Colgate University Class of 2016

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR:670 M:660 W:650 … 1330/1980
School Type: Top Public School, NY
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (3.82 w)
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Captain of varsity soccer team, all-conference player of the year
Captain of varsity lacrosse team
Newspaper Editor
Colombia Model Congress
National Latin Honor Society
Nationally Ranked Chess Player
President of Future Business Leaders of America
Website Owner…50,000+ views a month. </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: internet marketing
Volunteer/Community service: st. judes hospital 100+ hours</p>

<p>Essays: Perfect<br>
Teacher Recommendation: Perfect </p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, income bracket: <$25,000</p>

<p>Comments:
Hope this gives some kids hope, didnt think I was gonna get in. URM seems to be big in colgate, as well as extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 - 700M 800CR 750W
[</em>] ACT: 33 (Reported on my transcript, didn’t officially send)
[<em>] SAT II: 770Math II 750Lit 720BioE
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7UW, 4.2W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not sure.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH: 4, CalcAB: 5, Stat: 4, HGeo: 5, CalcBC: 5, Bio: 5, Chem: 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy, AP Physics C, AP Comp Sci A, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Lit.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended, Distinguished AP Scholar, National Latin Exam (I: Gold, II,III: Silver), Played in Carnegie Hall (Violin), some piano awards, if those count.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Orchestra (Concertmistress), Quartet (Violin I), Pit Orchestra (Concertmistress), College orchestra, Quiz Bowl, NHS, writing, art, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Online courses, Cornell Summer College, shadowed a doctor.
[<em>] Essays: Nothing special. Reread them later and facepalmed, actually. xD
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, but apparently good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Fairly typical. Probably rehash of the resume I turned in since she’s got a lot of students to attend to.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Unsure if it made it in time for consideration, but I expect it was good.
[li] Interview: Yes. Mixed feelings on how well it went, however.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, APs, performance at Summer College.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything else probably XD
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Scores, maybe.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Accepted to Carleton today with better aid, so I’ll probably pass on Colgate and (hopefully) free up a spot for someone else. Good luck to everyone, wherever you might end up!</p>

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<p>My son also got his acceptance letter last week. 4/4 now still waiting on 3 more this coming Thursday. Was happy with their offer made it competitive with the other 3 he’s been accepted to Geneseo, Marist and Albany Pharmacy.</p>

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<p>Can anyone comment on the social scene at Colgate? Is there pressure to drink and party? is there any stigma for someone who prefers not to drink?</p>

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<p>ds is there and he is not the drinking type</p>

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<p>I have a close friend who attends Colgate and he doesn’t drink at all. He loves it there!</p>

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<p>My S was accepted. Low GPA (3.5) but a 34 ACT. He has good ECs and established a relationship with our area’s admissions rep. His fathers family has gone there for generations and we didn’t apply for FA, so we were almost positive that he would be admitted (we also are from the area and my FIL is good friends with Gary Ross.)</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted, and good luck to everyone who is going to be going down a different path next year! If my S decides to go to Colgate perhaps you may meet him.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR:640 M:730 W:800 … 1370/2170
School Type: College Prep School, NJ
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 uw
Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>

<p>Varsity Basketball team manager 3 yrs
JV/Varsity Baseball 2 yrs
Jewish youth group 2 yrs
Avid traveler
Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (wrote about it in my essay)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Fro-yo store
Volunteer/Community service: Hurricane Katrina relief work, worked on rebuilding a school in rural Tanzania, worked in an animal shelter in Utah, volunteered for a non-profit organization promoting humanism in medicine</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good I believe
Teacher Recommendations: I think they were great, I never saw them</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Comments:
Really stoked that I got in! I did take all honors classes during my time in high school, but not very many APs (only three altogether). But nonetheless, I’m very happy that I got in! I don’t know yet if I will attend, however, as I’m still waiting from two other schools. Congrats to those who got in and good luck to those on the wait list. For those who were denied, there are so many schools out there and I’m sure you will find a place that best fits you.</p>

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<p>Got in! 2020 SAT. International from India. :D</p>

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<p>Got my acceptance a couple days ago. Does anyone else find this message a bit mysterious? Handwritten on the bottom of my admissions letter: “Someone who knows you well told us you are responsible, motivated, dedicated, and outstanding.”</p>

<p>It was probably just from a rec? It still makes me wonder…</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 34
SAT II: 730 math 1, 720 english lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, Spanish, Humanities (1st) Childhood Lit (2nd), Women Studies (1st) Contemporary Issues (2nd), Lifetime Skills.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): St. Lawrence Book Award, Certificate of Recognition for Academic Achievements and Community Service. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Horseback riding twice a week. President and co-founder of the foreign exchange club. Also the founder and head of my school’s first ever 7-week foreign exchange program. Representative for U.S. chapter for alumni’s from the school I attended while living in Australia</p>

<p>Work Experience: Babysit twice a week after school for 3 hours, tutor twice a week, taught horseback riding at a summer camp for inner city children, worked gatehouse at pool club</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: volunteer once a week at a day care center (for upwards of 6 years), 4 week work trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica, have been on 3 work trips to Nicaragua (the work trips are solely labor oriented, they are not like teen tours and do not cost an excessive amount of money), SHARE, Midnight runs, worked at a women’s shelter. </p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good
Recommendation: pretty good</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: F</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: ACT, ECs
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall well rounded</p>

<p>Other acceptances? Washington university in st. louis, bucknell, lehigh, rochester, delaware honors, UVM honors</p>

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<p>thats from the recs, I got a similar message. My twin who also got in had a message about his ECs. just a personal touch</p>

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<p>HAVE ANY INTERNATIONALS been accepted- still waiting!!! here in jamaica!!</p>

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<p>I’m an international student and just got accepted to Colgate. My SAT is 1440/2190 (710 M, 730 CR, 750 W). Colgate met 100 % of my financial need, which is, to put it softly, high. To all of you international applicants out there, especially those with high financial need - Colgate is real.</p>

<p>Int’l student from Jamaica - I’m almost positive that you got accepted, it just takes forever to deliver that letter. I got mine today (I live in Eastern Europe).</p>

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<p>@firework2 I’m also an international student from the Caribbean and I was accepted…at this point if you haven’t received a rejection/wait-list e-mail I bet you’re accepted although I can understand why you’d be feeling nervous. Maybe you can try joining the Class of 2016 group of facebook. It’s a closed group so if the admins allow your request, it’s safe to assume you’ve been accepted.
and btw i got my acceptance of friday…so maybe you’ll get yours soon!!!</p>

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<p>I hope so guys! thanks for the encouragement- did u get an email tho? or was it just on paper? CAUSE ive been refreshing my hotmail every 2 minutes literally, really hope i get in.
@lalachica where are you from?
@siemprerusa thanks man
im here sweating buckets</p>

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<p>i was accepted to the group- not sure if thats an indicator tho!</p>

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<p>@firework, i did not get an email. on friday a fed-ex guy called my house asking for directions…he came dropped it off and that was that but the other ppl from my country who got rejected or waitlisted got emails. the same is true for my friends in europe and africa- i asked them.</p>

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<p>:D u, my dear are a life saver!!! thanks so much!</p>

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<p>i just saw one of your other posts, you remind me of myself lolzzz</p>