Official 2018 Colgate University Transfer Thread

Accepted!

Hey Congrats! Could you tell me ur stats?I got waitlisted & was wondering how close I was.

Accepted!

Stats:
Current Freshman, will transfer in as a sophomore.
Current School: Top 100 Private
High School GPA: 37 UW on the IB program and averaged close to 6 9th and 10th grade (roughly a 3.85 compounded?) I went to an International high school in Beijing, China. We did grading a little different.
SAT: 1400/1600, 7/8 essays

IB Exams: 5 in SL Math, 7 in SL Chinese, 6 in SL Psychology, HL Econ, HL Biology, HL English literature

University Honors Program, Dean’s List, Dean’s merit scholarship,

ECs:
-Mountain climbing: summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt Qinghai, Mt. Emei, Mt Everest base camp
-Journalism internships in Beijing
-CCTV (Chinese Central Television) internship
-4-year Varsity Basketball, All City Team and team captain senior year, won some tournaments along the way
-1700+ Elo chess player (via International Chess Organization and Chess.com)
-Poetry and photography publications
-Columnist for the school newspaper
-Represented China at Global Issues Conference (assigned to a workshop addressing alcohol on income inequality in Beijing)
-Econ research assistant at my current school’s Economics Science Institute, will be allowed full-time research over the summer

Essays: I’m way too biased to fairly rate my own essays lol. I put in a fair amount of time, most of it was about my aspirations in economic research and how a more academically rigorous school would be of benefit.

LOR: Two well-known professors in the field of experimental economics. Both hold director/chair positions at my school. In my mailed packet, there was a handwritten note about something one of my recommenders wrote. This part is important.

Straight Asian male (idk if this is part of “stats”? it shouldn’t be)

Other schools: UVA (accepted) Michigan (accepted) Cornell (rejected). Claremont Mckenna, Vanderbilt, NYU, and USC are all yet to write back.

There’s a really high chance I’m coming to Colgate next year and I’m really excited. I was waitlisted twice when I applied last year as a high school senior (original and summer waitlist). To the waitlisted people on this thread: keep your hopes up and write an update if something worthwhile happens! I did it last year when I was on the waitlist and I def think it helped my chances this year.

Good luck everyone!!!

Accepted as well. Asian male came from Hangzhou, China. Can I add you on WeChat so that we can talk about it?

Colgate just sent me an email asking for my mailing address noting they have “great things to share with me” that’s"too great to be contained online or by email"! I’m currently on the waitlist so I’m praying this is a positive. Any other waitlisted students get this email?

Did any waitlisted students get any news recently?