Colby College (2024-2025)

[blissful arrow]

I thought it was supposed to come out with the decision and we got rejected from it

[bright rose]

yeah i don't think scholarship stuff comes out now

soon?

[blissful arrow]

I mean

[half garnet]

Yeah

[blissful arrow]

The school is 1.6k/yr

For me

[half garnet]

No it comes out a few days later

[blissful arrow]

So it doesn't matter either way

[mild sinew]

🔥🔥

[half garnet]

Bro sameee

Omgosh

[blissful arrow]

Are you under 100k

[half garnet]

Yeah

[mild sinew]

colby is great with aid if you like actually get in

[blissful arrow]

Isn't the school free tuition if hr under 100k

[digital linden]

yoo any intls here

who got in

or wl

[blissful arrow]

And id imagine housing isn't much cause it's like in thr middle of no where

[bright rose]

i'm under 100k as well and all my tuition is covered (still some room and board)

[outer wing]

did anyone who got the presidential scholars email get in??

[final lake]

yayyy

[digital linden]

which one, didnt everyone get the invitation to apply?

[outer wing]

specifically for presidential scholars

[digital linden]

oh

[outer wing]

i got one, but i am scared to open my decision😭😭

[candid holly]

Congratulations 🎉🥳

[blissful arrow]

Open bruh

[reef rover]

$1650 net cost is tuff

[candid holly]

Trust trust 💪 💪

[blissful arrow]

It's prob an acceptance

[outer wing]

that's insane

[blissful arrow]

Basically the same as my state school

State school is 1.4k staying home

[reef rover]

bruh we are not doing portal astro after decisions came out

[blissful arrow]

Bro just open it

[crisp drum]

sorry sorry 😭

[blissful arrow]

It not that deep

[crisp drum]

yea u should just open it

[blissful arrow]

It's a selective school

[crisp drum]

good luck 🍀🍀

[blissful arrow]

They're all dice rolls

Whether you get in or not

[turbid glade]

I'm '28 I should leave lmao

How's it going @mild sinew

[blissful arrow]

Unc

[mild sinew]

great

loving colby

[bright rose]

oh wait colby has no loans as well

dang

[mild sinew]

yeah

[short blade]

colby release is crazy lmfao

waitlisted as fuck holy

[runic hound]

oh youre at the cooper union? considered applying for art then saw the art assignment and was like nahhh lol. but it seems like such a cool school for its purposes

[turbid glade]

I'm doing engineering

It's kinda rough ngl but the art kids seem to have fun

[runic hound]

it does seem really intensive yea! they admit like in the single digit percentages for art folks

[turbid glade]

Fun level is Art>>>Eng >>Arch lmao

[runic hound]

but i think that art and engineering connection is neat and something i want to pursue in a college
i just did NOT feel like making physical art and mailing it lolll

[turbid glade]

There is no synergy between teh art and eng school ngl. There are def some mutual projects, but Arch seems to be most well-synergized to the other schools. Partially cuz they're also so small

[runic hound]

ahhh i see

it is a super small school tho

(also sorry i know this is the Colby thread lol id be happy to take this another chat or DMs)

[proven bramble]

how many got waitlisted?

[digital linden]

a lot of ppl did i think

[proven bramble]

yeh i couldnt find the latest CDS but the 2019-2020 had 3668/ 13584 on waitlist

[candid holly]

Their website said they wait-list approx 1000 students each year

[fossil eagle]

WL...
.

[digital linden]

nope they said 1000 students accept a place on the waitlist

[candid holly]

Ohh mbb

[tired mural]

Bruh waitlisted again

[astral bolt]

and then like 1 person accepted from the waitlist

[digital linden]

19 ppl from 1400 ppl

[candid holly]

Crazy

[candid holly]

Where did u get this number from

[digital linden]

2020 cds

[tired mural]

Wait did you get accepted aedrux

[blissful arrow]

yes

[candid holly]

😔 😔

I just wanna see confetti once.

[blissful arrow]

Idk how

[digital linden]

are u an intl

[blissful arrow]

How can i grt colby but not CWRU bro

[candid holly]

Yep

[blissful arrow]

Did i get yield protected

[tired mural]

We’re twins, I’m waitlisted from here and accepted to CWRU, you’re waitlisted from CWRU and accepted to here

[digital linden]

do u also need a full ride

[candid holly]

Efc around 20k

Wbu

[digital linden]

ooh we cooked bruh

[candid holly]

Are you Pakistani 😭

[digital linden]

need full ride

efc non existent

[digital linden]

yep

[candid holly]

🫂 🫂

[candid holly]

Saltafa server lol

[half garnet]

@blissful arrow bro we getting pulvers trusttt!!!

[fleet skiff]

i broke the waitlist streak

W

[short blade]

i give up

[fleet skiff]

shiiii

[short blade]

i got into my safety and thats it

[half garnet]

Omgosh contragtsss

[blissful arrow]

w

[short blade]

fucked

[fleet skiff]

i dont think i would;ve gone either

thats why i was too lazy to submit fafsa

[blissful arrow]

why didn't u apply for aid

[fleet skiff]

bc i didnt think i would go

[blissful arrow]

oh

[fleet skiff]

and i think they have shit aid too

[half garnet]

Oh

[half garnet]

Their aid is great

[blissful arrow]

Idk if my mom will let me go 9 hrs away

[fleet skiff]

kms

i didnt know this school was close to tufts level prestigious

i applied bc it was free on coalition

[short blade]

REAL

[short blade]

and bro got in

[fleet skiff]

i'll reject the offer later

[short blade]

im declining all of my waitlist offers

i dont have the time to be waiting around

[proven bramble]

me with 2.5K USD 🗣️

crazy that they even waitlisted me

[cosmic aspen]

good job bippy zozo

[mild sinew]

its

its its

its its its

great

hope to see yall

[steady solstice]

Waitlisted?? After presidential scholar email

[short blade]

ive accepted my fate that im not getting into any top school

[blissful arrow]

@mild sinew is therea colby 29 server

[half garnet]

wait yeah was just wondering about this

[blissful arrow]

also

whats the difference between the admitted students program, and the admitted studentsws visit

??

[half garnet]

I havent even checked that

let me go see

[half garnet]

@mild sinew

enlighten us

[blissful arrow]

tifany are you going

my parents are pretty on board

to go to colby

my best fin aid offer and good pre med too

[half garnet]

I need to see if I get pulvers

[blissful arrow]

after we tour and if we like the campus will prob commit

[blissful arrow]

dotn u have a similar offer to me

fin aid offer

[half garnet]

my mom is too

[blissful arrow]

mine is 1.65k/yr

[half garnet]

yesss

[blissful arrow]

then u don even need pulvers

[half garnet]

probs

[half garnet]

it would be great though

[half garnet]

I have to compare with my other choices but yeah its up there

[blissful arrow]

the only school that beats colby i nterms of aid is my state school

which is 1.4k/yr staying home

[half garnet]

my state schools got nothing on colby😭

Colby is straight up better

[mild sinew]

idk

[mild sinew]

idk im intl so i couldnt go

[blissful arrow]

r u in any servers with ppl from colby

that i couild ask questions in

[mild sinew]

there is colby '28

[blissful arrow]

lemme in

[mild sinew]

but its dead

[blissful arrow]

oh\

wait

is colby socially dead

or just the discord is

is everyone antisocial there

[mild sinew]

disc

[mild sinew]

asp i think is like a big event kinda thing

[blissful arrow]

wait what major are you

[mild sinew]

there would be a club fair and shit

[mild sinew]

chem ds

[blissful arrow]

oh

how bad is orgo?

at colby

im a neuro major

do you know if like gen chem 1 and 2 are like weeder clases

[main comet]

Hi
I am new here
Pls is there any scholarship available

[mild sinew]

havent taken but i heard its easy and hard from sources

[mild sinew]

gen chem is fine

there is accelerated gen chem

that is the weeder

[main comet]

Can someone please answer me

[mild sinew]

i have jorking peanuts scholarship

[main comet]

Not a joke
I am serious

[mild sinew]

i am serious

[main comet]

Explain

[proven bramble]

same here

[mild sinew]

if you jork it hard enuff colby give scholarship

[main comet]

I don't get

[blissful arrow]

whats the school like for people of color

and ppl who arent athletes

[mild sinew]

im both and ive been enjoying my life

[blissful arrow]

do you have any clue what the pre med is like

[mild sinew]

not rly

[blissful arrow]

guess ill email the pre med advisor

[main comet]

I am serious
Not a joke okay
Is there any ongoing scholarship

[blissful arrow]

https://www.colby.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/biology/opportunities/scholarships-funding/

[mild sinew]

we have the hawk tuah scholarship

[blissful arrow]

https://www.colby.edu/people/offices-directory/student-financial-services/scholarships-and-financial-aid/outside-scholarships/

[main comet]

Can I DM you for guardians

To guide me through

[blissful arrow]

I dont go to colby

I jsut got in today

[main comet]

Do you mean you were just accepted today

[blissful arrow]

Yeah

[main comet]

Is it a scholarship

[mild sinew]

sorry buddy i am the only one on this thread at colby

[blissful arrow]

I dont know i applied to the pulver scholarship it comes out soon

[mild sinew]

so you gotta take my word that colby have a hawk tuah scholarship

[blissful arrow]

lol

[main comet]

Okay

[blissful arrow]

briu

[main comet]

Okay

[digital linden]

ooh do u mind sharing ur stats

[fleet skiff]

i got the veiny ahh dih scholarship

[mild sinew]

thsts lowkey better than my profile

💀

[proven bramble]

I need a fullride

And colby is need aware

[digital linden]

yo damn same almost

[proven bramble]

Plus I have a very engineering/ physics oriented profile

Tbh I wouldn't even go to colby

Even if I got a fullride

I got a much better offer for my major and ultimate goals

[digital linden]

ohh congratss where

[proven bramble]

Kaist, ty

[digital linden]

oh in korea?

[proven bramble]

Yeah

[fleet skiff]

r they need aware here

i was toolazy to do fin aid for this school

[digital linden]

damn did u get full aid

[proven bramble]

Yes

[digital linden]

yezszir

[fleet skiff]

domestic too?

[digital linden]

damn gg congratss

[proven bramble]

Ty and gl with ur application too

[digital linden]

ur living an intl students dream

[mild sinew]

same

[digital linden]

tyy

[mild sinew]

kaist is gr8! ik some ppl at kaist too

[proven bramble]

Ty man. With there USD exchange rate. It's crazy

[proven bramble]

Yeh I'm going to porlly double major in ME and EE there, since it's very well reputated for engineering

[digital linden]

did u apply for some kinda scholarship there?

[proven bramble]

It's like in the top 20s globally for engineering

[proven bramble]

No, kaist offer fullride to almost all admitted students

[half garnet]

omgosh kaist is goateddd

[digital linden]

damn shouldve applied lol only if I knew

[proven bramble]

However some students also get in with the government scholarship which is a bit more than the one kaist offers

[blissful arrow]

do you know korean?

[proven bramble]

Ikr and Allhamdullilah I'm so grateful for it

[proven bramble]

Um about that....

No 💀💀

[digital linden]

yo do u know when the deadline for application was? do they do rolling admissions

[blissful arrow]

yo ☠️

[proven bramble]

I'll learn it there 😭😭

[digital linden]

[proven bramble]

It's mandatory for intls to take a 1 year Korean course

So ig we chill 😭😭

[fleet skiff]

😭

[proven bramble]

They do have spring intake... hopefully u won't need it but if things don't turn out great then that's there

[digital linden]

oh how was the app process?

[proven bramble]

Very easy imo

It takes like an hour to have it done, (excluding the time u need to prepare the 5 essays)

[digital linden]

ohh and were there any fees?

[proven bramble]

They don't have any legacy or demographic yada yada so the application is really simple and short

[proven bramble]

They have a 80 USD app fees, but I got a waiver

[digital linden]

what was the processs for the waiver? sorry if im asking too many questions

[proven bramble]

And u have to report ur SAT too so that's like another 13 USD (which i paid... actually that's all I paid all together 😭😭)

[proven bramble]

So it's kinda competitive, u have this whole form that u have to fill and then submit

After that they may offer u one

[digital linden]

ohh hm i might apply for spring intake then let's see what happens with my other 10 decisions

on 10 rejections and 1 wl lol

[proven bramble]

Aight gl

[digital linden]

thanksss

[proven bramble]

I got 2 decisions in total

1 A from kaist and 1 W from Colby

[digital linden]

damnn u the goat

[proven bramble]

I withdrew most applications after I got in lol

I didn't wanna hurt other folks chances since kaist is essentially my dream school

[fleet skiff]

where else diu apply

[proven bramble]

Yale, dart, colagte, wlu, Columbia (shouldn't have)

There are probably the ones that are still up

[fleet skiff]

is kaist ur top choice

[proven bramble]

Yes cuz of my majors

[fleet skiff]

oh

u shoudl withdraw the others then 😭

[proven bramble]

And also US seems kinda scary after all the changes in administration

[proven bramble]

Others were mostly LACs

And they do not have the best engineering programs 😭😭

[fleet skiff]

i mean tlike yale dart colgate, wlu, columbia 😭

[proven bramble]

They are up

[fleet skiff]

some kid isnt gonna get into those schools cause of u 😭

[proven bramble]

Tho expecting all rejections tbh

[fleet skiff]

u got into kaist tho

part of SKY

wait nvm

[proven bramble]

No 💀💀💀

[fleet skiff]

korea is the k

nvm

but kaist is still good

[proven bramble]

It's like the best Korean school for engineering

[fleet skiff]

isnt it an ivy equivalent

[proven bramble]

People compare it to Stanford and MIT (but ion think they should 😭😭)

Yk what's funny tho 😭😭

[fleet skiff]

what

[proven bramble]

Someone from my country got into MIT but rejected from kaist 😭😭😭

[fleet skiff]

DAMN

ohh ur international

[proven bramble]

Yeah

[fleet skiff]

i got into colby but waitlisted by smu

💀

[proven bramble]

Which one is that?

[fleet skiff]

southern methodist university

[proven bramble]

My brain guessed mississipi💀

[proven bramble]

Ahh nice good for u (me being supportive while being absolutely clueless about the school 😭😭)

[fleet skiff]

oh lol

its lowkey just a rich school

[proven bramble]

Rich... must be nice

2.5K efc 🗣🗣🗣

[cosmic aspen]

No

[digital linden]

AHAHAHAH exactly same mine

[proven bramble]

Exchange rate is dihpressing 💔🥀 🪫

[digital linden]

fr

[drifting yew]

Did this release? I just got out of exams

[mild sinew]

no go back to exams

[mild sinew]

actually yeah

3️⃣6️⃣

[drifting yew]

I got in ig pulvers is a likely letter

[mild sinew]

yeah

if you think abt it

you wouldnt get professors to interview rejects

[drifting yew]

For sure

Imagine getting the scholarship and being rejected

I think the only way you can get rejected with pulvers is if you show like a terrible character in the interview

[half garnet]

You can’t get scholarship if you didn’t get in

Cause you have to get in first

Then get it

[half garnet]

CONGRATSSS ME TOO!!!

[mild sinew]

nag na na na

[daring violet]

omg accepted for Dijon Global entry

[fleet skiff]

is there an admitted groupchat

[narrow hearth]

Waitlisted

[mild sinew]

there was last year

[blissful arrow]

dyk if theres one this year

[finite moss]

i got in!

[fleet skiff]

do the poll

[outer wing]

how to get off the waitlist?😭😭

[dull burrow]

same q ^

[blissful arrow]

gusy sghould i go to colby

[half garnet]

Yesss bro!!! Your going to get scholars anyway and already have good aid

Why pass up the opportunity!!!

[mild sinew]

yeah

join colby woodsmen

we chill

premade social group

[half garnet]

I saw this club on the school website and was like is this the club that Bach dude is in😭

[mild sinew]

yeah

[half garnet]

Are you going to be at the club expo on the 21st?

[mild sinew]

the plan is yeah we will have a demo

[half garnet]

Okok I’ll pass by lol

[bright rose]

are you committed to colby?

[half garnet]

99% yeah

[bright rose]

cool

[blissful arrow]

do u know when the scholar decisions come out

like pulver, pres etc

[mild sinew]

idk

but like it does not matter that much imo

[blissful arrow]

also

ur a chem major or sm rigjt

does colby have a lot of research

[mild sinew]

as a pres scholar i just have some handy funding if i need to

[blissful arrow]

or do u havw to go other unis

to do research

i heard lack of research is a big problem at a lot of LACs but ikd if this applies to colby

[mild sinew]

pulver gets you into a class that helps you access other opportunities but i can take the same class the next sem

[mild sinew]

HELL YEAH

[blissful arrow]

so i won't have trouble finding research

i'm a neuroscience major btw

[mild sinew]

i am in a lab this summer for comp/inorg chemistry

[blissful arrow]

do u know if colby does neuro research

[mild sinew]

idk about neuro but the bio dept is like bigger than chem dept + there are a lot of neuro ppl

[blissful arrow]

ok

[mild sinew]

you shouldnt

[blissful arrow]

do a lot of ppl publish

[blissful arrow]

do u know anyone who's pre med

[mild sinew]

publishing is p frequent

[mild sinew]

not rly

[blissful arrow]

My big concern with colby is that there's no where to do any clinical shit

like hospital volunteering and shadowing

[mild sinew]

the orgchem side of chem got onto tetrahedron letters and nature iirc (big deal!)

[blissful arrow]

oh damn

natures!!!

nature pub is like shoe horn into ivy med school

[mild sinew]

the prof went on sabbatical right after tho

[blissful arrow]

from what i've heard

[mild sinew]

💀

[blissful arrow]

bro grinded his ass off

[mild sinew]

shoutout das

[blissful arrow]

wait that was das?

i love das

[mild sinew]

yeah

[blissful arrow]

he interviews me

for pulver

[mild sinew]

he is very beloved

[blissful arrow]

my pookie

i emailed him saying i got in

what does he teach

[mild sinew]

i think youd have to move to portland/boston for that

idk tho

[mild sinew]

organic chem

[blissful arrow]

???

Wym

[mild sinew]

cuz nearby colby there is only a smaller mainehealth place

[blissful arrow]

So can u not go therr

I'm not driving 3 hours for volunteer

Rather just not go to colby atp

[mild sinew]

idk how colby students do shadowing cuz im not premed so im not equipped to answer ts

[blissful arrow]

Do u know angone

[mild sinew]

i think you can

[blissful arrow]

Who's pre med

[mild sinew]

not rly

[blissful arrow]

Rip

No

Ya but i'm not driving all
the way to Boston to volunteee

Fuck that

I'm trying to ask some people who go to colby but no one is replying

On IG

I emailed the pre med advisor too but they're all gone for spring break

[mild sinew]

it is near this

[mild sinew]

largest in maine not too shabby

i underrated mainehealth waterville mb

[half garnet]

Dear Colby Scholars committee you better release decisions within the next 2 days😔🙏🏽

[half garnet]

Bach since you said your international did you stay at Colby for spring break or go back home?

[mild sinew]

im down to boston

rn

[half garnet]

😯

[blissful arrow]

does any1 know anythijg abt colby study abroad

i just remembered study abroad was a thing

i wanna study abroad in asia somewhere

since colby requies u to take 3 sems of a language might as well take the language of the plce where i wanna tudy abroad

[daring violet]

i was admitted to start in dijon

and the program director sent me an email today

and the language study is INTENSE

[blissful arrow]

is that good or bad

[mild sinew]

fuck bowdoin

[outer wing]

do you know any students at colby majoring in film or interested in documentary filmmaking?

[mild sinew]

there is this one girl that did a woodsmen documentary

i could throw you her insta ig

[half garnet]

Another day without scholars dropping💔😔

Perchance tomorrow….

[outer wing]

plss, i would appreciate it!!

[half garnet]

GIYS

GUYS

[blissful arrow]

is pulver out?

[half garnet]

I GOT PRESIDENTAL SCHOLAR

BRO

ISTG

WIN IG

[blissful arrow]

how do u know

if u got anything

[half garnet]

I GOT AN EMAIL

[blissful arrow]

OH

LMAO ME TOO

[half garnet]

We have the same stuff bro

Omgosh

Win

[blissful arrow]

wait so

what does pres schoalr do?

[half garnet]

Good question!

@mild sinew yk what to do

What does this entail

[blissful arrow]

is pres > pulver tho

[mild sinew]

idk

pres scholars give you 3k to mess around

in the future i think imma do some independent research w the money

[half garnet]

Okay does it give us access to internships and stuff?

[mild sinew]

also music lessons i forgot

[mild sinew]

idts

maybe my lacking of info

[half garnet]

Bro- I haven’t played the piano in 2 years gng

What-😭

Ic ic

[blissful arrow]

i havent played the baritone in 6 years

[mild sinew]

pulver gets you cash + access to a 1-credit class that is about getting stem opportunities

(you can take it 2nd sem as a non pulver)

[half garnet]

Okok

ic ic

[mild sinew]

pulver also highlights you as like capable of early resrarch? idk im still getting into a lab w/o it

so dont stress it pres is sick

[finite moss]

i also got colby presidential!

[half garnet]

@mild sinew Wait so how many people get Presidental scholar?

[mild sinew]

idk

not much though

its a2c which skews it

[bright rose]

I went from Pulver to Presidential too 😭

[finite moss]

same lol i interviewed for pulver

[half garnet]

We all went this route

Tis wild

[blissful arrow]

Lmao

[half garnet]

Are you going to the admitted student program?

[blissful arrow]

Perhaps

Idk

I have to talk to my dad

[half garnet]

Alr Alr

[finite moss]

i was looking at the schedule and it looks so cool

[bright rose]

Colby gave me a travel grant but idt I’m going 🥲

[finite moss]

yeah idk if im going either

im torn between colby and unc rn

[bright rose]

are you in state for unc

[finite moss]

nope

[bright rose]

oh

if colby costs less I would choose them ngl (I’m in state for UNC)

[finite moss]

colby costs more actually - but rn cost isnt a huge factor

im j gonna go to both admitted students days and figure out if i want an LAC or a big state school

[bright rose]

that’s fair

unc sports culture is great if you’re into it and chapel hill is a lovely college town

[karmic geode]

can any current colby students give me some advice on what i can put in my loci specifically specific details abt campus and student life that you’ll really only know after attending?or j any details abt the school in general

[outer wing]

same question

[mild sinew]

its its its grippy

[daring violet]

saw the acceptance package is coming in the mail!!

[fleet skiff]

do yk what it is

[daring violet]

not sure

[half garnet]

i heard from a friend that last year people got a handwritten letter from their ao

iirc

other than that idk

[split magnet]

has any intl gotten their i-20

[blissful arrow]

i got my acc package

the generic like folder with ur acceptance letter

and then at the bottom of the acceptanmce letter was a handwritten note

[daring violet]

dissapointing what

[daring violet]

wait i take it back the letter was so sweet

[fleet skiff]

yeah it wasn’t bad

it arrived the ninth for me

but like

idt my stuff was very impressive but ig they liked it

[candid holly]

Does anyone know when wait-lists was closed last year

[ruby crater]

Heard there's movement off the colby waitlist

[fleet skiff]

same

[mild sinew]

who up colbing their college

[half garnet]

bruv I didnt have time to go to the club expo💀

mb

[mild sinew]

we are having a demo in like 40'

at the AC i think

[half garnet]

yeah I just heard

we’re pulling up in a few

[half garnet]

i think I saw you (idk who you were)

am going back inside gng

its cold

[mild sinew]

lol

[mild sinew]

yeah

im the asian guy but i did not chop

green shirt

[half garnet]

oh yeah we “speculated” green shirt guy was you

lol

we were going to call you name but nahhh

[outer wing]

is there anyone who got off the waitlist at colby recently?

[candid holly]

I saw someone on reddit

International full pay and that too a few weeks ago

Are you guys gonna resend the locii to the email

[ruby crater]

any news on wl movement?

[mild sinew]

she movement on my wl til i new

[ruby crater]

did anyone else get an email from colby regarding the waitlist just now

[runic hound]

ye

[ruby crater]

lol. i thought it was a sign

[fleet skiff]

hope yall get in

🫡

im off to the university of oklahoma

colby didnt give me enough aid

[ruby crater]

oh damn. colby's aid is shit?

[fleet skiff]

i have high assets

low income

so i get cooked regardless

uva i was projected to be able to afford 140k for it even tho our income is less than that before taxes

[mild sinew]

tuah