<p>Where do Colgate grads go for grad school? Is Colgate similar to Dartmouth? I heard Colgate is almost as good as an Ivy in terms of academics...is this true? Also, how is the diversity at Colgate? I heard there were few blacks and Asians...Is this true?</p>
<p>1) About 20%+ go to law school, 18% for medical school, 10% for MBA, and the rest… well, depends on the person. That’s all within 5 years of graduation.</p>
<p>2) It really is just as good as an Ivy in terms of academics as we get professors from top-notch PhD program (for example, the history department is filled with people from top 15 programs and these are seriously the cream of the crop). They’re intelligent, attentive, and engaging in general. You’ll get a bad egg every now and then but for me out of 25+ professors I’ve had, I had MAYBE 1 or 2 whom I didn’t like. But comparing myself to my friends in terms of my education, I’d say that I’m just on par as the Ivy Leaguers.</p>
<p>3) Diversity has GREATLY improved since 2005, especially with focus on the blacks, Asians, and Hispanics. The student demographics have definitely changed.</p>
<p>All the old stereotypical notions of Colgate are no longer true. It’s a different Colgate today with just the same high quality of education and opportunities.</p>
<p>Check the colgate.edu website’s section on Admission and Aid for the Class of 2014 profile. You will see the statistics on the multi-cultural and international freshmen who enter in August.</p>
<p>Thanks… but I have some more questions… how much will applying ED affect my chances of getting in? I plan on applying ED to Dartmouth but I may consider ED to Colgate…
Also, did either of you attend Colgate? What were your stats?</p>
<p>Yes, I attended Colgate and did apply ED. That was many years ago and I doubt that my stats are relevant to today’s applicant pool. My own experience and anecdotal information suggest that ED can offer an advantage in the admissions process. I made it very clear that Colgate was my first choice and that I was keen to attend. I was accepted 2 weeks later, as I recall, and my family was delighted. </p>
<p>Good luck with your research, visits and applications!</p>
<p>Going ED does significantly raise your chances of getting in. Sometimes I still kick myself for not applying ED (I couldn’t get comfortable with my decision until mid-February, way past the ED II deadline) because I was ultimately rejected for RD as my stats at the time were a bit lower than the average accepted student. Of course, I transferred a year later and got in no problem.</p>
<p>I applied in 2004 and 2005 so that was quite some time ago. The only obvious difference that helped me to get into Colgate the second time was raising my freshman GPA from high school. You should be aiming for B+ or higher and have your SAT/ACT scores between 25-75&. Colgate admissions is very holistic so you should demonstrate your passions and interests clearly in your essays.</p>
<p>2200 SAT, 34 ACT, 4.3 GPA weighted, two varsity sports (hockey and lacrosse), captain of a varsity sport, 300+ hours of community service/volunteering at several places, 800 in two subject tests, 10 AP classes throughout high school and several honors classes, plus some other awards, etc…is that good enough?</p>
<p>No.</p>
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<p>Hockeyfan90–I’d say that’s pretty darn good! Especially if you apply ED, I think you have a great chance.</p>
<p>i applied ED to Dartmouth, didnt get in, and applied ED2 to Colgate. I honestly think I am way happier at Colgate than I would have been at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>kobudnik…really??</p>
<p>Mine is:
3 A levels subject; accounts, economics and business with A*s in all three in the final results.
I am the publisher of a youth oriented national newspaper. It has been running 1 year+
Currently a teacher at a A levels college; i have been teaching business and am in a yearlong congtract.
I am affiliated to two NGOs and have worked for 2 months fulltime in one of them. Voluntary teaching in nearby village to the underpriviledged.</p>
<p>I havent yet taken my SAT; i will be taking it in OCt 9th.</p>
<p>Do you think its worth trying ED in Colgate or Dartmouth or are they out of my league?</p>
<p>Hey hockeyfan u seem to be a great threat.
For which year are you trying?</p>
<p>Colgate graduates go to a variety of graduate schools in many fields. Most go for an MBA or some other Masters’ degree. Many do PhD’s and a number go to law school of medical school. Columbia and Cornell seem to be favorite destinations.
Diversity information can be found at:
[College</a> Search - Colgate University - At a Glance](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)
and I know Colgate has been trying to diversify the student body even more, with Jeffrey Herbst, the new president being a scholar on African studies.
In terms of academics, good students at Colgate are about as qualified as good students at Cornell or Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Where do Colgate grads go for grad school?<br>
To any of the very best grad schools. My Colgate friends from years ago went to medical schools, Harvard Law School, USC Film School, etc. </p>
<p>Is Colgate similar to Dartmouth? I heard Colgate is almost as good as an Ivy in terms of academics…is this true? Yes, Colgate is a little like Dartmouth since they’re both in the north woods, get lots of snow (usually), and are near no big cities. Both are also academically among the top 5% or so of colleges and universities. Dartmouth is bigger, better known, and an Ivy, of course. No one who hasn’t gone to both Colgate and Darmouth could tell you how they compare in terms of course work, but I’d guess it’s pretty similar. There is no real evidence that students at the Ivies are “smarter” or better students than students at schools like Colgate, despite what the media and the ranking systems might try to tell you. Smart and hardworking is the norm. </p>
<p>Colgate has few lecture classes, uses mostly small classes, seminars, and so on. Larger universities, including most Ivies, have more lecture classes, and many have teaching assistants doing the grading, leading discussion sections of the lecture classes (according to my Yale and Harvard friends) and so on. Not good, in my opinion. You want to be taught by “the” professor and in a seminar where you actually get to talk. </p>
<p>How is the diversity at Colgate? I heard there were few blacks and Asians…Is this true?<br>
You heard wrong. Colgate has nowhere near the number of minorities at some large urban universities, of course, but it has a very significant number of Asians, Hispanics, and African-Americans combined, around 20% or so. Check the website for specifics on that. My daughter is Japanese-American, a former student of mine now at Colgate is Hispanic, I know of at least three black students from the school where I teach who are at Colgate, also an Armenian, a Greek, a couple of Jews . . . . It’s about as diverse as any small rural liberal arts college, really, even if all such schools remain pretty WASPey in general.</p>