<p>I am deferred too.</p>
<p>Deferred as well ):</p>
<p>Guys, what were you SAT scores?</p>
<p>I was also deferred! What is with this? I wonder how many people applied! Though part of me is happy I will be able to receive other offers, I just want to go to Colby so badly.</p>
<p>I have an unweighted GPA of 3.8, or 93. Ranked 8th. Every single class I have taken has been honors/pre ap/ap. 5 APs this year alone. </p>
<p>SAT of 1930… Disappointing </p>
<p>My main worry is that it’s because I’m from Maine and against a lot of people from my school.</p>
<p>I was deferred too!</p>
<p>Accepted! Sorry to year you guys were deferred. If you’re wondering, my SAT scores were 710 for math, 720 for critical reading, and 700 for writing.</p>
<p>Mine is 2210. Anyway they look into more than just numbers, I believe. Now I’m trying to think about the positive side of this. I don’t get rejected, so I can update my application and hope for the RD result. I really love Colby.</p>
<p>I had 2150, 730 on Math 2 and 660 on physics. I think that the main reason was that I required a lot of financial aid and I am international. well let’s hope for the best, because I really like Colby. Other guys who were rejected, are you international or US students?</p>
<p>All of these deferred applicants are making me nervous :S
Why do you guys think you were deferred?</p>
<p>That’s because they require fin aid
don’t get fooled by this NEED BLIND policy
it’s just if they accept you they give you full aid if you need but they OF COURSE look at your need when making admissions decision
that’s not fair
they have huge endowment and they shouldn’t defer applicants like that</p>
<p>Konspace has truly brilliant application
with AWESOME essays
literally great essays
supplements
and he’s a real Colby fit
with his major with his interests… everything really</p>
<p>he needs almost full financial aid and that;'s the reason
they are going to wait for RD applications and if there is anyone else who doesn’t need that much aid and has pretty much similar scores
they are going to admit one with less need</p>
<p>I am sure in that
5 applications from our counseling office where either rejected or defered
cause they needed aid</p>
<p>BOOOM</p>
<p>Why are you so sure about that? I believe their financial aid office has tried their best to bring many brilliant students to Colby. They will give lots of aid if they think the student deserves lots of aid. And aids are limited.
And please don’t talk as if they only cared for money.</p>
<p>Many colleges don’t allow ED II for internationals. A deferral of an international student seeking a lot of FA on ED II is likely just a categorical one. It requires a lot of work and many decisions about the allocation of financial resources to come up with acceptances for internationals. It’s easier just to do everything at once at RD.</p>
<p>However, Colby has accepted a student from my country already… and this guy got a full ride almost… I applied ED I to Colby and was deferred… Now, since this guy/gal got accepted … it is curtains down for me…</p>
<p>lpt1995</p>
<p>Come on!
I live in Georgia. Former soviet union country nobody cares about.
Only one student from entire country got accepted to Colby in recent 5 or 6 years…
I’m not talking that they don’t give aid and they haven’t given full aid to bright students but thing is if he didn’t need aid, he’d be accepted automatically not deferred(talking about Konspace)
it’s a wealthy privilege
American Colleges are not that poor, they have huge endowment and loads of local freshman pay it full.
I got rejected from Smith. I was and I am absolutely Smith material. I’m liberal, feminist, free spirit who wants to major in the field which is Smith’s particular strength + Smith hasn’t accepted Georgian in ages. I called the dean of admissions and sincerely asked the reason of rejection and she honestly answered that there are limited funds for international students and if i could pay i would probably be accepted.</p>
<p>IS THAT NEED BLIND POLICY?
IS THAT WE GIVE AVERAGE $42K TO INTERNATIONALS?
That’s a lie. They do care about money most of all
and of course there are some accepted but probably one out of ten brilliant students.</p>
<p>They have nearly a BILLION BUCKS endowment each year. </p>
<p>I’m not talking about only him and me
but all the guys here in Georgia whose native language is GEORGIAN and RUSSIAN and
English is like second language to us and we still score average and high on SATs
and we still take SAT subjects despite they are not a requirement
and all of us scores 105-115 range on TOEFL
and we have great GPAs and we really deserve American education</p>
<p>thing is
not even the richest here could afford the half of the tuition
cause the cost of only room and board is what my dad makes yearlong</p>
<p>Boom</p>
<p>I totally agree with Bluecholeric. Colleges still look at your money, Colby is not need-blind bu t it is not need-based either. I also totally agree with the last paragraph, my family’s total annual income is less than the room and board fee at any decent college. </p>
<p>I cannot say that I am 100% Colby or some X college material, but I really wanted to go to Colby and I still want and I hope I get accepted on RD.</p>
<p>Good luck to you konspace and everyone here who continues to apply to Colby. Colleges do look at family contribution to help as many students as they can, but the RD round will be final and easier for them to decide whether to give out a full ride to someone. They don’t JUST care for money, again, I know many people from my country have been granted admissions to US colleges with good aid packages - even full rides. I believe they were too good to turn down and colleges felt they needed these students.
I’m international and am asking for lots of financial aid, too. I don’t see anything unfair when someone pays 50 times more than I can, and has the same stat as mine, is accepted</p>
<p>@JacobsWannabe: just curious, where are you from?</p>
<p>I’m from Japan and I’m also requiring fin aid and I got deferred as well…</p>
<p>Don’t be angry. There are plenty of very wealthy kids from New York City (or the upscale suburbs of other major cities) whose parents (or grandparents) can pay full freight, who have attended “top” competitive high schools or boarding schools, who have excellent grades, lots of APs/honors, and top test scores, who have interesting extra curriculars and “community service” experience. These kids are a dime a dozen. They all expect to get into the college of their choice. Well, guess what? Many of them get rejected! We have seen athletes rejected, legacies rejected, and we’ve even seen a billionaire philanthropist’s kid rejected. These kids are all pretty devastated right now too (not that I feel so much for them as I feel for others who don’t have what they do). One reason we have heard is that some small colleges won’t take more than one or two from any one particular elite private school.</p>
<p>Admissions, with or without aid, is a patchwork. Top colleges are concerned with many factors. They only have so many slots to offer; they want the brightest kids. They also want diversity. That’s diversity of every sort. They have particular academic programs to fill. They also populate athletic programs. They also need a certain percentage of students to pay tuition (not that it’s easy to pay for all of the people who get in but whose aid request is rejected). </p>
<p>I’m on the college’s side on this one. Very few schools have declared themselves to be 100% “need blind” in the application process. I recall only Amherst and Bowdoin in our search.</p>
<p>Deferred isn’t rejected. Hang in there, but plan for contingencies. Hopefully you broadened your reach in the RD round. There are a lot of fantastic colleges out there.</p>
<p>If you are as excellent as you describe, there will be a school for you with an aid package if you need it. As with all things, do excellent work and then focus on getting into a top graduate program.</p>