&s=all&id=161086#admsns
It shows 40% SAT submit, and 28% ACT submit.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=amherst&s=all&id=164465#admsns
Amherst shows 35% and 31%.

Not saying Colby is better than Amherst. Want to make correction on test score report.

Minor Point: Many of those submitting standardized test scores will submit both SAT and ACT scores, therefore there is double counting in the above percentages & numbers of matriculated students who submitted standardized test scores.

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Just returned from graduation of great Colby kids. The ease of admission process clearly swelled the applicant ranks, but the bottom line is that the average SAT is now over 1500, and now the students' ability is on a par with the other leading New England schools like Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Yale, etc.
Most seemed to lack professional plans, but they seemed a joyful lot.

The bolded is a huge, huge leap. I am betting that that average student at Dartmouth, Yale, Amherst, etc. is far more intellectual than the average student at Colby. It's also misleading to post average scores when far less than 50% submit them.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=colby&s=all&id=161086#admsns
It shows 40% SAT submit, and 28% ACT submit.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=amherst&s=all&id=164465#admsns
Amherst shows 35% and 31%.

Not saying Colby is better than Amherst. Want to make correction on test score report.

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Just returned from graduation of great Colby kids. The ease of admission process clearly swelled the applicant ranks, but the bottom line is that the average SAT is now over 1500, and now the students' ability is on a par with the other leading New England schools like Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Yale, etc.
Most seemed to lack professional plans, but they seemed a joyful lot.

The bolded is a huge, huge leap. I am betting that that average student at Dartmouth, Yale, Amherst, etc. is far more intellectual than the average student at Colby. It's also misleading to post average scores when far less than 50% submit them.

Just returned from graduation of great Colby kids. The ease of admission process clearly swelled the applicant ranks, but the bottom line is that the average SAT is now over 1500, and now the students' ability is on a par with the other leading New England schools like Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Yale, etc.
Most seemed to lack professional plans, but they seemed a joyful lot.

Anonymous wrote:Just checked online: Only 28% submitted standardized test scores to Colby College.

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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.

+1. it's all gamesmanship. Get as many offers in as you can with promises you can't keep, reject almost all of them + viola! new selectivity numbers? vile

Absolutely disgusting. This who process is just so repulsive and lacking in integrity. I'm dreading it (we are not there yet).

You probably should go through the process, at a minimum, before you judge.

After the process you might feel differently about a school that 1) does not charge an application fee, 2) requires no busywork extra essay from your kid, and 3) allows them to decide whether to submit a score or not. Apply, and if you get in come to admitted students day and see if you like it and then reject THEM if you don't, so 4) no need to drive up to Maine before you are accepted.

Doesn't sound so "disgusting" to me.

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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.

+1. it's all gamesmanship. Get as many offers in as you can with promises you can't keep, reject almost all of them + viola! new selectivity numbers? vile

Absolutely disgusting. This who process is just so repulsive and lacking in integrity. I'm dreading it (we are not there yet).

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Anonymous wrote:Just returned from graduation of great Colby kids. The ease of admission process clearly swelled the applicant ranks, but the bottom line is that the average SAT is now over 1500, and now the students' ability is on a par with the other leading New England schools like Dartmouth, Amherst, Bowdoin, Yale, etc.
[b]Most seemed to lack professional plans, but they seemed a joyful lot.[b]

I guess that’s all that matters when you’re spending $85,000/year.