There’s an adage in the courtroom that a good lawyer will never ask a question to which they don’t know the answer because they don’t want to be surprised and made to look foolish or less credible. That’s what happened here. Instead of continuing to defend Colgate, when there’s consensus that its a great school, your other points may be more easily accepted if you would acknowledge the facts presented and move on.
Wouldn’t that be true of NESCAC students as well? I don’t think Bowdoin hockey players or Wesleyan soccer players are worried about whether they would win or lose in a contest against Colgate. They’re focused on their NESCAC opponents.
The point is that all the colleges on the OP’s list are great schools with strong academics and high levels of sports participation. This article is from 2010 but I don’t think much has changed in the intervening 4 1/2 years. It’s a Newsweek piece ranking Bates 4th and Bowdoin 5th on a list of “Best Schools for Athletes,” behind the University of Nebraska, U of Tulsa, and the University of Alabama, and just ahead of Ohio State, Auburn, and Williams.
@sue22 Between just track and swimming, its 13%.
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The question was meant to establish whether or not Batesparent2019 had answers in the first place. We are talking about “whooping”, throwing money around and semantics
So I don’t mind presenting and thereby clarifying for everyone what Colgate and its D1 competitors are up to. Applicants may well enjoy the level of competition and school spirit delivered at Colgate.
I hope this has all been worthwhile and helpful.
Go 'gate!
Nitpicking the quality of these schools sports programs to death isn’t helping ANYBODY.
Not sure why this needs to be combative. Alumni or parents from these schools arguing amongst ourselves does credit to none of the schools. My instinct would be that if the OP is looking for a school with a big school athletics culture Colgate might be the best match, Vassar the worst (no football). If it’s about participation on a varsity team the NESCACs or Vassar might have a very slight advantage. If the OP is simply looking to play club or wants a school where students support and cheer on their teams any school on this list would work well.
OP, have you thought about potential majors? If engineering is a possibility Colgate is clearly your school. If you want to be a computer science major you should know that Bates doesn’t have a dedicated comp sci major, although the school is working on an initiative that would change that. If you’re interested in film studies Wesleyan clearly wins. Hamilton is know for its writing program.
If I were you I would keep digging through the schools’ websites. Colby can tell you about their support for top incoming science students, Bates about their purposeful work initiative, Colgate their new athletic facility, and so on. Each school has a number of programs of which they’re particularly proud.
edit: Crossposted with Querty568!
I am afraid that Colgate does not offer a 4 year degree in engineering although cooperative degree options are available in 3:2 programs with Columbia, RPI and Washington. Go to colgate.edu and search “engineering” for more information.
Oops, sorry. For some reason I thought Colgate had an undergrad engineering concentration. Mea culpa for not confirming. It sound like Colgate has the same 3/2 program offered by many of the other schools on the OP’s list.