<p>After a defer from Amherst, I was wondering about wheather to apply to Colby or Colgate for ED2 - mabye Bowdoin, but it seems like a longshot. Which school do you think is better and why? Also, will I even get in?</p>
<p>I am from TEXAS!!!</p>
<p>Here are my stats:
SAT Verbal - 710
Math - 740
Writting - 690
SAT II
Biology M - 800
Math II - 770
World History - 750
US History - 750
AP
World History - 5
US History - 5
Biology - 5
English - 3
Human Geography - 5
Environmental Sciene - 5
Psychology - 5
Senior Year courses - AP Computer Science, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics(micro and macro), AP Statistics, AP English, AP Government (1semster), honors Physics</p>
<p>Class rank 63 out of 694
GPA 4.66(weighted), unweighted - 3.83</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
4 yrs of varsity lacrosse (12 - Vice Presidnet, 11 - Field/Equipment Manager, 11 - Outstanding leadership award, 9 - spirit award)
Freshman mentor - 2 years
Club soccer - 13 years (current co captain)
Teacher assistant at science museum over the summer - 4 years
Student Conservation Assosciation - 5 weeks in alaska
NHS
PSAT Commended Scholar with a 216</p>
<p>Those schools are close enough in academic reputation that I wouldn't make the decision based on which is "better", but which you like the best. You've got a solid shot at all three, but probably the best chance at Colby and the least chance at Bowdoin.</p>
<p>Bowdoin is usually considered the top one among those 3, but it's not by a significant amount. All 3 schools will give you a great education and put you ahead of 98% of the other people who graduate from college the year you do. It's like Bowdoin is a Mercedes, Colby a BMW, and Colgate a Lexus...you're going to get a great ride from any of them. From what I can tell, the biggest difference among them is that the majority of students at Colgate will be from New York and New Jersey, while at Bowdoin and Colby it will be mostly New Englanders (with a lot of NY and NJ people, but nowhere near as many as at Colgate).</p>
<p>You sound pretty unsure about your preferences to be applying ED2. Are you sure you would not rather put up with a longer period of uncertainty, stay in the mix for Amherst RD, and apply RD to C, C, and B, as well as a range of other LAC's?</p>
<p>The majority of students at Colgate aren't from NY & NJ, but the number is probably near 40%, which is most likely at least 50% higher than Bowdoin or Colby. I'm not sure how much different that makes the feel of the school, though. The top six states represented at all three schools are probably NY, NJ, PA, MA, CT, CA, just in somewhat differing proportions. I would agree that its seems more reasonable to apply everywhere RD unless you have a clear-cut favorite.</p>
<p>Neither has a real business major, but Colby does have a program in administrative science that offers some courses like finances, accounting, marketing, and business law leading to a minor.</p>
<p>It depends on what you mean. I get the impression that Colgate has a little stronger, more pervasive network on Wall Street (more of a funnel into investment banking initially and other roles later on). As far as instruction of the faculty goes, I would imagine it's about even. I thinks it's slightly harder to get into Colgate than Colby, at least in terms of acceptance rate, so if you like each equally you probably have a better chance of maximizing your chances by applying to Colgate EDII and then Colby RD if that doesn't work out rather than the other way around. However, less people have probably heard of Colby, so it may have a somewhat more self-selective applicant pool.</p>
<p>People get good jobs at both schools. The impression I get from the people I've known is that more of Colgate goes to NYC and more of Colby goes to Boston; so a higher percentage go into investment banking from Colgate. Not that it's the only good job out there, and in my view, a terrible long-term job, but notice that it's one measure a lot of people on this site like to use.</p>