<p>I recently received a letter from a Colgate alumni informing me that they will be able to help me to answer any questions about the undergrad experience at Colgate. Is this a sign that I have been admitted? Has anyone else received this type of email from an alumni?</p>
<p>Here is some useful information:</p>
<p>1- alumnus: graduate (m); alumna: graduate (f)
2- alumni: graduates (m and f or m only); alumnae: graduates (f only)</p>
<p>Only the Office of Admission grants places.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow…what a warm and fuzzy response. Hoping you are not representative of Colgate students and/or alumni. Did I use that correctly?</p>
<p>I am am alumnus and I am further pleased to clarify the usage of “alumni” for those seeking accuracy in their writing. </p>
<p>And about “warm and fuzzy”, are your high school teachers characterized as such? And what would you expect of college professors? Wouldn’t you always show appreciation for the efforts of educators? I hope so and if I am correct then it follows that you will be receptive to all the lessons of life that come your way, warm and fuzzy or not, as the case may be.</p>
<p>Colgate alumni number 34,000, incidentally, and I won’t generalize about them. You might try to do so, however, and there is lots of information on the colgate.edu site.</p>
<p>Good luck with your college applications and may I recommend that you strive for accuracy in those essays as you attempt to distinguish yourself!</p>
<p>I guess even Colgate struggles to teach humility. Bet your mom has a few of those “my kid was student of the month at_____” bumper stickers. You might want to find some tact…soon.</p>
<p>This is equivalent to other school’s alumni interview, except this is a lot more informal and for information purpose. This contact doesn’t mean anything. They just want to give you more information so you would choose Colgate if you should get admitted. This is also a good way to keep alumni involved with the school. </p>
<p>I went to Colgate many moons ago. The campus was beautiful and I received a very good education there. The alumni network is also very strong, especially in the NE. Good luck.</p>
<p>Jmd1964,</p>
<p>You’re not being even a tad judgmental now, are you? And I trust your school’s head would cringe if she saw a typo on those award bumper stickers? You wouldn’t want that, right? Never mind, you can always resubmit that homework assignment or your application essay if you think it would help.</p>
<p>Moving along, I was thinking about “warm and fuzzy” since you prioritized it above grammatical accuracy. My niece has a cracking book bag from the Hello Kitty catalogue. That’s as good as it gets, don’t you think?</p>
<p>Good luck with your applications!</p>
<p>@oldfort…you have restored my hope.</p>
<p>Correcting a mistake is welcomed by people of humility, not resented. It was a well intentioned comment. Colgate alums want future Colgate students to speak (and write) as well as they do. How’s that for humility? As to the original question, alumni (did I get that right?) are asked to interview and/or talk to potential students largely to attach a human face to the admission process as well as to answer questions applicants have in a more personal way. It doesn’t mean you will or won’t be admitted, though.</p>