<p>So the ED II decision is just two weeks away. Post stats and chances here.</p>
<p>Me:
2020 SAT (610r 710m 700w)
TOEFL 104 (Yes, I'm an international)
GPA: 4/4
Rank: Top 5% of 600 students</p>
<p>I am not sure I see the benefit of persons posting stats while decisions are pending.</p>
<p>There were less ED II applicants this year, however there were almost 1000 more in RD. So hopefully this will work out better for ED II.</p>
<p>RealBoat, from where are you getting your statistics?</p>
<p>Realboat, if that’s true, ED II applicants are lucky!!!</p>
<p>The information can be found here:
[Colby</a> College | Admissions & Financial Aid | Colby Stats](<a href=“http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm]Colby”>http://www.colby.edu/admissions_cs/about/stats.cfm)</p>
<p>There isn’t too much of a difference in ED II and this could actually be a disadvantage because they might just defer student to RD due to the large increase in applicants. I know that Colby has had very low ED II rates in the past and it was just recently moved it, so its really hard to tell.</p>
<p>TRB, thanks.</p>
<p>Ok, now I’m officially convinced that I have a 0% chance of getting into Colby.
What was I thinking?!?</p>
<p>Try not to worry about it as it is out of your hands. When the letter comes you’ll know whether you’re in or deferred.</p>
<p>As much as I love Colby and would love to go, I know that there are a lot of GREAT applicants and their is nothing you can really do but hope for the best. Besides, you will most likely be happy where you end up and it will most likely be a great school. I also applied ED II and this wait is really killing me, but I guess its just a waiting game.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the american college admission is one of the most arbitrary selection systems of the world. There is really no saying what gets you in! I have seen high scorers fall and low scorers rise. </p>
<p>For colby i am in a battle with a high scorer: 2120 sat and 2350 sat ii. I have a 2020 sat but good ecas. Lets see what happens. High score vs good ecas.</p>
<p>I would describe it more as subjective. The weight given to objective/subjective factors somewhat depends on the size of the school. Larger schools often give more weigh to standardized scores than smaller schools. Smaller schools tend to spend greater time on applications in order to achieve balance and campus harmony (critical for a small campus). That said, of the three Maine “big name” LACs (Bates, Bowdoin and Colby) only Colby requires submission of standardized test scores. Colleges, like smart investors, seek diversity. For colleges it is diversity in its most fulsome sense: geographic, racial, economic, intellectual (e.g. book smart, creative, street smart, etc). This is a good thing in my view.</p>