<p>Guys, it’s a pity that I don’t have a chance to attend Colgate with you all next year. The rejection letter arrived this morning. I haven’t been home since morning so I have no idea what it looks like (my brother got it for me). A little bit disappointed 
I guess I’m gonna have to go through the painful application process once again, with coming deadlines 
Anyway, congrats to those accepted and great luck to internationals who haven’t received the notification :)</p>
<p>It’s sad that with your 13th post, you’re announcing your unfortunate decision from Colgate.</p>
<p>Hope you take it positively, at least you can focus on your applications unlike the rest of us. I am anxiously waiting for it to arrive, knowing pretty well that it’s a rejection, but unable to work on the other applications until I actually get the letter.</p>
<p>Hey, I know this might not be the best time to ask, but what did the letter say? I mean if it’s RD I guess they will only say the application pool was the very competitive. With ED, they don’t have that excuse…</p>
<p>Dreadfully waiting for my letter to arrive…</p>
<p>Hope you get into your second choice school! :)</p>
<p>@ mysterious
I’m so sorry to hear that bro !!!
anyway, i hope you get into your second choice coll. and please copy the first line of this post…coz you will be writing same thing to me some days later…
good luck internationals !!!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>“Please understand that our decision is not a reflection on your prospects for success in college - it is more accurately a reflection of Colgate’s competitive applicant pool.” This is their excuse :D</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1400/1600
[</em>] GPA: Recently: Straight 'A’s, not to great for a few years before
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats: -
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Both great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, I presume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, I presume
[</em>] Extra curricular: Some good, no positions held though
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: International
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Asked for quite a bit of aid, EFC ~10K
General Comments: Very demoralizing. I don’t know what to do. The college that I put so much attention to rejected me, when my chances were supposed to be better. My chances at similar colleges are pretty bad then I presume. What do you think?</p>
<p>all international students in this thread are rejected??
I am still waiting…maybe dying soon…</p>
<p>not all, im still fighting !!!
maybe, i will give up in a day or two…
but i have confidence !!!
lets see !!!</p>
<p>Best of luck to you, guys!</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>SAT: CR: 640 MATH: 710
GPA : 3 A 1 B (grades)
rank: top 20%
ECA : Deputy school captain, soccer captain, cricket captain, founder and president of NGO, founder of a social project for street children, teacher of Cambridge A Level of physics, chemistry and biology at a college, merit scholarships, accomplished athlete, lots of awards in creative writings,…</p>
<p>Essays: Very satisfied with both essays. besides the personal and supplement, other one was also excellent.</p>
<p>Recos : Great. (one of top few)</p>
<p>Counselor reco: probably good.</p>
<p>ECA: top few percent…</p>
<p>Gender: MALE
LOCATION : NEPAL
school sends some grads to top colleges and universities
applied for financial aid.</p>
<p>@amrikanepali</p>
<p>u seem to have a great ECs but i think you got rejected only because of your SAT</p>
<p>640CR and colgate…almost impossible</p>
<p>i know a guy with NIL ECs getting into colgate.
here goes his stats:</p>
<p>from Buddhalinkantha 700c
SAT 1
CR 800
Maths 800
Writing 720</p>
<p>SAT 2 --around 2360
GPA 3.88</p>
<p>so what i have to conclude is no matter how great your ECs are…the most determining factors are SATs and GPA</p>
<p>**ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2130
[ *] GPA:4.1/5.3
[ *] Rank:NA
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:Very good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent, as far as I know
[ *] Counselor Rec: Definitely extremely good
[ *] Extra curricular: Art Portfolio, Fencing Captain, cross country, physics club secretary, econ club president, nhs and some minor volunteering.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:New Jersey
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED- EDII</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2060, ACT: 33
GPA: 3.4 UW
Rank: N/A
Other stats: SAT II: Chem 700, Math I 710, American History 680
Subjective:
Essays: Great. My multicultural background translation into a well rounded perspective.
Teacher Recs: In top 10% for each teacher
Counselor Rec: Above Average
Extra curricular: Started Food Donation Club at School, Peer Leadership, Acapella, Manager of Sporting Goods Store, Youth Advisor to Food Bank, Vice President of Temple Youth Board
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public, top 50 in Country
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: No alumni connection. Extensive communication with admissions office.
General Comments: So excited. Can’t wait. GO RAIDERS</p>
<p>Hi everyone! Here’s an international ED admitted student. My first post lol.</p>
<p>Hey everyone this is another international student form Jamaica, After reading all of your comments i am beginning to believe that i have very slim chances. I applied ED, Is anyone around to chance me please?</p>
<p>@tiffanybent</p>
<p>I hate to tell you this but you should have gotten your ED decesion weeks ago. ED I decesions went out in mid December and ED II decisions went out in mid January.</p>
<p>If you did indeed apply ED you might want to call the admissions office and inquire about your application as some of the regular decisions have already hit US mailboxes. Good Luck.</p>
<p>DowneasterDad, if it’s EDII, that’s not necessarily the case. EDII decisions do not go out in mid-January, it’s actually rolling depending when you submit it. According to the Colgate website:</p>
<p>Decisions are made within four weeks of completion of the application.
Regular decision candidates may convert to ED II by filing an Early Decision Agreement prior to March 1. </p>
<p>So they can go out as late as the end of March, depending when it’s declared EDII. If someone applies around January 15th and declared EDII at that time, the decision would go out around Feb. 15, when Tiffany was asking.</p>
<p>The only regular decisions that might have gone out by now would be AMS. The rest of the regular decision results will all go out at the same time at the end of March.</p>
<p>@lydia08</p>
<p>everything you said was accurate. However, I was under the impression tiffany was referring to ED I, in which case receiving no word as of Feb. 17th seems forboding.</p>
<p>hi again. yeah i applied ED2 i changed my regular decision to ED2 as of the 16th of February and now i am almost going crazy to find out my fate. 
I hope it comes sooner than 4 weeks. I love Colgate! after everything I read I know its my first choice. I just hope that the lord will shine his blessing my way!</p>