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Anonymous wrote:We visited all three colleges but our impressions were not as I had expected. Kenyon impressed us the most, but Colgate was disappointing. Our daughter ended up going to Colby.

Why was Colgate disappointing?

Anonymous wrote:We visited all three colleges but our impressions were not as I had expected. Kenyon impressed us the most, but Colgate was disappointing. Our daughter ended up going to Colby.

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As a graduate of Colby College (12 years ago), I'm sure your daughter would receive an excellent education at all three schools. Once she's admitted to all, or some of those schools, try to return and do an overnight stay with students in the dorms and try to get her to get a sense of what is the best fit for her. What does she want to major in? What activities does she want to participate in? Do all, or just some, of those three schools have relevant clubs / teams? What does she most feel at home?

Don't know about Colgate and Kenyon but Colby received a 47 percent increase in applications for the class of 2019 over 2018.

Did they go on the common application?

Colby has used the Common Application for several years, but this year Colby eliminated additional essays on their application. When kids are applying to 10 or 12 colleges, it's enticing not to have to write yet another essay.

I can't understand this decision on a college's part. If I were dean of admissions, I would be adding special essays to help my team determine why applicants were specially interested in my college and whether it would be a mutually beneficial fit. This is especially important to help determine who is really interested in Colby and OK with spending 4 years in an old Maine mill town versus those who are just lobbing another e-application in.

I would assume it is because they are trying to increase the amount of applications they receive. The more applications they receive, the lower the percentage of applicants they need to admit, thus increasing their "selectivity" and raising their position in the rankings.

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As a graduate of Colby College (12 years ago), I'm sure your daughter would receive an excellent education at all three schools. Once she's admitted to all, or some of those schools, try to return and do an overnight stay with students in the dorms and try to get her to get a sense of what is the best fit for her. What does she want to major in? What activities does she want to participate in? Do all, or just some, of those three schools have relevant clubs / teams? What does she most feel at home?

Don't know about Colgate and Kenyon but Colby received a 47 percent increase in applications for the class of 2019 over 2018.

Did they go on the common application?

Colby has used the Common Application for several years, but this year Colby eliminated additional essays on their application. When kids are applying to 10 or 12 colleges, it's enticing not to have to write yet another essay.

I can't understand this decision on a college's part. If I were dean of admissions, I would be adding special essays to help my team determine why applicants were specially interested in my college and whether it would be a mutually beneficial fit. This is especially important to help determine who is really interested in Colby and OK with spending 4 years in an old Maine mill town versus those who are just lobbing another e-application in.

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As a graduate of Colby College (12 years ago), I'm sure your daughter would receive an excellent education at all three schools. Once she's admitted to all, or some of those schools, try to return and do an overnight stay with students in the dorms and try to get her to get a sense of what is the best fit for her. What does she want to major in? What activities does she want to participate in? Do all, or just some, of those three schools have relevant clubs / teams? What does she most feel at home?

Don't know about Colgate and Kenyon but Colby received a 47 percent increase in applications for the class of 2019 over 2018.

Did they go on the common application?

Colby has used the Common Application for several years, but this year Colby eliminated additional essays on their application. When kids are applying to 10 or 12 colleges, it's enticing not to have to write yet another essay.

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But close to 75% of guys at Colgate are in frats.

According to whom or what?

Surely you can do your own research. But here you go. Scroll down.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/colgate-university-2701

Oops. My bad. It is 27%

And 36% of women are in sororities.

That is way too Greek for me!

Still really fucking far from "But close to 75% of guys at Colgate are in frats" which is false by orders of magnitude.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Colgate is considered to be more academic than Colby but not as much as Kenyon. We visited Colgate and it was far out of the way and rather isolated, so my D immediately knew it was not for her. The only other person we know who went to Colgate transferred after first semester

We know 2 kids who went/go to Colby and both are very average students, not at all top students from her class. I don't think it has the same cache as the other two.

Colby is #15 in the US News ranking. Colgate is #22. Both accept approximately 25% of applicants. They are pretty similar except Colgate has a big Greek scene.

Colgate has fraternities and sororities, yes. But I would not call what's there a "big Greek scene."

We will have to agree to disagree. I think Colgate is very Greek.

Then you've never been to a school that is actually "very Greek."

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But close to 75% of guys at Colgate are in frats.

According to whom or what?

Surely you can do your own research. But here you go. Scroll down.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/colgate-university-2701

Oops. My bad. It is 27%

And 36% of women are in sororities.

That is way too Greek for me!

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But close to 75% of guys at Colgate are in frats.

According to whom or what?

Surely you can do your own research. But here you go. Scroll down.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/colgate-university-2701

Oops. My bad. It is 27%

And 36% of women are in sororities.

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As a graduate of Colby College (12 years ago), I'm sure your daughter would receive an excellent education at all three schools. Once she's admitted to all, or some of those schools, try to return and do an overnight stay with students in the dorms and try to get her to get a sense of what is the best fit for her. What does she want to major in? What activities does she want to participate in? Do all, or just some, of those three schools have relevant clubs / teams? What does she most feel at home?

Don't know about Colgate and Kenyon but Colby received a 47 percent increase in applications for the class of 2019 over 2018.

Did they go on the common application?