<p>@ricochet99999…Well, I didnt ask for a full ride- I said i’ll pay 10K annually. But thts still a substantial amount of aid! Yeah, ED makes a difference, the amount of aid ur asking for makes a difference and ur choice of schools make a difference. Like this guy who’s asking for full ride got waitlisted at Hamilton- and his stats suck. But he’s the only one who applied from our skul so he atleast got waitlisted. I bet I wld have gotten in, if I’d applied there. COlby accepted 220 candidates from ED this year. Tht left only like 270 for RD :(</p>
<p>waitlisted! I was pretty upset last night, as I also received my Amherst rejection, but I’m going to middlebury so I don’t care anymore!</p>
<p>D was accepted. Not a cent of financial aid. We are going to send in our decline right away and hopefully that helps someone else. Good luck!</p>
<p>The amount of aid requested plays no factor in admissions to Colby. If you are accepted, your aid package is sent to admissions. You get in based on merits only. </p>
<p>Interesting fact: Did you know that every Colby student is on ~$20,000 silent scholarship. The cost of a Colby education actually costs ~$70,000/year.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: CR 710, M 610, R 690
[ *] SAT IIs: US History 680, Lit 630
[ *] ACT: –
[ *] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: Top 5%
[ *] Other stats: 5 on AP Lit, 4 on US and World History. Taking three more AP tests this year. Full course load. President of three clubs, member of at least four more, Class of 2010 secretary, One Act Play competition winners 2009, 2010. Mentorship with local poet and workshops with various authors.</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Good, edited by my gifted and talented program coordinator, who went to Dartmouth.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Had three, I know at least one was AMAZING.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Surprised me. Very good.
[ *] Hook (if any): I have my own radio show?<br>
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Maine, USA
[ *] School Type: Public, rather small
[ *] Ethnicity: White as white can be
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Major strength/weakness: English and writing, which is what I want to do. I don’t do the whole “standardized test thing” well, particularly in the SAT format.</p>
<p>REJECTED! LOL I wasn’t even aware that I’d applied in the first place. I mean, yeah, I submitted an application (bc it was free), but I NEVER submitted a supplement.</p>
<p>The lack of a supplement may have been the reason you were rejected :)</p>
<p>Accepted–</p>
<p>SAT: 800 W, 800 CR, 640 M
GPA: 3.65
female, Ohio, small school…</p>
<p>Excellent recs, essays, and extracurriculars.</p>
<p>A not totally unanticipated rejection for my son…he just came back from the dollar store with a frame to put the letter in as it was his only rejection. I think he intends to hang it on his locker at school tomorrow…</p>
<p>I know this is a very hard time for seniors as they are waiting for their results. Or receiving them.</p>
<p>You have to know, there is a great deal of serendipity in this whole process. That’s why the results can seem so strange – got in to more competitive school, rejected from less competitive school, or whatever. </p>
<p>Some of you will be rejected from your top schools, and end up lower down on your list. Several things to know: first, this is not a judgment of your skills, your intelligence or you as a person. When you have thousands of people going for hundreds of spots – and 95% of those people are in the same range of skills – the odds are against you everywhere. No matter your skills, no matter your success. Schools are looking for a student body of wide ranging backgrounds and talents. They’re not going to take all tuba players, or everyone from Idaho. So, if you were counting on your sculpting as pushing you over the top – but they already admitted two sculptors in ED – then it doesn’t help. So again – serendipity.</p>
<p>But I have one other thing to tell you: For most of you, your first choices are based on impressions – how you felt walking through the school, what the students you ran into were like, the cache of the school name, the US News ranking (which is really unimportant), reputation of a particular department. You will find, in the end, that NONE of this matters. All of these schools are the tops in the country. You WILL be happy, wherever you go – unless you don’t let yourself be happy because of grumpiness about your results. You WILL make good friends, you WILL get a top-notch education. </p>
<p>So, my bottom line: Feel good about yourself. You are among the smartest, most talented young people in this country. You are on your way to a great adventure. You will get a great education. And – thought it might be hard to accept this week – you will be happy.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>International student from Northern Europe</p>
<p>SAT:
SAT 1: Total 1940 (or was it 1920?)
SAT II: World History 750, French 620
TOEFL: 107 if I remember right…</p>
<p>GPA: 9.8 (on the scale 4-10)
Class rank: Valedictorian</p>
<p>ECs: I’ve been extremely into arts (I added an extra letter of recommendation from my art teacher), community service, etc… Quite a lot I think.</p>
<p>Recs: All were very, very good.</p>
<p>Other Colleges:
Accepted: Williams, Vassar, Bates, Reed, Brandeis,
Waitlisted:
Rejected: NYU (though they offered me some crappy London-thing)</p>
<p>I’m still waiting from some of the ivies and tufts.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got accepted! :)</p>
<p>got my acceptance letter today 
got into nyu and colby so decision time congrats to my fellow accepties, i hope u get in for the waitlisties, and for the rejecties everything happens for a reason, dont stress about GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>two folders? i only got one :(</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted (the excitement! the anxiety!)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.36
SAT: M730 CR720 W620
ECs: very strong Girl Scout involvement, president of social activism club, president of art club, president of Italian club, yearbook editor, ridiculous number of community service activities, and hobbies-wise I play the harp and sew
Recs: awesome</p>
<p>I sent in another letter informing them that Colby was my top choice along with another recommendation from my Girl Scout leaders…fingers crossed for all of us waitlisted!</p>
<p>(Accepted: Syracuse; Waitlisted: Colby, Colgate, Bard; Rejected: Bates)</p>