Colby College (2023-2024)

[jagged geyser]

Congrats! @cyan wedge

The nervous wait was worth it ig

[low violet]

congrats!

bummed about the aid they gave

[eternal hearth]

theyre my most affordable school rn

[wild turtle]

Bruh the additional info form went to spam 😭haven’t checked portal yet but ik I’m cooked

[limber cradle]

Ayeee congrats

i be needing 10k more

i have appealed

i jsut hope i can get that

[eternal hearth]

hopefully you do!

[low violet]

yeah they gave 51k aid per yr but i meed like 10-12k more lol

[oak hill]

Did they release the presidential scholarship with the decisions?

[high wigeon]

I don’t think so

[limber cradle]

sameee

Hopefully we will get that 10-12k more

[cyan wedge]

Oh damn they gave me 60k

But I need to find 18k more 😭

[low violet]

yeah middlebury and grinnell gave like 65k

66k

and then 7-11k fafsa

[eternal hearth]

they have me 84k which is more than anyone else is giving me so its def my top choice rn

[sage mortar]

They didn’t give pulver scholars so

[low violet]

pulvers prolly ina couple days

[cyan wedge]

damn insane

congratulations guys

i am proud of you

[half solstice]

Waitlisted and boy does writing yet another essay sound daunting

[cyan wedge]

they have provided me 86k

it is just insane

[half solstice]

Though it's my first US non-rejection, so there's that

[eternal hearth]

hopefully i get presidential scholars too

that would be the icing on the cake

[cyan wedge]

you will get it chill

[cyan wedge]

is there any official co28 page?

[eternal hearth]

not sure havent heard anything

[crimson aurora]

I got into Colby!!!

[median cloak]

YAYYY

[woeful lantern]

Congrats!!

[median cloak]

I WAS CHEERING FOR U

CONGRATS

[crimson aurora]

The pulver and presidential thing aren't out yet right?

[median cloak]

nope

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
Thank you so so much!!!

[sage mortar]

wooord

[wild turtle]

Waitlisted Colby. Probably won’t accept spot on waitlist but out of curiosity how many are put in the waitlist compared to the number of applications?

[cyan wedge]

around 25%

[humble tulip]

How hard is it to get accepted from waitlist ?

[cyan wedge]

it is hard

but you can give it a shot

[humble tulip]

😩

[wild turtle]

Ay I’ll take it 🙏

[peak oar]

waitlisted

[sage mortar]

should’ve demonstrated lil bro

[kind thunder]

Does anyone have a link to actual salary outcomes of graduates?

I can't find anything on it

[sage mortar]

idk

Colby is ok

[crimson aurora]

Swarthmore Loss
Let's go!!!

[limber cradle]

It's Colby ftw

[crimson aurora]

Fr fr

[cyan wedge]

How many of yall who got in are committing

I think I’ll probably commit

Only 3 schools left and they are reaches

[limber cradle]

Definitely commiting just waiting for them to fix my aid

[cyan wedge]

Omg time to join the Colby discord

[limber cradle]

Hopefully we can get it fixed

[cyan wedge]

lol same 18k is too much

I’m poor

[limber cradle]

They are pretty genourous I am sure they will be bale to fix that for us

[cyan wedge]

waitlisted

Me with university of ga

Colby accept uga deny

[sage mortar]

they don’t even have one

got into cmu rejected from tufts, Pomona, wait list searthmore

it’s random

we are better

[cyan wedge]

They do lol it’s on their subreddit

It’s a hub tho j found out I need a school email address 🙄

[feral mirage]

real

colbys fake for that

[cyan wedge]

since when do we fall for promotional emails

[river dagger]

i just woke up

so many decisions i dont want to opennn

[round magnet]

i cracked open colby to mentally prep for amherst and williams

[low violet]

same

rejected Williams 😦

man it was my dream school

[river dagger]

same

accepted colby rejected colgate n williams rip

gotta wait an hour for carleton now

[feral mirage]

Maybe I got waitlisted because I applied late? Lol

I didn't even think about applying to colby until like Jan 6th lol

And I saw it and I was like oh it's free so why not

And I applied

[river dagger]

afaik colby abuses the waitlist to drive down acceptance rates

[magic token]

Yea it seems like

They might accept tons of waitlist people later on

As a way to fill the class lol

[river dagger]

like they waitlist people they actually want to accept bcs those offers arent factored into the acceptance rate but i wouldnt bank on this bcs its borderline portal astrology

[crimson aurora]

They do so cos their yield is unpredictable tho

[cyan wedge]

It’s okay it looked boring and depressing

[low violet]

ong #d1williamshater

i love coping

WL at colgate too 😦

[cyan wedge]

Are you gonna go to Colby

[low violet]

waiting for pulver results, asking for more aid but its between colby and midd

[cyan wedge]

Would you go if you didn’t get pulvers lol

[sage mortar]

when pulver coming

do u guys want me to email and find out

[round magnet]

also waiting on pulvers

[cyan wedge]

little liars

i just care abt financial aid lmao

[round magnet]

i think i ate that interview tbh

[cyan wedge]

lolll mine was just him telling me to stop talking abt science

and talk about my hobbies

[eternal hearth]

is it not good?

[cyan wedge]

i think there was a mix up with mine

my mom had not submitted her taxes yet when i sent css

so they want me to pay 18k even tho she just makes 49k a year

imma email in april tho to get that figured out

[eternal hearth]

def email them asap if youre considering colby

[low violet]

yeah im doin that

efc shiild be 9k

middlebury estimated gor me

but i have to pay 34k

so its off

[crimson aurora]

Carleton Rejected
Colby is calling
I have only Vassar and Dartmouth left
So we go Mules!!!

[crimson aurora]

What's Colby's offer

[river dagger]

same

[high wigeon]

Accepted Colby, Carleton, Colgate today but rejected Swarthmore, Amherst, Bowdoin, USC and waitlist Williams 💀💀😭

Today was so wild

[eternal hearth]

me with colby, pitzer, and lafayette but rejected by amherst, bowdoin, williams, carleton, colgate, and swarthmore

w&l and wake forest waitlisted me but idrc

[high wigeon]

Yooo pitzer is crazy too

I was gonna apply but ran out of time 😭😭😭

Where u thinking of going?

[oak hill]

congrats on ur acceptances

[crimson aurora]

Wow
That's huge
Carleton
Are you intl?

[high wigeon]

Thank youuuu

Nah I’m domestic from California

[cyan wedge]

Now to get my grades up so I don’t get rescinded

[round magnet]

same

[oak hill]

that's priority number one for me rn

[cyan wedge]

I had given up after a 4 rejection streak

Thought I was going to a 98% acceptance school 😭

Greatest academic comeback of all time incoming 🤞

[oak hill]

fr fr

[round magnet]

same here fr

[low violet]

time to cope williams by playing val all night

we aint stopping

[cyan wedge]

It’s ok Colby technically has a lower acceptance rate

7.6<9

[eternal hearth]

williams dropped to 4 this yr

[shy badge]

seeming unlikely but not 100% sure yet

I got way more scholarship at WPI and I'm still waiting on USNA

[round magnet]

waiting for ivy day and scholars

if i got pulver and rejected by all other reaches then id commit

[shy badge]

Have any of u guys visited?

I loved the campus but the food looked awful I'm ngl

[round magnet]

nope

intl moment

[shy badge]

Ohhh

The art museum is fucking awesome

also the new athletics/rec center and performing arts buildings

both r rly cool

[cyan wedge]

I LIKE THE CARBON FREE CAMPUS OMG

and they have their own skating rink

The gym seems amazing

[shy badge]

The gym is actually so cool.

[cyan wedge]

I watched a cool video they made on their website

[shy badge]

There's like 3 levels to it; the top being cardio, middle floor free weights, bottom floor machines (if i remember correctly)

[cyan wedge]

Can’t wait to meet Dasan in person

He was telling me about the plans for their engineering program

😍

[shy badge]

Are u an eng major?

[cyan wedge]

Yup!

[shy badge]

Nicee I'm CS

[cyan wedge]

Chemical engineering

[round magnet]

chemE gang

even tho i applied to colby as chem

[shy badge]

I'll see where I end up, rn the only thing holding me back from colby is the food and maine

idk if I could see myself in such a rural place

[magic token]

Lemme take your spot, I love to experience the rural life coming from an urban guy hahaha

[shy badge]

Haha if I don't commit and ur waitlisted I suppose that's good news for u 😆

It's not really the rural location, as much as it is Maine

[kind thunder]

I can't seem to find much info on Colby

Is it just the website?

[shy badge]

Maine just always feels gloomy to me

[shy badge]

Depends on what info you're looking for

The staff are all really helpful so I almost guarantee if you reach out you'll get a response

that's how I found out most info abt the school

(that is, specific to what I wanna do)

[kind thunder]

I'd like to know more about graduate outcomes

[eternal hearth]

the only thing holding me back rn is the weather and it being rural

[kind thunder]

ig I can just email them

Colleges finally want me now and not just the other way around

🤗

[shy badge]

Yeah I'd honestly email any high-up within the department to which you applied

[round magnet]

double exclamation mark

[kind thunder]

I also have to figure out Colby vs Colgate for finance

¯_(ツ)_/¯

This is a good problem to have

[shy badge]

Dudee congrats on colgate!

I got waitlisted lol

[kind thunder]

Thanks

[kind thunder]

I hope you're not worried about it

I got rejected from so many places

and it's not over yet

[shy badge]

Nah not at all I've been getting waitlisted everywhere

[kind thunder]

How big is ivy day for you

[shy badge]

Plus I applied to 3 intl schools so I wont even hear back until june-july for those

[kind thunder]

oh, you're not an intl right

I am btw

[shy badge]

didn't apply to any ivies...

Ohh wow what country?

[kind thunder]

New Zealand

[shy badge]

Oh nice!

[kind thunder]

From higher ranked LACs which have data on countries, I'm probably one of the only NZers that even applied

[shy badge]

Not quite new zealand but I applied to UT Sydney

[kind thunder]

Oh cool

I hope you get in.

Do you have a high EFC for US unis?

[shy badge]

I hope I do too lol

[kind thunder]

Because I imagine UT Sydney would be pretty expensive

[shy badge]

EFC?

[kind thunder]

Expected family contribution

[shy badge]

ohh yeah they'll likely be able to cover most of my tuition fortunately

UT Sydney is amongst the more expensive schools tho

[kind thunder]

Yeah

That's how it works in NZ and Australia

and why it's so cheap for domestics

[shy badge]

Yeah they r like 3x price for intl 💀

[kind thunder]

They're not bad unis, they are just really expensive

[kind thunder]

Well, sometimes it's an infinite multiple

1st year is free in NZ

and I meet people paying like 45k NZD per year

[shy badge]

Yeah they're great unis and (atleast from my hs) easier to get into than sgp or uk unis

[kind thunder]

Oh yeah

NZ unis use intls as cash cows

[shy badge]

NUS and NTU are my other international applicants but i expect a rejection ngl

[kind thunder]

Well, you only need one

as cliche as it is

[shy badge]

very true

I'm already happy with where I've gotten into so I'm j praying on these last few 🙏

[kind thunder]

Colby and where else?

[shy badge]

Colby, WPI, Northeastern, Florida Tech (all with scholarship)

Then waitlisted from UCSD, UW-Madison & Colgate

Rejected from Gtech and MIT

[round magnet]

wallahi nus ntu didnt even interview me

while offers alr rolled out for my friends

[shy badge]

What country?

[round magnet]

vietnam

[shy badge]

Bc in US the application deadline was legit this week

[sage mortar]

very good for intl

Proud of u

[crimson aurora]

Colby is 6.6
This year ☠️☠️☠️
To think I beat this crazy acceptance rate , I just can't believe it

[sage mortar]

W

only issue is Colby has 0 clout

[round magnet]

true

[crimson aurora]

Me too!!!
We really chatted a lot about Colby

[round magnet]

for the clout i flex my bag

[cyan wedge]

Ohh where is that info

[crimson aurora]

I think someone posted it here tho
I saw it somewhere tho

Colby is really generous tho.i basically have a fullie cos I am so low-income.

[round magnet]

same

[cyan wedge]

Does Colby send admissions packages

I got some from some safeties I applied for

[crimson aurora]

Hmmm
About to ask that
I think they do

Colby is damn generous to Low-income students tho
A Colby'27 student told me this

[cyan wedge]

Yeah dasan told me too

I’ll lyk once they update my financial aid lmao

[cyan wedge]

nope it's still 7~8

accepted students are different from class size

[low violet]

where is it?

[eternal hearth]

i must’ve read it wrong mb

[low violet]

idk yet lol gotta weigh out all the pros and cons

[cyan wedge]

The link is on the Colby subreddit

But we don’t have our Colby ids yet so we can’t get in 😔

Oops looks like quite a few ppl got rejected on Reddit

[cyan wedge]

Man I want a Colby gc

[kind thunder]

What's a gc

[low violet]

groupchat

[silver nymph]

guys in prev years aprox how many intls got off from the waiting list? any idea

[half solstice]

Huge congrats! I think I know you from INTL'28 - your profile was excellent

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh
Nice
Thank you 💕💕💕

[low violet]

not many

i think 30ish out of a couple thpusand

https://collegetransitions.com/dataverse/waitlist-statistics

[cyan wedge]

I’m scared the classes are gonna be too hard now 😭

[low violet]

wdym

also r u committing lol

i think i might commit over middlebury

[kind thunder]

why's that

[low violet]

bc i like the dorms better, i heard that middlebury is very athlete heavy and im not one

but im not sure

gotta wait for fin aid

[eternal hearth]

i heard the reverse that colby is more athletic but lets see

[round magnet]

chat anyone know when we get scholars program results?

[shy badge]

Colby is very athlete heavy, but the athletics/recreation center is open to all students and (imo) it doesn't make much of a difference

it's also D3, so the athletics don't even practice year-round

[cyan wedge]

I am like 90% sure I am

I only have 3 schools left (Barnard, rice, and umich)

And I would choose Colby over Barnard

Umich has horrible aid for out of state

And rice is the only school I’d consider going to over Colby but honestly is rice 🙈

So go mules!!!

[quiet ibex]

Bro. The letter of continued interest i'm writing right now is better than the common app essay

[eternal hearth]

lmaoo im waiting on rice too but i doubt ill get in so colby it is for now

[cyan wedge]

I hath info for Colby admits

We don’t get to choose our roommates

There’s a questionnaire we fill out and they pair us with ppl with similar answers

And freshman year housing changes every year

So we could get very lucky and get the new pond houses

And math placement has a questionnaire we have to fill out too

[low violet]

yea i think a lot fo schools do it like this

but bro the pond houses look so nice

[eternal hearth]

yeah bowdoin does the same

i was trying to be roommates with a friend that got in ed (i ended up getting rejected so who cares)

[cyan wedge]

THEY DO I WANNA DORM THERE

I think they would make them substance free right

Since they are newer and nicer

[low violet]

yeah probably

the view and stuff is so nice

private baths too,

and this is the few instancedx where the nicer ones are for 1st yrs and 2nd years only

also the alfond st commons look nice too

a gym in ur building sounds amazing

[river dagger]

any update on the scholarships?

[little elm]

Really? Is there one?

[low violet]

yup the alfond commons has them

[little elm]

Is it like free or do we need to pay extra fees tho

[low violet]

i'm not entirely sure, i assume that it would be free for students; we paying that LAC price for a reason lol

[little elm]

Oh i have this question i intended to ask the college but i assume theyre on break rn so :)) do colby send out acceptance packages and will intl students receive them (i got accepted to several schools but received from none)

[limber cradle]

idts colby does tho i got one from knox

[limber cradle]

Plus isn't the admissions office and stuff still open during the spring break?

[round magnet]

wwait how do they know our location

[little elm]

I filled my address in common app so i assume that they would know

[round magnet]

oh

i see

[little elm]

Idk i’m just not sure

[limber cradle]

yeah i hope they are not lol atleast don't ghost us after decisions so i hope the admissions and aid won't be closed

[little elm]

Oh knox also sent me one too (it hasnt arrived)

[limber cradle]

It will its so good tho

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
We don't
But I hope to be in a double tho
It's nice having someone to talk to always

[crimson aurora]

Until you commit
It won't be sent

[limber cradle]

naah i didn't commit

i have it

[little elm]

do u guys think i should email colby abt this cuz i'm rlly rlly looking forward to their package if they do have them

[limber cradle]

it won't harm mailing them good luck

[cyan wedge]

I think they have one 😭 I saw a YouTube video of a girl opening it

She was intl too

[limber cradle]

ooohhh too excited to receive it then

[crimson aurora]

I mean for Colby
Was about to commit, just wanna wait for Dartmouth first

[limber cradle]

oooh okie

[keen cedar]

did uh

did pulver come out

[round magnet]

same q

[keen cedar]

should I email

someone should call

[cyan wedge]

It probs won’t come out for a while

It’s Colby spring break rn

[crimson aurora]

I thought they said it would come as part of the admissions notification

[keen cedar]

That’s what I thought

but none of us got it

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
I think
Anyways Colby's the real win
The pulver is optional

[keen cedar]

nah

no pulver then im not going here

not even considering it

[cyan wedge]

Nah dasan told me it would come later

Like may June I think

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
I see
My friend who got in last year said he got it with his decision

[cyan wedge]

Strange Reddit thread from last yr says it comes later

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
Anyways
For me, as an intl with full ride, Colby is the real W,
Pulver can calm

[cyan wedge]

Presidential came in last yrs admissions decision

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh

[cyan wedge]

Yeah idc about pulvers either lmao

[crimson aurora]

Lets see how this week goes

[cyan wedge]

Just proud of Colby

[crimson aurora]

Me too
Really simping on it
I'd like to commit soon tho
I'd be commiting on ivy day

[crimson aurora]

If I don't get into Dartmouth

[cyan wedge]

I’ll commit once my financial aid appeal goes through lol

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
Mine is like 1650 and it can be covered by summer earnings

They even added travel as part of my FA tho

[cyan wedge]

Same! Still a lot for me tho

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
You have no parent contributions right?
I think if you have only 1650 left, you can only fund it with works study

[river dagger]

including healthcare?

i also have 1650 "net contribution" but it doesnt include healthcare which was 2700-ish from what i rmmr

[crimson aurora]

They said they can actually provide financial assistance to subsidize the health insurance
Are you intl?
What country

[round magnet]

isnt net contribution after work study alr

[cyan wedge]

Not on my financial aid thing

[river dagger]

not intl but i live in asia

[low violet]

idk how my efc got fucked up

like some schools was like 5k efc

and for another schol was always around 8-10k

but colby was 35k

[crimson aurora]

How??
That's quite much tho
Maybe due to assets and mortgage things

[low violet]

nope

0 assets

0 owned houses

[crimson aurora]

You know each school has its own FA formula

[low violet]

yeah maybe

probably from my non-custodial side

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh
Have you written an appeal to them

[low violet]

iwth fafsa included it would be like 26k but still too much for my fam

ima write it when i getall my deciisons

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh
That's true
If your non-custodial side earn much more
Then it would come into factor

[low violet]

yeah ig so, they probably prioritized my non custodial

they r still considered low income tho

efc shouldn't be that much, at least grinnell and midd didnt do that

[crimson aurora]

I mean if UCLA is cheaper
You can go for it

[low violet]

but we'll see

middlebury is around the same

as ucla

so ill probably go with midd if colby doesnt work out

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
Nice nice
Goodluck
How many ivy did you do?

[low violet]

i got rjeected brown ed so i did 2 more, yale and columbia

also got nyu, hamilton, and ucb (but i alr got rejected but its using portal "astrology" even tho its confirmed)

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
Only did Dartmouth cos it was the only ivy with lac vibes

[low violet]

ah yeah

im not a fan of dart cuz its too fratty and the frats are very weird

compared to other frats ive seen

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
There's PA for NYU ?
Could you share in dm ?

[low violet]

oh no

theres only PA for ucberk

[crimson aurora]

Didnt get the cc or cw tho
So no hope for NYUAD.

[crimson aurora]

Ohh I see
Berkeley hasn't released yet?

[low violet]

nope

on ivy day

[crimson aurora]

Oh I see
I am also awaiting Vassar tho
Even if I get in, I'd choose Colby over it

[low violet]

yeah colby is a v good chocie

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
Dreading Dartmouth's quarter system
Colby's 4-1-4 much quite better

[cyan wedge]

Omg I have fallen in love with Colby

I’ll be very said if financial aid doesn’t work out

[crimson aurora]

I think it should
Colby's damn rich
They should be able to accept appeals

[cyan wedge]

I’ve heard good things about their appeal

I just

Don’t know if they are fine with my mom handling the call on Tuesday

I’ll be out of the country and she probably knows the finances better

Ill know Tuesday 🤞🤞🤞

Do yall think I can ask for them to pay for the flight and bus trip to Maine for admitted students day

It’s almost at 800 dollars already and that’s without hotel 😭

[low violet]

worth a try, worst they can say is no

[low violet]

but do you need all in the financial info to appeal?

i was thiking of just senidng an email

[crimson aurora]

Just ask
If they can, they'd do so
If they can't, it's just a polite NO
Nothing to lose

[little elm]

Ikr getting into colby is already bomb for me
And besides they give out rlly generous finaid so i dont even think i need pulvers

[cyan wedge]

Yeah I sent an email and they said to set up a meeting

Their website says meeting too lol

[crimson aurora]

Me too
Are you intl

[little elm]

yes i'm viet

[round magnet]

yoooo northside or southside?

[crimson aurora]

Awesome

I'm Ñigerian

[high wigeon]

Do you guys think we’ll hear back from pres soon like today or smth 😭

[cyan wedge]

No 😭

Best case scenario forget about it for a month and then you’ll get a pleasant surprise in April

[little elm]

i'm in hanoi (which is northern vietnam)

[high wigeon]

Fr 😭

[limber cradle]

Presidential scholar

Omgggg

[eternal hearth]

SAME

[limber cradle]

I didn't even get the interview

I am. Crying

So bad rn

Intl student

Damn

We making it big man

[eternal hearth]

i dont think presidential had one

i think it was just pulvers

[limber cradle]

Ohhh

Ahhh we made it

[crimson aurora]

I got Pulver's!!!!

[limber cradle]

Ayeeee that's so gooodd

[low violet]

got presidential

wanted pilvers tho 😦

[crimson aurora]

That's cool bro

Pulvers is for research right as much as presidential

[cyan wedge]

AYE I GOT PULVERS TOO

I was lowkey sad bc I didn’t see any email

But it was in my spam 😝

[crimson aurora]

That's nice
My other friend who got Colby also got it too

I think with Pulvers, My Colby choice is actually kinda on par with Dartmouth (If I get in)

[kind thunder]

How do you figure that

[crimson aurora]

I mean I am speaking from myself personally

[kind thunder]

Oh yeah I know

[kind thunder]

I'm curious why you think that though, even if a lot of the reasons relate to unique personal circumstances

[crimson aurora]

Well, the quality of education is pretty much the same; and with guaranteed funding for research and such, I have all I need in a school

[cyan wedge]

Yup I’m like dead set on Colby now

Committing ASAP

[high wigeon]

BRO I GOT SO SCARED CUZ I DIDNT SEE ANY EMAIL FROM COLBY AT FIRST BUT I GOT PRES TOO

CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!

[kind thunder]

Yeah, I got presidential scholar and I'm thinking it may make me want to choose Colby over Colgate

[crimson aurora]

Actually me too

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh
It's a personal choice
But looking at the benefits
Colby seems generous in the regards of the opportunity

[high wigeon]

I’m still deciding lowk 😭 grinnell is more affordable than Colby and idk if it’s worth it to pay more for presidentiak scholars

[low violet]

yeah im in same boat

i wonder how many get selected as pulvers or preisdential

i think 10 for pulvers but not sure for presi

[high wigeon]

Same

I remember hearing yield is low for Pres scholars so maybe they accept like 30-50?

I’m still waiting on Berkeley too cuz it’s cheaper in state for me and closer to home

[low violet]

i see

im surprised i got presi tho, i only interviewed/received noti for pulvers

[kind thunder]

@low violet Was #1 China Valorant Player an EC

[low violet]

maybe

valorant valorant valorant

sry that was brainrot

[kind thunder]

Dw

[round magnet]

presidential lfggg

bomba

[crimson aurora]

You are Dartmouth simp tho🤣🤣🤣

[eternal hearth]

did everyone get presidential lmaoo

also im still lost as to what the program actually is

[high wigeon]

Oh nice!!

[crimson aurora]

Me definitely taking my hands back from pressing that enroll button on Colby,
Waiting for Dartmouth tommorow but It seems Colby + Pulver's = Dartmouth for me

[high wigeon]

Manifesting everything will work out for you 🤞🙏

[crimson aurora]

Thank you so much

[kind thunder]

Yeah I wonder how many got it

[round magnet]

everyone at a2c get them

i believe there is an ao lurking that would give out presidential for a2c members

[eternal hearth]

lmaoo he saw that im a mod and instantly gave me presidential

[limber cradle]

Lol everyone I have seen have got the presi

Either it's a big time mistake or we all presi scholars

But ig the top 2pc is pulvers and top 10pc is presidential so 10 pulvers and 60-70 presi

"Colby College's Presidential Scholars Program recognizes the top 30 students in each incoming class. The program offers several benefits, including:"

This is what Google says

[round magnet]

💀

[eternal hearth]

def more than 30 😭

maybe they want to entice more ppl since their yield is lower than the other top nescacs

[low violet]

yeah

ima visit in like 2-3 week sto see how the campus is

[eternal hearth]

are you going on the april 14-15 one?

[low violet]

most likely

[eternal hearth]

same

[low violet]

if i get a travel grant

lol

ayy i'll maybe see u in then

[eternal hearth]

i was gonna take the travel grant but my parents want to drive up there so we might do that instead

[low violet]

oh

yeah im in caili so driving wont work lol

is colby ur top rn?

[eternal hearth]

its my cheapest choice so def is my top rn

[cyan wedge]

How do I get a travel grant

[low violet]

i respect that

[cyan wedge]

Just email financial aid?

[low violet]

yeah financial most important rn

[eternal hearth]

go to the portal and go to admitted students events

[low violet]

register

it'll say if u qualify

[eternal hearth]

100% esp since im planning to go to law school after

def dont want undergrad loans to deal with

[low violet]

oh yeah im in same boat

med school after

lac prolly the best for grad school

or like a inflated ivy lol

[eternal hearth]

i mean im from nyc and its a good 6hr drive 😭

[low violet]

oh shi

[eternal hearth]

lacs are insane esp for grad school

[low violet]

we bouta get some goated LORs

[limber cradle]

Oh well really?

[low violet]

yeah smlal class sizes = more attention

most have grade inflation

profs rdy to tutor u

[limber cradle]

I wanna do my masters so I definitely was looking for options with better grad schools

[low violet]

research opps

[eternal hearth]

yeah cuz the undergrad focus better prepares you for grad school coursework + better connections with professors

[low violet]

more fudning

[limber cradle]

Ahhh make sense not leaving this opportunity then defo let's hope Colby it is then

[low violet]

and i heard colby has less of party scene

which i like

[eternal hearth]

i heard it has a bad party scene like its just boring dorm parties so you dont really miss out on much from not going

[low violet]

its just isolated from major cities

[eternal hearth]

which is fine by me

[low violet]

yeah i dont see myself going to many

i wanna join like cultural clubs and symphonic band and stugf

[eternal hearth]

only thing that sucks about colby is how remote it is

[low violet]

and colby has free music lessons for presi scholar

[eternal hearth]

like at least bowdoin has the amtrak

[low violet]

fr

[eternal hearth]

but colby only has shuttles and like one greyhound bus line

[low violet]

someone in the friendgroup needs a car 😭

only sucky part

[low violet]

i heard they dont leave at the best times or smth

idk

[eternal hearth]

lmaoo honestly im prob gonna save up the fafsa refund and get a car 💀

[eternal hearth]

yeah its always late

[low violet]

u have leftover fafsa?

[eternal hearth]

im prob gonna be taking the greyhound to boston and then prob amtrak to nyc

[eternal hearth]

yeah cuz colby gave me a full ride w/o fafsa

[low violet]

yeha that line is gonna be busy

oh lucky

hopefully my appeal gets me close to full ride

[cyan wedge]

Same I cannot with 18k 😭

Does Colby have grade inflation

Or is it like an easier school

I wanna go to grad school 😔

[low violet]

i think there is grade inflation for certain courses?????? im not entirely sure; i think some stem classes may be quite rigorous

[low violet]

broooo idk how to get 35k down to 10k

hopefully they match my other schools

my fafsa just processed and i got the maximum grant so hopefully they consider that

[cyan wedge]

My fafsa got fucked up too 😔

I haven’t even looked into how to appeal a fafsa calculation

They said I was ineligible for Pell grant regardless of my parents only making 49k a yr 😭

I hate financial stuff with a passion now

See yall on April 15th tho 😝

[low violet]

oh yeah thats insane

i see people with 100k gtting some grants lol

[cyan wedge]

WHAT

oml

cant wait for my colby email

[low violet]

which link allows u to coordinate a meeting?

or do they send it after u email them

[cyan wedge]

Yeahhh she scheduled it after I emailed her

I think she scheduled it for the day she comes back from spring break

[low violet]

ok awesome ty

and that is the fin aid office right]

[oak hill]

Got the presidential

[limber cradle]

It's shit for appeals

Lol gave me 1k more

After appealing for around 10K

And if you have assets thats a big no

Npcs don't really matter too at the end

Try your best good luck

[little elm]

Wait I got the presidential so I won't have the pulver's right

Just kinda funny cuz I got an interview for pulver's but got pres

[round magnet]

same here

pulver rejects

[little elm]

it says here on the website that both pres and pulvers provide for my research if i conduct one

so whats the difference between them tho

[low violet]

yeha idr understand what presi is

[low violet]

can i see ur appeal letter in dms? ofc delete anyrhjng that is personal/ur not comfortable with sharing if thats cool!

[limber cradle]

Naah naah dw it's a form they will provide

You guys will have to fill the form.

[little elm]

lololol

[limber cradle]

Here for your ease

Do attach all proof so that they really have tk ask you again and again for any such stuff

They use a formula they told me so they can't change the aid only if your values are changed like income or unusual expenses or assets then only the overall aid might change

[little elm]

i honestly think that this year theyre kinda more generous with the finaid cuz they just received a massive fund in feb

[limber cradle]

They are generous tbh
Sometimes just special considerations are not factored like if my assets are used then yes obviously it will be what I have rn but then soon my sister will be going to college and my home will changed too so yeah they said next year once this is done it will be factored in my financial aid package

So the good thing is Colby does it every year and promises to meet your need each year which is the ebst thing

I have heard from people on campus that the financial people are really helpful if you convey your situation properly

[low violet]

did u have a meeting?

with th eoffice

or did u just send the form to the fin aid office

[limber cradle]

Nups

They sent me the form

I filled it back

[low violet]

oh, ill see how it goes

hopefully it wont be too messy and complicated

im just gonna send a email first and see how they respond

[limber cradle]

Yeah i did that they sent me the form I sent it back within a day they updated the portal

[river dagger]

do all presidential scholars get free music lessons? or are "presidential music scholars" a different thing

Presidential Music Scholarships cover the cost of music lessons in the first year at Colby as students explore various programs before selecting a major. (Music lessons continue to be free beyond the first year to all students who major in music.)

[kind thunder]

Same thing

All presidential scholars get 1st year music lessons free

[river dagger]

nicee

[eternal hearth]

if its top 10% its still around like 100ish ppl that get it out of the like 1k admitted so ig it makes sense

[kind thunder]

If the yield is the same it'd be about 50 people

[cyan wedge]

this is what i wrote

and she scheduled a meeting as a response

[cyan wedge]

oh thats strange their website says appeals must have a meeting

[crimson aurora]

Just committed to Colby!!!

[round magnet]

i thought u wanted to wait for darty tho

[crimson aurora]

Ngl,
I would have chosen Colby even if I still get Dartmouth

[round magnet]

damn

i would go to colby to get to dartmouth

with the 3+2 thing

if ivy day went to shit (it would)

[limber cradle]

same i am thinking of committing but we wait and see what happens

[kind thunder]

Good on you

[limber cradle]

ig they will just tell you to fill the form and how it all works and everything

[crimson aurora]

Yeahh

[cyan wedge]

congrats!!!! ill be committing soon too 🙈

[crimson aurora]

Yeah!!!
Go Mules

[cyan wedge]

was your enrollment deposit waived?

[crimson aurora]

Nah nah
Don't know why tho

[cyan wedge]

Hmmmmm interesting 🤔

Excited for Colby though

[low violet]

ty!

[formal copper]

https://news.colby.edu/story/class-of-2028-admitted-to-colby/

6.6%

[cyan wedge]

we ate that up 😝

[limber cradle]

i just saw that on reddit and i was holy moly we did it

we are that 6.6pc ahhh

[oak hill]

Good work

[round magnet]

rahhhh we are so back

[high wigeon]

Congrats!! 🎊🎉

[river dagger]

6.6 is insane

a lot of schools have had unusually large drops in ar this year

based on what ive seen atleast

[magic token]

Lol by the next 5 years it would be 0.9 percent

🗣🗣 "0.9% admission rate is not that bad"

[crimson aurora]

Thank you🔥🔥🔥

[crimson aurora]

Fr
The 50M grant they received will allow them to bring the most diverse set of the best applicants, don't be surprised if they rise to top 10 in the next 3 yrs

[limber cradle]

50M?

[formal copper]

I wonder what the ED/RD split was this year. Also, anyone know if students admitted under GES are included in admit numbers?

[crimson aurora]

Yeah this

[river dagger]

im getting cooked by these t20s lol

might commit soon

[cyan wedge]

LMFAO

The nescac are called the little ivies 🤷🏻‍♀️

[river dagger]

yeah im pretty happy w colby

but getting rejected still stings a little

[magic token]

Colby has 40% yield rate (2027)

Soo a chance for wl lol

[magic token]

Yea but get sting a ton, you wont feel it no more

[cyan wedge]

We need a Colby group chattt

I also got an email notification

That a package was sent from southern Maine

To my address

Admissions package??

[eternal hearth]

OOOH

[low violet]

oh im excitedd

im in the colby 2028 insta thingy but idk if theres another gc

[low violet]

informed delivery?

istg my informed delivery is not working cuz nothing shows for any of the mail i receive

[eternal hearth]

i got accepted into it today lmaoo

still deciding on what pictures and stuff to use for the post

[low violet]

im too lazy to make one

time to just see others

[crimson aurora]

Do they send acceptance packages to intls too?

[crimson aurora]

Have you commited?

[little elm]

Did you commit to colby

I havent received any email so I am assuming that they only send them out to committed students (mere guess from someone with no experience 💀)

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
They only send to committed students

[cyan wedge]

Yesssss I set it up a few days ago

[cyan wedge]

Nope not yet

[little elm]

Well I havent got anything in my email inbox yet

Hope they send me the package soon (❁´◡`❁)

[low violet]

same

[cyan wedge]

where are you leaning in the colby vs middlebury vs ucla choice

[low violet]

idk tbh, ucla is kinda out of the question but ima decide after i viist colby

cuz i visited kiddlebury this past summer already

i have pros and cons for both

unless ivy day goes well today lol i doubt it will

havent gottwn into a target or reach private research uni

[cyan wedge]

LOL why arent u considering ucla

[low violet]

too big for pre med and heard some not so pleasant stories

also kinda wanna go to the northeast since i have family up there too

change of scenery and i can take care of some family simultaneously

[cyan wedge]

that makes sense

im excited to visit

i associate middlebury with like poly sci though lmao

colby seems slightly more stem focused

i also found out colby has goats!

on some farm area of the campus or smth

[low violet]

ooh so davis of the lacs lol

yeah middlebury has great IB profram

[analog crag]

It's so Colbover 😢😭

[limber cradle]

Committed to Colbyyy lessss gooo!!!

[eternal hearth]

omg congrats!!

[limber cradle]

Hoping to see yall there in Fall!

[keen cedar]

@low violet CONGRATS ON NYU

[low violet]

Thankkssss

[keen cedar]

no middle of nowhere bs for you

WWW

[low violet]

im so shockedd

tysm

[limber cradle]

Congratss brothaaa!!
Good luck for the ivies

[cyan wedge]

Good luck to Ivy day people!!!

[high wigeon]

Yes! Good luck everyone!!

[crimson aurora]

Congratulations 🔥🔥🔥
Let's go!!!
Colby bros we are

[crimson aurora]

Congratulations on NYU bro
More ivies for you

[eternal hearth]

def verify after you pay your enrollment deposit!

get the prefrosh role fr

[limber cradle]

Ohhh how do we get that 😭😭
I sent for the verify thingy with the saying yes to the offer once deposit goes by ill send that email too

[eternal hearth]

use /verify command in #🤖-bot-commands

[limber cradle]

I have sent A2C mod mail proof of being committed let's see what happens now

[magic token]

Yall Imma hope to get out of waitlist and join yall

Since it has low yield I feel more hopeful lol

[cyan wedge]

Crazy like over 10 Ivy admits from my school

[limber cradle]

Yesssss

We will be waiting for you

[eternal hearth]

well ivy day was a bust so colby is def looking like my school

[low violet]

loll same

or idk

if only nyu wasnt so expensive today sucks man

nobody at my school got in besides the two insanely cracked kids

and we have like 700 studnets

and the cracke dkid got in 3 ivies

[eternal hearth]

a couple kids got cornell not sure about the other schools

[cyan wedge]

NYU is notorious for their shitty aid

[low violet]

yeah but still a lil more than colby

lol

around the same

and nyu doesnt allow appeals

[cyan wedge]

Time to lock in at Colby

Stanford masters 💪🧏🏻‍♀️

[river dagger]

got cooked again

[cyan wedge]

Colby needs better merch 😭

None of the clothes are actual Colby font

Just goofy block letters

[round magnet]

im locking in

dartmouth 3+2 into masters here we go

[crimson aurora]

A friend of mine got in Harvard, Brown and Duke tonight!!!

[crimson aurora]

Did they send you a merch

[eternal hearth]

i like this one

[cyan wedge]

No 😭

My rec offered to buy me Colby merch

But they all are meh 😔

I’m thinking of getting the blue or white

[crimson aurora]

The merch are freaking expensive tho

[crimson aurora]

Rec?

[cyan wedge]

My recommender

[crimson aurora]

Ohh
Nice

Pls who can make a poll for the number of people who have committed to Colby ?

[eternal hearth]

well i can do one for the acceptance results but this thread is kinda dead

[cyan wedge]

does anyone have link to colby's discord server?

[river dagger]

do we have a gc for admitted/commited students?

[cyan wedge]

nope

[cyan wedge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Colby/comments/pgmnir/come_join_the_colby_college_student_hub_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[limber cradle]

Deposit done
@eternal hearth Join us now we will wait

[eternal hearth]

im prob gonna officially commit after admitted students day and after my fafsa gets corrected 😭

[limber cradle]

Yayyyy surely we pray it gets corrected

[cyan wedge]

Did presidential ppl get a special invitation for admitted students day like pulvers

and has this Ron dude reached out about how travel grant ppl are getting there

[eternal hearth]

i got a special invite for the questbridge scholars event

[crimson aurora]

Yeah I did
But I won't be able to attend
I am intl

Who has sent his or her photos and bio to the Colby'28 IG

And should we create a WhatsApp group for committed students?

[cyan wedge]

I did

[cyan wedge]

They have travel grants

[cyan wedge]

But I sent it to @Colby2028 bios instead of the official private one

Just bc the private one didn’t let me in until late and only has like 4 posts

Compared to like 50+ on the one I sent

[crimson aurora]

Fr??

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh

[cyan wedge]

Yes! Go edit your registration

[crimson aurora]

Ohhh
How much would it cover
I am international and low-income sadly 😢

[cyan wedge]

I think all of it

Just submit the request and see what happens

[crimson aurora]

Hey
If you've Committed to Colby
Bells just created a Colby'28 group
Pls DM me to be added to the group.
Go Mules

[eternal hearth]

im prob gonna post on both

[cyan wedge]

The official one is lowkey dead

Just AOs posting goofy stuff on the story

[eternal hearth]

ik its so cringey

also i dont like the fact that its ao run

[cyan wedge]

Yeah it’s more like professional so like idk

Weird vibes

The ppl who saw my post on the other one were very nice though

Lots of messages and welcomes

[eternal hearth]

well stanford rejected so colby here i come

[little elm]

me too

[cyan wedge]

LOL

Stanford is my dream school but I didn’t feel confident enough in my stats to apply

Maybe for a masters

[crimson aurora]

Hey
If you've Committed to Colby or you are set on committing
Bells just created a Colby'28 group
Pls DM me to be added to the group.
Go Mules

Let's connect together and see our awesome faces by August!!!

Someone got into Stanford
He used it as an experiment
Tho he needed aid, but he chose that he doesn't need FA

He got in, while others with even far crazier profile ( but said they need aid) were Rejected

Just so crazy!!!

[cyan wedge]

College is crazy

10% of kids at my school are going to a school with less than a 12% acceptance rate

[crimson aurora]

Woah

[eternal hearth]

so many ppl ik are going to nyu/cornell

[little elm]

Hey wait how to send a message in the commitment channel

I committed to colby

[crimson aurora]

Congratulations!!!
Pls DM me to be added to the group

[river dagger]

should i wait for fafsa to process before commiting or is that irrelevent?

i havent even signed the fafsa yet the website the website is soo annoying

[little elm]

I just DMed u, did u receive my message

[crimson aurora]

Yeah
I've just replied you

[magic token]

Has anyone gotten of the waitlist?

[cyan wedge]

That probs will happen closer to commitment day

Which is may 1st

[keen cedar]

Did you guys get any mail yet

[eternal hearth]

i just got an invite for qb and presidential scholars events at the admitted students day

[little elm]

I got it too but I cant attend cuz I’m an intl

[kind thunder]

me too

[round magnet]

mood

school seems cool

and i finally managed to convince my fam to let me commit (after nus and ntu ghosted my ass)

also have anyone reached out to the instagram page

[limber cradle]

Ayeee hoping to see you on campus this fall

[round magnet]

ayy thanks

imma be holding out for those singapore schools for like 1 more week

and then i'll commit

[cyan wedge]

ya

[round magnet]

rly? the insta is so dead and a bit cringe imo

[cyan wedge]

Depends which one

The official one is dead

The unofficial one I’ve been able to meet a lot of ppl

[round magnet]

the insta is fun

one problem tho

im lowkey ass looking

[shy badge]

must be nice being an intl applying to ntu (they dont respond to US students till july)

[crimson aurora]

If you've committed to Colby,
Pls do well to join the WhatsApp group using this link
https://chat.whatsapp.com/HdWR6WGtrtPIpIuD2x9CSm
So that you can meet future classmates and probably roommates.
Go Mules!!!

[cyan wedge]

LMAO

[eternal hearth]

im waiting to commit first but i def need to start picking pics to post

[cyan wedge]

I’m going to London in a few days and I was thinking those pics would be fire

But I was too impatient 😭

[low violet]

wait u can choose roommates for colby?

[cyan wedge]

No 😔

I thought we could

[low violet]

cuz i saw someone say on a insta page that they r looking for future roommates lol

but maybe they meant it in a diff way

[cyan wedge]

But it’s just a questionnaire and they pair you with someone who is similar to you

[low violet]

ah ok

[cyan wedge]

So you can still talk to ppl

And be like

[low violet]

also i heard pond houses bathrooms suck 😦

[cyan wedge]

Let’s put the same answers

[low violet]

cant have all the good stuff ig

[low violet]

ah

[cyan wedge]

And yall will get paired together

[cyan wedge]

Whattt

They are the only dorm with individual bathrooms

Private

Idk the word

[low violet]

yeah idk how but a current student said the single use ones r all bad

maybe its just too small or smth

[cyan wedge]

I wanna know about class registration

I was thinking about transferring to gt after a year so I knew the classes I wanted

But I don’t plan on transferring after getting pulvers

[low violet]

oh i see

[cyan wedge]

So idk what classes to take anymore 😔

[low violet]

is there FYSE>

?

[cyan wedge]

What is that 😭

[low violet]

firstyr seminar

a lot of LACs have them so i assume colby does too

[cyan wedge]

Oh there is a first year writing class

But idt just talking about being a first year

They have smth called COOT

[low violet]

oh

[cyan wedge]

First week at Colby we all choose to do some outdoorsy activity for a week

To like be indoctrind to the school or sum shit

I wanna go kayaking 🙈

[low violet]

oh i gotta research that

"intensive outdoor adventure"

i have not engaged in something like that in like 3 yrs

ive only been in the concrete jungles ;-;

[cyan wedge]

I’ll do one of these three

I am not athletic in any way

Nvm canoeing is staying in a tent

No thank you 😭

[eternal hearth]

yeah its single use but you have to share with your floor 💀

[low violet]

wat da flip

[low violet]

same if i do commit

like hell no rock climbing???/

maybe whitewater rafting

doesnt sound too bad

[cyan wedge]

I want to rock climb in air conditioning 😍

Not in the sweaty outside

[low violet]

bouta be like 95+ degrees in summer maine lol

[cyan wedge]

Colby has a rock climbing wall 😁

[cyan wedge]

How’s that decision going

Still Colby v middlbuty?

[low violet]

honestly i'd try it for the fricks of it

i have no idea still lol, like UCLA doesnt sound bad rn

if i have to go on my knees and do some begging for a research intenrship i'd make do

but everytim i research a scvvhool i find more appealing things about them

[cyan wedge]

LMAO

[low violet]

and then find something that is a con

[cyan wedge]

Ucla sounds great I wish I applied

But like big schools are scary too

But small schools are also scary

[low violet]

like a guy went in my DMs to shit on middlebury, someone else for UCLA, and a person saying i wont fit in colby cuz i had no sports in high school and ill be lonely

[cyan wedge]

It’s a never ending cycle 🧏🏻‍♀️

[low violet]

so idk wo to listen. to

[low violet]

literally

one slip up everyone knows your name

[cyan wedge]

LMFAO

[low violet]

and then in big schools i feel like they will be cliquey

[cyan wedge]

But I like the individualized attention at a small school 😔

[low violet]

like NYU has a bunch of stuy/bronx science/ priv feeder kids who failed their parents by not attending ivy and attned nyu as last resort

[cyan wedge]

At a big school I think I’d struggle so much

[low violet]

yeah fs its harder to get profs attention

like ucla classes are hundreds in class size for starter psych classes

[cyan wedge]

💀

[low violet]

my HS is bigger than most LACs so it wont be too big of a chnage ig

[cyan wedge]

How much would you need to pay for ucla

[low violet]

idk, i just wanna commit somewhere and start obsessing over thier student life

9k a yr

[cyan wedge]

DAMN

and middlebury?

[low violet]

midd is like 10-11k and colby is still 35k cuz they havent replied

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😭😭😭

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well i just sent the appeal email last night tbh

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LOL

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but yeah idk

colby is so much better for stem tho

compared to midd i think

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Yeah I agree

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wat is ur major?

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Between midd and Colby I’d choose Colby

But Colby v ucla would be hard for me

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Chem w environmental science concentration

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oh damn u stem stem

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Probs will do a Eng +2 program

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im doing fake stem by doing psych lol

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LOL