<p>Are you receiving your decisions by mail? Are not there any e-mail notifications?</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>I was also invited to Benton Scholars Program. Anyone else? I am an International Student.</p>
<p>Tsenguun : Yes they send snail mail. Nope there are no email notifications.</p>
<p>congrats ajayc......i know you from the Dartmouth board. are you going to go to colgate or are you still waiting for other replies? i don't know if you ever got a chance to see colgate but it is really beautiful. i think it looks like a little princeton. and the fact that the dean hand wrote all those notes really is impressive.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>2090 SAT
SAT IIs 720 Math II 680 Lit
w GPA: 4.2
story - brain aneurysm, surviving a life threatening illness
hook - dad is dean of admissions at an ivy league, knows the colgate regional rep, I skipped a grade, repeated my jr year later after recovering from aneurysm to make sure I was prepared, though I could have graduated with my friends
ridiculous amount of sports involvement</p>
<p>I am very, VERY confused :(</p>
<p>Accepted in VA. Nice personalized message, and good money. </p>
<p>I don't think im attending. Probably going to Hopkins in the Fall.</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK EVERYONE~</p>
<p>sorry justbumming =( Are you gonna stay on the waitlist with me?! =) =)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]School Applied to: Colgate
[li]Stats:[/li][li] SAT: 2170 (780 CR, 660 M, 740 W)[/li][</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 780 US History
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 3.855
[<em>] Rank: 44/437
[</em>] Other stats: 7 AP classes, almost the maximum available at my school
[<em>]Subjective:
[li] Extra Curriculars: Drama Club, Physics Club (really intense), lots of theatre and wrote/directed/performed my own play[/li][</em>] Essays: Ridiculously awesome, if I do say so myself
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Really good, I imagine
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She likes me.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Lots of art and science? Writing?
*[li] Location/Person: *[/li][li] State or Country: Washington (Seattle area)[/li][</em>] School Type: Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Awesome ACT, good essays... negative grade trend for sure...
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I was honest and open with them, and I think I'm a lot different than many of their applicants
[<em>] Other Factors: I think they wanted to let me get my decision by my birthday (the 28th) because the letter was dated the 26th and it arrived by Fed-Ex on the 28th...
[</em>] Going to attend? I need to go visit, but I am seriously thinking about it. [/ul]</p>
<p>unforunately dana nope I am not. I like some schools I've gotten into better than Colgate, and I'm mad at them for putting me there!!! Good luck to you though!! :)</p>
<p>accepted!!!</p>
<p>I got the acceptance packet today! There was a nice handwritten message at the bottom of the letter. Loved it!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Stats:[</em>] SAT: 750 CR, 760 M, 770 W (2280)[<em>] SAT IIs: 710 Chem, 740 Math II, 790 World History[</em>] ACT:[<em>] GPA: 3.85 UW[</em>] Rank: School doesn't rank[<em>] Other stats:[</em>]Subjective:[<em>] Extra Curriculars: Lots of theatre, co-founded improv troupe at school, plenty of violin, mock trial. [</em>] Essays: Good I guess I don't think any evaluation I could make of them here would be fair. Almost every says at least "Good."[<em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but there were two nice quotes from them in my handwritten note ^_^.[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it. [<em>] Hook (if any): Legacy. Both parents went, and my brother goes now.[</em>] Location/Person:[<em>] State or Country: MD[</em>] School Type: Public[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian[</em>] Gender: Male[<em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es): Not sure. Good academics and EC's I guess?[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Probably a combination of being a good student, having good EC's, and legacy? I don't know. [<em>] Other Factors:[</em>] Going to attend?: Not sure. Probably not, but I don't know yet. I never really ordered my colleges in terms of how much I wanted to go.[/ul]</p>
<p>Congrats, everyone who got in! And do not lose your hopes, you waitlisted. And you still have a shot at other schools you applied to, you rejected!</p>
<p>I think I will receive exactly 6 mails on Monday. I really think it is going to be a tough day.</p>
<p>accepted! I haven't heard from other schools, but there's definitely a chance I'm going. Probably can't make it to the visiting days because I'll be in Florida.</p>
<p>Decision: Denied
[ul][<em>]School Applied to: Colgate[</em>]Stats:[<em>] SAT:630M 660V 650W[</em>] SAT IIs:670MI 650MII 630Bio-M[<em>]Other stats:[</em>]Subjective:[<em>] Extra Curriculars: tons: cheerleading captain senior year, cheerleading 4 years, vp/student body junior year, vp of select singing group junior year, treasurer of select chorus, student representative to school board, NHS, National French Honor Society[</em>] Essays: original bio essay (wrote it in third person, as if it was a book review)[<em>] Teacher Recs: one from the principal (exceptional rec), two others okay[</em>] Counselor Rec:[<em>] Hook (if any)bviously none, i thought my essat would be[</em>] Location/Person:[<em>] State or Countrya[</em>] School Type:small public school[<em>] Ethnicity: white[</em>] Gender: F[<em>] Major strength(s)/weakness(es):weakness: SAT scores and one of the teacher recs[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I think I was rejected because it had such a competitive pool. I mean, I "made up for" my lower SAT scores by showing SIGNIFICANT interest (I've visited twice, been in contact with three people in admissions, had interview, met cheerleading squad)[<em>] Other Factors:[</em>] Going to attend? anyone want to tell colgate to accept me? i'm heartbroken.[/ul]</p>
<p>justbumming, i can't believe you got waitlisted. how can anyone hear your story and not think you are amazing?</p>
<p>Thanks 5757, that's so so nice to hear and it gives me hope for my number one, ND. I thought my heartfelt story tied with my stats, grads, dad's position and extreme athletic participation would carry me through, but I guess not. It hurts knowing you're not good enough for a school!!</p>
<p>Thanks for your kind words though, hopefully ND can see some potential in me. I will let you know!</p>
<p>has anyone from the west coast been rejected or waitlisted? what sort of mail did you receive?</p>
<p>please email us, Colgate! we are too far away to receive packages soon!</p>
<p>Accepted with $48000! I am more than happy!</p>
<p>Holy cow. Congrats.</p>