OFFICIAL Colby Class of 2015 RD Results Thread!

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<p>I'm posting it today so tomorrow everyone can post their stats!
Good luck to you all!</p>

<p>Template (remember to remove spaces):</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

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<p>I got into Colby ED1, I remember how nervous I was on December 15!! Goodluck to you all and I hope to see you on the Hill in the fall!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: top 5 / 100
[<em>] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC
[</em>] Senior year course load: Sciency & nerdy
[li] Awards: NHS[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer (Co-captain), Varsity Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Club Nordic, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Part-time salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior & senior years
[</em>] Essays: Genuine, awkward and decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendations: One short & awesome, one long & mundane, one unknown
[</em>] Counselor recommendation: Short and fantastic!
[li] Interview: Nooo[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended major: Physics + Economics
[<em>] Country: Norway FTW! :smiley:
[</em>] School type: Socialist (public) + 1 year private abroad
[<em>] Ethnicity: 100.00% Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: XY
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-200k
[</em>] Hooks: Non-WASP white international…?![/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATIIs, Well-roundedness of ECs & academic interests
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs, Volunteer work
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: They admitted far too many Early Decision and I guess I wasn’t special enough…[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General comments: Accepted to Wesleyan, so not really feeling too terrible…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M:770 CR:630 W:650
[</em>] ACT: 31 (Math:35 English:31 Science:30 Reading:30)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Chemistry:770 Math II:760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (4.17 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10% (Done decile with extremely competitive school with about 250 students total in my year, and actual known percent is around top 5%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4) US History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology (A-), Honors Band (A), Honors Physics (A-), Honors English (A-), Wellness (A, but B- first quarter haha), AP Spanish 5 (B+, A- first quarter), AP Calculus BC (B+, B first quarter, hardest class at my high school, 50% of the class all got into MIT and I have one of the higher grades), Contemporary Issues (A)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish Club (Founder and President), Jazz Band (Lead Trumpet player), Chemistry Club (Founder and President), Tri-M (Honors Music Society), National Honors Society, Jefferson Forum (community service club), Peer Mentor Core Group (organizes school wide group), all male a capella group, school musicals every year (always getting decent parts to leads)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at a law office in summer of 2010, camp counselor, babysitting
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1 Summer as Camp Counselor, 4 hours every week at an animal shelter, several hours from community service club (overall hours totaling 600+ and counting)
[*] Essays: Pretty good, written about my Trumpet and how I worked my way to 1st position my freshman year (although clich</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 – 620 CR, 700 M, 710 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Spanish, 690 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94%
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP comp
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Ap calc, Ap Phys
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scouting (girl scout), aids walk, yoga, traveling camp, classes at museums
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: AIDS walk nyc, school volunteering
[</em>] Summer Activities: traveling camp, vacationing in europe
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, i think
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: i think both were really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: went well</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: anthropology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses: probably my WHY Colby essay, wasnt too long. and low reading score?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i dont know, the college process is beyond me. not to sound weird but i was convinced i was def getting in.
[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to everyone else! I probably wouldn’t have gone anyway so im not DEPRESSED, although i was hoping for other news :/</p>

<p>theres always the rest of my schools!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
**Decision: Waitlisted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730CR, 680 M, 680W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 650 Math I, Bio 680 (only sent Bio)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95/4.25 so about 3.72/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/108
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer but I took 4 college classes
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: College Spanish, College Calc, Anatomy and Phys, American Lit, bunch of environmental science related electives
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School’s Plant and Environmental Student of the Year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): variety of clubs, secretary for two of them for a year or two, dog training, horseback riding, church, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: minimal hours for a nonprofit
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: marine bio internship, student rep on a comittee
[<em>] Summer Activities: trip out west with school, Muhlenberg Brain Camp, marine bio internship
[</em>] Essays: Common App essay really good, Colby essay good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good to really good (one from a college prof)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Additional Rec: great from my mentor/friend who is a grad student at Harvard
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: agricultural
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle to upper middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: strong passion for animal behavior, good recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: didn’t interview or show much interest beyond applying, SAT scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my stats are a bit low for Colby, no APs or Honors classes (school doesn’t offer), too many other candidates :stuck_out_tongue:
[/ul]General Comments: Best of luck to everyone else! Admission at top schools is crazy, with so many great applicants applying for so few spots. Colby was a bit of a reach for me. I probably wouldn’t have gone anyways unless the Financial Aid package was fabulous. Hope this doesn’t mean I won’t get into Brown!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (800M, 630CR, 700W)
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II:800MI, 800 MII, 740 Phy
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none yet
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP French, Honors English, Honors Psych, Honors Sociology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Math awards, Accounting Awards, Bryn Mawr Book Award, etc
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ski Team (Captain), Crew, French Club (Secretary, Treasurer), Student Council, Green Committee (Head), LINKS (Cofounder), Youth Ministry (Group Leader)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor at an arts camp
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Homeless shelter, organized drives, work camp
[<em>] Summer Activities: work camp, camp counselor at arts camp
[</em>] Essays: pretty decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: i didn’t see them, but im sure they were great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: i didn’t see it but it was probably good
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul] </p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: eh.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Math SAT, awards, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: CR SAT, GPA, idk
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i’m honestly not sure
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Cornell, RIT, UVM, WPI, Villanova. Waitlisted: Bucknell
[/ul]General Comments: Wow.</p>

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<p>@Gnarpow, how could you be accepted to Cornell? They haven’t released decisions.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR 690 M: 730 W: 750
[</em>] SAT II: Chem 770 Lit 750 Math I 720
[<em>] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) World (3) English Lang (3)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Honors Engineering, Honors Calculus, Art 2
[</em>] Major Awards: Smith Book Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity cross-country, varsity track, stage crew (Manager sr year, asst. manager jr year), Peer mentor
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sailing instructor
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer assistant sailing instructor, Girl Scout
[</em>] Summer Activities: Sailing, theater production (student director)
[<em>] Essays: Common app=excellent, Colby-specific=good/okay
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1=fantastic, other=good/great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Interview: yes; it went quite well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemistry
[<em>] State: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks: nearly fatal bike accident + recovery story
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: woman in science, recovery from accident (still did all extra curriculars despite physical difficulties)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Wealthy white girl from MA
[li] Why you think you were accepted: Because of what’s above, I suppose[/li][/ul]General Comments: Best of luck to all, and my condolences to those who did not receive the result they wanted.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (CR: 770, M: 700, W: 770)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (English: 34, Math: 34, Reading: 36, Science: 33), Superscore: 35
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/505
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Government (5), BC Calculus (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature and Composition, A Physics, AP Psychology, AP Biology, A French 5, Chamber Orchestra (highest orchestra)/Advanced Viola Study
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois Premier Boys State, IMEA District IX Honors Orchestra, National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chamber Orchestra/Viola (section leader for 3 years), Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), D</p>

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<p>Interseting how the accepteds didn’t apply fo FA. Not to diminish anyone’s stats because they all look great.</p>

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<p>Anne62, I noticed that too.</p>

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<p>Now that I think about it, the top 3 applicants at my school all applied for F.A. and none of us got in, even though we have already gotten into better ranked schools, yet the 2 that did get in are both pretty wealthy and thus I am guessing they didn’t apply for F.A. They also were not nearly as qualified as the other applicants. I think it might be partly financial aid but also maybe that they realize our spots would be wasted, and that we wouldn’t attend Colby (I know it was easily noticeable in my supplement that I knew nearly nothing about Colby) in the end. I know the 3 from my school that were rejected wouldn’t have even gone to the admitted students day, including myself, but of the 2 that got in, one is definitely going I think, and the other is really considering it. So I’m glad they got in over me, even if they are less qualified. In the end, we all end up at the right place though. :smiley: good luck to all!</p>

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<p>Hi agoodscreenname.
Thank you for your post and congratulations on your admittance to Wesleyan, a great school. I would like to makes two quick points regarding the Colby admissions process.
First and foremost, financial aid is not taken into account during the decision process. Typically, as our pot of financial aid dwindles, we become need aware, and that usually occurs during the waitlist period.
Secondly, demonstrated interest is also not a factor in the admissions process. We do not credit or discount applicants for showing demonstrated interest or not, and we accept those who we think would be the best fit for Colby, not whether we think Colby is their top choice or not.</p>

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<p>Hi Gowhitemules,
I’m wondering: If I was put on the wait list and applied for financial aid, does this lessen my chances of being admitted? (That is, if ANYONE is taken off the wait list)</p>

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<p>Pinkleopard,
As I do not know the specifics of your case, I cannot make an accurate statement on your specific question. However, during the waitlist period, we certainly take into account demonstrated interest, so emailing your area’s designated counselor would be a good idea. As for financial aid, it completely depends on who accepts our offers of admission, which has yet to be determined.</p>

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<p>And as an additional follow up: Colby has historically taken applicants from the waitlist. Last year we took 8 or so, the year before was higher. It all changes year to year, but historically speaking ,Colby has taken some applicants from the waitlist.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for the info! :)</p>

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<p>In response to agoodscreename,
We are sorry that you did not get into Colby. No need to speculate, make false claims, or put down your classmates though. Congratulations on Wesleyan, go post on that thread instead.</p>

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<p>Did you create an account just to post that? And I was not trying to do any of that, I was just adding my 2 cents in regards to what previous people had noticed, I never claimed anything to be true. I’m not upset about being wait listed since I obviously was not a good fit and I am not trying to put anyone down. I congratulate all accepted and that is all. Sorry if I offended anyone.</p>