Correct. No merit aid at Colgate. Some athletic scholarships though. Of course those kids were admitted in ED.
accepted!! 
SAT: 1460, GPA: 3.95
awesome ecs and LOR. I think my essays were pretty good too! Congrats to everyone else who got in!!
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I expect the acceptance rate to be 13%. After all, this is Colgate.
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Decision: S22 Rejected
Application Type: EA 11/1
Location: OOS
SAT/GPA: 1460 / 3.6, 8 APs
Good ECs and Recommendations
This was a stretch, so not surprised.
Son did get acceptances from Northeastern, Bucknell, Brandeis, and Case Western, so still very good options.
Good luck to all of you!
Daughter accepted from MA with 36k/year Colgate Grant and is thrilled and grateful! German/Psych/Bio Major
1500 SAT, Many AP and Honors courses, Amazing recs and strong leadership, ECs, and volunteer work. Awards in German. Visited campus for tour in Oct 2021. Wrote 2 of 3 optional Colgate essays.
Other acceptances so far, all with merit $:
Richmond
Conn College
Elon (declined spot)
Waitlists so far:
WashU (accepted spot)
Skidmore (declined spot)
Rejections so far:
Northwestern after ED deferral
Still waiting to hear from:
Emory, Vanderbilt, Middlebury, Yale, Wesleyan
This year has been CRAZY! Wishing everyone luck and sanity in this process. 
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Heard they accepted 2500. Numbers last year were too high so this class will be smaller than normal.
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colgate seems to have a 12% admission rate this year
2621 accepted out of 21260 applicants.
Current Colgate student here, if you are a prospective parent/student or a parent of a student who is deciding on Colgate PAY CLOSE ATTENTION. Colgate is a great school, its academically rigorous and specializes in small class sizes, dedicated professors, personalized research opportunities, and a beautiful campus.
Here are the problems:
A) THE FOOD
The food here is terrible, like not just bad, but terrible. Last weekend they attempted to serve 3 day old Ham (How do I know it was that old?, because it was sitting outâŠ) Furthermore, I know multiple students who have dislodged their jaws or had broken tooths from overcooked burgers/chicken. Additionally, the University refused to compensate the students for their troubles. The food here is terrible, if you dont have the money or a car I would advise against coming here because you are forced to buy a meal plan and canât cook on your own ANYWHERE on campus. They say the commons have kitchens, but they are only open once a semester.
B) THE HOUSING
The housing and associated offices of residential life are terrible, students have had things stolen, laundry frequently gets urinated on/stained, and I have heard of multiple students being harrassed/assaulted by roommate and despite having no contact orders were forced to continue living with that person. This is unacceptable. Additionally the department is miserable and terrible at communicating with students. Colgate needs to fix these.
If housing/food are things that matter to you in college AVOID COLGATE.
Anyone still waiting for the waitlist?
I am waitlisted. Any chance to get off the waitlist of Colgate?
By design, Colgate will accept students from its waiting list this year.
I thought they havenât accepted anyone off the waitlist last year?
where have u been deposited?
can you clarify?
Our D is a freshman at Colgate. Lsat yearâs freshman class was WAY overenrolled by something like 150 kids so 900 instead of around 750. I havenât heard anything about how Colgate will manage its yield for this yearâs high school seniors but the school has said that itâs not looking for classes that big again. Best guess is that they accepted fewer kids and adjusted their yield model to hit closer to 750. We donât know yet what that means for the waitlist.
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As with other schools, Colgate will not hit the exact number of students they would like on the first try. To reach this number, they must plan to under-offer initially, with an expectation of some later reliance on its waiting list to reach optimum enrollment. By doing this, they will avoid a significant risk of over-enrollment, which has too many undesirable consequences, especially for students. Last year might serve as an example of these consequences, at Colgate and some other colleges.
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true. But there are still schools out there that didnât anticipate their yield well again this year. On the WL thread, BU said that they are overenrolled again like last year. We assume Colgate was more conservative in its offers this year but donât know yet if they will go to WL. They could have handed out fewer acceptances but had a higher yield and would again not go to WL.
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Iâve received a letter last week that the waitlist will continue till June. Is anyone waiting for WL results?
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Is the letter e-mail?
yes i meant e-mail. did u also receive one?