<p>Congrats to all who were accepted, hate to start a bummer thread, but my D got waitlisted, curious about chances, and other WL thoughts....</p>
<p>i got waitlisted too 
i was supposed to get in</p>
<p>don’t worry about it, i just got rejected today. i think they accept less than 20% of their applicants. it’s extremely hard to get into so you should be happy that you still have a chance. good luck.</p>
<p>Sorry to everyone who was waitlisted or rejected!
What were your SAT scores/class rank if you were waitlisted?
Hopefully you’ll get off the waitlist =]</p>
<p>waitlisted</p>
<p>1590 - 2370
3.65 UW
top 10%</p>
<p>I was also waitlisted. Taking a look at CDS gives a good idea as to what your chances are if you’re on the waitlist. Take a look here(section c in each pdf):
[Colgate:</a> Institutional Planning and Research](<a href=“http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=4156]Colgate:”>http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=4156)</p>
<p>Chances are not great. Luckily I got in other places where I think I will be happy if Colgate cannot bring me in.</p>
<p>I was wait-listed too.
I was 100% expecting rejection, though, so this is a nice surprise. I accepted a place on the waitlist but I don’t plan on getting in. 
Haha</p>
<p>3.67 GPA, 2100 on SATs, 2080 on SAT 2s, 5 aps and all honors classes
great essays, good teacher recs, okay ecs, bad comm service.</p>
<p>Are any of you who were waitlisted internationals?</p>
<p>This year the admit rate was 22%, according to the website. I THINK waitlists will be used a lot this year, but I say that with some caution only because I think the more selective the school, the less likely kids decline offers of admissions past the class size. </p>
<p>So, they accepted 1100 plus students and the class size is a little more than half of that. </p>
<p>This said… you never know unless you try. There is absolutely nothing to lose by opting to stay on, UNTIL the deposits are due and then, of course, you risk your deposit if you should get it. </p>
<p>And if you do get in off the waitlist, tell the other school ASAP. Obviously there are kids waitlisted therel who would LOVE to see you leave to make room for them!</p>
<p>Modadunn, where did you get that stat? i can’t seem to find it</p>
<p>this was the “easiest” school i applied to that i actually had plans of attending, so i’m somewhat shocked and quite disappointed…</p>
<p>Stats:
CR: 670
M: 720
W:770
SATII: MI: 760 or 770, MII: 750 or 760, Lit: 690
Teacher recs: really good as far as i know, counselor rec decent
Top 5%
Eagle Scout (i was hoping this would count for something)
Lots of EC’s
Common App essay was really good for me
Supp essay was decent, not wonderful
Hook: white boy from a white town and a very very white school, valedictorian was accepted after i told him he should apply, that a** never visited…</p>
<p>most schools come back on tuesday, so i guess that’ll determine what i do about waitlisting</p>
<p>ugh I was waitlisted too… sent in the letter yesterday taking my spot.</p>
<p>I had 2120 sats and I attend a competitive private school in new york… I visited but had an alumni interview which lasted nearly 2 hours.</p>
<p>did everyone join the waitlist? also does anyone know the exact statistic of how many people were waitlisted?</p>
<p>When are waitlisted students usually notified of being brought off the list? I assume it is usually after May 1?</p>
<p>Sometimes in May or June once they start getting the numbers.</p>
<p>22%? I don’t think they publish this stat until sometimes late April… Last year was 23.7%.</p>
<p>Colgate usually doesn’t make admissions stats available for several months after candidates get the decisions back, which I find refreshing in comparison to say, Harvard, which is giddily reporting that they rejected 93% of the applicants this year (instead of 92% last year) before some candidates have even received their letters. With applications to Colgate down this year (as with just about all LACs this year), I would be surprised if the acceptance rate ended up being lower than last year’s level. Someone on this site reported that the Middlebury acceptance rate went from 17% to 22% this year, which I also don’t know if it’s actually true but would be surprised if Colgate ended up being at the same level as Middlebury.</p>
<p>Taking myself off the waitlist
ACT 34
SATII 800, 790, 790 and 730
Will go to UVa, Vandy, Cornell or Rice</p>
<p>waitlisted too
but im stats arent nearly as good as all of yours haha</p>
<p>13/250 class rank
2060 sats</p>
<p>REALLY hoping to get off!</p>
<p>i took myself off the waitlist i hope people that really want to go to colgate will have a better chance</p>
<p>I read that 22% somewhere… and don’t know where. But I wouldn’t just make up a figure like that. However, I did talk to a student who works in admissions at Colgate and Midd and both these students said the competition regardless of the numbers was absolutely fierce this year and is why there is such a waitlist thing.</p>
<p>OK… second: Harvard (dartmouth, yale) can trumpet their numbers all they want. They are offering free tuition for a significant portion of society and absolutely no loans to all of their undergrads who would need them anywhere else. Glad they can afford it, but Harvard seems to be making some fairly substantial cuts to other things, including faculty. Just saying… it’s not that their education is so far superior (although admittedly it does have definite cache) it’s that more people want free education and so their numbers of applicants once agains shoot through the roof.</p>
<p>I was accepted, but let me just encourage everyone here who is on the waitlist to keep plugging away. First of all, I would suggest getting 1-2 more rec letters from teachers and writing a letter explaining why you want to go and what you have done recently. </p>
<p>Although I was accepted, the cost of Colgate is making it almost impossible for me to attend. I assume many people are in the same situation. As such, I will most likely not be attending and should be declining their offer within the next few weeks. Keep working hard and know that you guys have a great shot at getting it, especially with the economy as it is! A lot of you look extremely qualified as well!</p>