Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but my kid was accepted to both, chose Colby (had a strong preference for Colby due to student vibe), and now works on Wall Street (had an internship the summer after junior year and then got a return offer before senior year began).

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Even then, it's a banging video, and I'm happy PP shared it. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing!

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I graduated 30 years ago and this video closely resembles my experience there, albeit we had different music and fewer minorities.

I can't remember - did KDR (K too far) become the Mill?

I dunno if KDR became the Mill, seems unlikely. KDR was for nice but a little dorky kids. The Mill was for the not preppy types who were a little out there.

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Anonymous wrote:OP: did your son have to basically complete an application with essay for Colby’s pre read? Also, how long did the pre-reads take and have the coaches given him a deadline?

nope, 2 weeks, nope

submitted test scores, school profile, list/resume of academics and athletics, senior courses (rigor critical) and current transcript

have overnights scheduled at both for september - that’s when deadlines get imposed

Thank you. A coach contacted our son asking to do a preread, just saying er needed to provide some information. The admissions office sent the full application. Curious if you considered other SLACs.

This may be a stupid question but do you have to apply ED?

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Anonymous wrote:OP: did your son have to basically complete an application with essay for Colby’s pre read? Also, how long did the pre-reads take and have the coaches given him a deadline?

nope, 2 weeks, nope

submitted test scores, school profile, list/resume of academics and athletics, senior courses (rigor critical) and current transcript

have overnights scheduled at both for september - that’s when deadlines get imposed

Thank you. A coach contacted our son asking to do a preread, just saying er needed to provide some information. The admissions office sent the full application. Curious if you considered other SLACs.

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Anonymous wrote:We recently toured Colby and my son was turned off by the pronouns. All the tour guides introduced themselves to a room full of people as "my name is __ and my pronouns are __." One girl announced pronouns as "him/his." We also toured Bowdoin and Bates and he got a much better vibe from the kids he met. This is just one data point, but if that is the look that Colby is putting forth as a first impression it tells you the image they want to project.

Were you also there last Saturday? 😃 If not it was the same bunch of guides. However I asked my son about that and he just shrugged it off - “they must have a quota to fill.” He’s not liberal and he liked the campus and the accessibility of outdoorsy activities.

Just so you know, this is a very normal thing at colleges. You usually start any college meeting with name and pronouns.

+100, just common practice since 2019 or so!
I do not think we encountered a single school on tour that did NOT do this.

really? I have toured four schools with my son (Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, and Villanova) and Colby was the only one that did so. it was a turn off.

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Anonymous wrote:We recently toured Colby and my son was turned off by the pronouns. All the tour guides introduced themselves to a room full of people as "my name is __ and my pronouns are __." One girl announced pronouns as "him/his." We also toured Bowdoin and Bates and he got a much better vibe from the kids he met. This is just one data point, but if that is the look that Colby is putting forth as a first impression it tells you the image they want to project.

Were you also there last Saturday? 😃 If not it was the same bunch of guides. However I asked my son about that and he just shrugged it off - “they must have a quota to fill.” He’s not liberal and he liked the campus and the accessibility of outdoorsy activities.

Just so you know, this is a very normal thing at colleges. You usually start any college meeting with name and pronouns.

+100, just common practice since 2019 or so!
I do not think we encountered a single school on tour that did NOT do this.

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Even then, it's a banging video, and I'm happy PP shared it. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing!

+infinity

I graduated 30 years ago and this video closely resembles my experience there, albeit we had different music and fewer minorities.

I can't remember - did KDR (K too far) become the Mill?

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Anonymous wrote:OP: did your son have to basically complete an application with essay for Colby’s pre read? Also, how long did the pre-reads take and have the coaches given him a deadline?

nope, 2 weeks, nope

submitted test scores, school profile, list/resume of academics and athletics, senior courses (rigor critical) and current transcript

have overnights scheduled at both for september - that’s when deadlines get imposed

Anonymous wrote:OP: did your son have to basically complete an application with essay for Colby’s pre read? Also, how long did the pre-reads take and have the coaches given him a deadline?

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Even then, it's a banging video, and I'm happy PP shared it. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing!

+infinity

I graduated 30 years ago and this video closely resembles my experience there, albeit we had different music and fewer minorities.