<p>May I just say how proud we are of our child , and how happy we are to join the Colgate family, after a personal note and acceptance letter arrived in our mail box today. Life is good!!!</p>
<p>Congrats Newport! Unfortunately not such good news for our son (deferred) but maybe he can still join the family in April. Your pride is well deserved - it is a tougher admission than we even thought. Enjoy your day and keep posting. We want to hear all your good news and will keep in the hunt til April.</p>
<p>Still waiting for a letter in northern NJ!! Is an acceptance letter in a bigger heavier envelope or a small one like a rejection letter? Just wondering because I’m so anxious and nervous</p>
<p>It’s in a giant envelope. You know if you got in before you open it.</p>
<p>A hearty congratulations wish for you too, Newport28, and to your child!</p>
<p>I think that your participation in the Colgate family, as you put it, will
prove to be richly rewarding. I remember clearly opening our mailbox
and retrieving my ED acceptance. That also marked the formal start
of life-long engagement with the university’s affairs that has not only stood
the test of time but has “traveled” wherever my international career has
taken me. Indeed, the Colgate community is like a second family.</p>
<p>Good luck to all the other applicants to Colgate- whether you matriculate
there or choose another excellent college or university!</p>
<p>Congratulations! Yes, it’s a big fat envelop, one my daughter enjoyed opening. You almost expect the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to step out and sing “Hallelujah!” Not quite that exciting, but still fun. </p>
<p>And there is a college – a good one you can be proud to attend – for everyone. Imagine the number of talented kids Harvard and Yale turn down every year, about 90% of their applicants. Those admissions offices are really not what they call themselves. They’re really more “rejection offices”. Kind of sad for them, in a way, and for all those who could have attended and been successful but found there is no room at the Ivy Inn. </p>
<p>Which makes it a little easier to be a Colgate admissions person since more are accepted, but still some very good students have to be turned away every year – but those good students do end up at similarly very good schools where they get good educations and are very happy. </p>
<p>Don’t get too stressed or too fixated on one supposedly “perfect” school you can’t live without like a teenager with a crush. As much as Colgate is an excellent school, there are 25 other liberal arts colleges which offer similarly very good educations, and perhaps more than that, where any student would be proud to attend.</p>
<p>Although I went to Colgate, my son was not enamored, and realized that he wants a school with DIII lax and football–applying RD (not early) to several schools. Although the process of applying and writing so many supplemental applications was laborious, in the end he will have choices to compare and contrast. To all of you who were deferred or RD candidates, enjoy the decision making process and take time to visit or re-visit your eventual options.</p>