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By Colgatekid (Colgatekid) on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 11:04 pm: Edit

What's up Mr. W? Figured I'd give some input.
GPA=3.76 unweighted, good amt of AP's and honors
SAT=1530 (730 verbal)
SATIIs= 800 Writing, 730 Bio M, 710 Math IC
PSAT=213, Nat'l Merit Commendation
EC's:
-4-year Varsity Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Captain (all three seasons) junior and senior years
-Boy Scouts-Eagle Candidate
-Outdoor Club, co-president
-Research Assistant, Mt. Sinai Med School, conducted research on Alzheimers
-4 years Wind/Jazz Ensembles(adv. band)
-Sunday school teacher
-SADD

Deferred EA from Yale, accepted ED2 at Colgate (recruited for track, probably helped).

GO RAIDERS!!!!!

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 09:09 am: Edit

Way to go, Colgatekid!! Congratulations -- and you're gonna love the next four years of your life!!

By Fessirerum11 (Fessirerum11) on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 12:37 pm: Edit

ok question everybody. what's the social atmosphere at Colgate? I know theres a huge emphasis on sports... is there a lot of drinking? I'm not adverse to alcohol... but its difficult to abstain or at least take in moderation in an immersion situation. From what i've heard there's obviously a lot of drinking everywhere but how prevalent is it on the Colgate campus?

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 11:06 pm: Edit

Check out the other threads in this Colgate forum and look at the past discussions of this topic --

By Onemanarmy (Onemanarmy) on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 08:25 pm: Edit

Accepted
SAT I: 1440 (780, 660)
SAT II: (750, 750, 740, 620)
U/W GPA: 3.96
Rank: 5/715

By Caligirlatheart (Caligirlatheart) on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 06:19 pm: Edit

Has anyone else heard?

By Trubluluder93 (Trubluluder93) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 06:00 pm: Edit

got it today, fed-ex'ed
SAT- 750 M 690 V, 770 US History 700 II/C 670 Writing 660 M Bio

gpa- 3.96, ranked 30 of 421

By Crnllorbust (Crnllorbust) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 09:10 pm: Edit

they are already sending out decisions?! crap!
do i have a chance: (even though its too late)
1370
sat 2s: 720 math /700 chem/720 writing
3.6 uw gpa

By Onemanarmy (Onemanarmy) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 09:48 pm: Edit

i also got mine today fed-ex'ed

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 11:13 pm: Edit

Onemanarmy, how'd you find out three days ago -- before the Fedex today?

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 11:26 pm: Edit

Onemanarmy, saw your postings on the Middlebury forum and realize that the hockey coach probably tipped you off before Fedex could get to you. Know you applied to Yale & Middlebury, but trust me, you'll be soon yelling, Go 'Gate!

By Culovv (Culovv) on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 11:28 pm: Edit

i got in today.

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 07:27 am: Edit

This was just posted on the Colgate website:


Academic Quality of Accepted Students:

Average GPA (4.0 unweighted scale): 3.7
Class rank: 83% in top 10% of high school class
94% in top 20% of high school class
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31

Middle 50% of SAT:

Middle 50% of ACT:
Verbal 650-730
Math 660-740
30-33


Gender:

Women Men
Applicants 51% 49%
Admitted 53% 47%


Multicultural:

# of Admitted Students % of Admits
Multicultural Total: 502 24%
Asian 10%
Latino 6%
African American 5%
Native American and other 3%


Geography:

Percent of Applications Percent of Admits
New York 24% 27%
New England 20% 19%
Mid-Atlantic 20% 22%
Midwest 8% 9%
Southeast 4% 4%
West and Southwest 13% 15%
International 11% 4%

By Txtaximom (Txtaximom) on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 10:57 am: Edit

So if you didn't receive a Fed Ex yesterday is it over?

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:54 am: Edit

hey guys, i got in yesterday No Fed Ex here tho txtaximom, just regular ol' mail, so don't lose hope yet!

By Txtaximom (Txtaximom) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit

That's great news Caliel! I'm glad there will be some snail mail admits, too. whew!

By Busymom (Busymom) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:26 pm: Edit

Why are some FEDEX and the others snail mail? D's was snail mail too, received on Sat 3/27. Are the fedex'd students more desirable?

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:44 pm: Edit

Only Fedexes are the ones mentioned above by Onemanarmy and Trubuluder, so gotta ask them. Maybe there were problems with their regular delivery service and Colgate accommodated them. Please don't think they were any more special than anyone else; that's not Colgate's style.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 01:26 pm: Edit

I also got fed-ex. I live on the west coast... that may be the reason.

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 01:42 pm: Edit

yeah i live on the east coast, so maybe they snailed us and fedexed west coast...

By Busymom (Busymom) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 04:29 pm: Edit

East Coast too

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 07:26 pm: Edit

Colgate clearly did differentiate among admits (Fedex v. snail mail) and I'm sure they would tell you why. But it doesn't make any difference - an acceptance is an acceptance. Everybody gets to go to the same school. Congratulations to all!

By Darcyg (Darcyg) on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 10:40 pm: Edit

Congrats to my soon to be classmates!! Colgate is amazing (as I am sure you all know) and I can hardly wait...here are my stats
Early Decision I
sat: 1420 (800v 620m)
rank: 1/908
gpa: 4.63 weighted
satIIs: yikes- I proved it's ok to screw up on something
misc: 8 APs, varsity fh, VP Nat'l Honor Soceity, among other extracurriculars
If anyone wants to start talking on a regular basis, especially anyone from the Delaware Valley (I'm 1/2 hour outside Philly)let me know!

By Trubluluder93 (Trubluluder93) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 01:33 am: Edit

i live in WA... state, maybe thats why. fed ex'ed us west coast people

By Legolas (Legolas) on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 02:01 am: Edit

I got in as an alumni memorial scholar yet they sent me the acceptance by USPS.. so IMHO it doesn't matter how they sent it.

By Botoed (Botoed) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 05:35 pm: Edit

what exactly is an alumni memorial scholar? does anyone know?

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 05:45 pm: Edit

You can check but it involves 200 (?) admits who are offered the scholarship --it's explained on the website and in the viewbook.

By Legolas (Legolas) on Friday, April 02, 2004 - 05:48 pm: Edit

alumni memorial scholars are the top 200 applicants.. they get a few privileges and stuff. but I got rejected from almost every college I applied to, so I'm not too happy about it. The financial aid is out of my reach (maybe not with some loans).. so I probably won't attend.

Is the college really paying for the April Days visit? Anyone talked to them about it?

By Culovv (Culovv) on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 05:36 am: Edit

Im gonna call on monday about the visit since im most likely going to go during my spring break. Anyone else planning on going? Colgate looks great but the preppy atmosphere that ive heard about isnt exactly what i was hoping for. Anyway, Im going to check it out for myself.

By Creamer515 (Creamer515) on Monday, April 05, 2004 - 03:01 am: Edit

I'm planning on visiting Colgate but I don't really feel like missing school to go to those April visit days. Rather, I think I'm going during a weekend... still have to call the office to double check though.

By Lalai26 (Lalai26) on Monday, April 05, 2004 - 07:22 pm: Edit

I'm definitely going on the 13th and 14th. Maybe all us CCers should set up a connection.

By Dadofgirl (Dadofgirl) on Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 06:31 pm: Edit

Are people bringing their parents to the visiting days or are the students going by themselves?

By Collegeparent (Collegeparent) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 09:34 am: Edit

Parents are more than welcome at them; special events are set up for parents to talk with the administration and to attend classes, etc. Most definitely, parents should go - but keep some distance so that the kids can mingle and make up their own minds.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:29 am: Edit

Im going alone.

By Culovv (Culovv) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:29 am: Edit

yea...

By Culovv (Culovv) on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 08:25 pm: Edit

Colgate? Colgate?

By Creamer515 (Creamer515) on Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 05:36 pm: Edit

I'm sending in my deposit tomorrow!

By Culovv (Culovv) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 04:28 am: Edit

I'll be doing it sometime this week. Do you have aim? mine is my CC name with one more v.

By Creamer515 (Creamer515) on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 11:16 am: Edit

bump... go gate

By Creamer515 (Creamer515) on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 12:23 am: Edit

*sigh* I must inform you all that I just got into Cornell from the waitlist yesterday, so I will no longer be attending Colgate. But I hope you all have a great time there, it's an awesome place!

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 05:59 pm: Edit

awww well, we'll miss you! But congrats on Cornell!

By Wjb (Wjb) on Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 03:06 pm: Edit

Has anyone received info in the mail on the pre-orientation programs for first years?

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 10:49 pm: Edit

yup

By Wjb (Wjb) on Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 01:09 am: Edit

Caliel -- When did you get it?

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 05:10 pm: Edit

saturday