Anonymous
06/11/2025 22:45
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
HACK (Haverford, Amherst, Colby, Kenyon) schools are the best lacs out there. You might not be in the know if you aren’t used to LACS.
Fell out of my chair laughing. Thank you !
Seriously- you’re leaving out Williams!!!!
Anonymous
06/11/2025 22:37
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
HACK (Haverford, Amherst, Colby, Kenyon) schools are the best lacs out there. You might not be in the know if you aren’t used to LACS.
It’s actually Pomona, Eckerd, Nazareth, Ithaca, Swarthmore.
Why are you threatened by the best LACs in the country?
Pomona and Swarthmore are good quality colleges, no one would deny that, but they aren't HACK
Anonymous
06/11/2025 21:52
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
HACK (Haverford, Amherst, Colby, Kenyon) schools are the best lacs out there. You might not be in the know if you aren’t used to LACS.
It’s actually Pomona, Eckerd, Nazareth, Ithaca, Swarthmore.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 21:31
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
HACK (Haverford, Amherst, Colby, Kenyon) schools are the best lacs out there. You might not be in the know if you aren’t used to LACS.
Fell out of my chair laughing. Thank you !
Anonymous
06/11/2025 21:18
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP is right. Colby is clearly worse than it was 2 months ago. Because USNWR decided different things were more important this year than they were in the past. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
#CollegeRankingsAreStupid
This. The new methodology is dumb. I hope USNWR is on its way to oblivion.
100%
Anonymous
06/11/2025 21:17
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
HACK (Haverford, Amherst, Colby, Kenyon) schools are the best lacs out there. You might not be in the know if you aren’t used to LACS.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 21:10
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
This entire thread is a joke. Haverford is good, but it is not the second best liberal arts college. Like PP mentioned, it’s around T10.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 20:56
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Obv they don’t chase rankings. I give it a plus. Read up on UF and how it rose in rankings (vs just focusing on academics and student experience)
+1, most elite liberal arts college, followed by Haverford
Anonymous
10/08/2024 08:46
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Colby chased the rankings by pushing down its acceptance rate, ensuring a high number of classes under 20 students, that kind of thing. Then US News dropped those criteria from the rankings. It’s still the same very good college it was when it ranked among the top ten SLACs.
This. Colby was well known for playing the USNWR rankings game. And they played it very well.
Revised USNWR criteria are truly ridiculous. But Colby never should have been in any national top ten list. I'm guessing the Colby admissions office is busily working to find and admit every Pell Grant student they can somehow lure to Maine! They will continue to play this game, even if the rules are now absurd.
You both should read the USNWR ranking criteria. Acceptance rate is not a factor.
Anonymous
09/30/2024 11:57
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Anonymous wrote:OP is right. Colby is clearly worse than it was 2 months ago. Because USNWR decided different things were more important this year than they were in the past. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
#CollegeRankingsAreStupid
+1000
I'm not a Colby parent, but I'd like to be. It's a fantastic school with awesome facilities, a beautiful location, and great academics.
Anonymous
09/30/2024 05:48
Subject: What happened to Colby?
Visited all 3. DC liked Colby, hands down. Great athletic facilities, DC talked with the coach and found him the best coach among all. Found Bates ugly and Bowdoin uppity. Will be EDing Colby.