batman628

I know that students from colgate would considerate prestigious...but do students/parents/alum from other colleges think so?

existentialpony

Yes, especially among medical and veterinary colleges. I actually had a professor reccomend Colgate above Cornell.

mini

Where I live (a state capital), 99 out of a hundred would think you are talking about toothpaste. Whether it is a prestigious one would be up to the user.

yadayada

i think what mini is saying goes for a lot of the LACs. but colgate has an extremely loyal network of alumni and people generally do think it is a good school. i've met people who've thought that Colgate was an ivy league (i'm from the midwest) just because they've met sucessful alums and so forth. then, i've also met people who've been very confused by the toothpaste thing. ("So, you want to be a dentist?") So it does vary but the people who've heard of it definately know what a great school it is.

huskem55

for people in the know (i.e. grad schools, law schools, med schools, etc), they hold colgate in very high regard.

mhc48

Where I live (the East Coast) 99 out of a 100 would think Olympia is the capital of Greece. But I guess that just proves your point.

ticklemepink

I actually had someone who thought Colgate was one of the Ivies!

Generally, yes, Colgate is very well-known though I think from my experience more middle class and upper class would know about it because most Colgate alums end up in that strata. But if say, you live in Wyoming, you wouldn't quite know about unless you had a relative or a boyfriend there and that's how most students who come from random places know about it. Alums have very fond memories and had great times here along with strong loyalty and that pass off to a stranger that Colgate is a very-well regarded school.

cubbies12

I interned with a surgeon who went to Colgate undergrad and he was very pleased with his decision to go there.

Anyone who knows anything about schools knows about Colgate; don't let people who think *insert community college* is "in the Ivy league" dictate where you go.

roadlesstraveled

Yes, especially among medical and veterinary colleges. I actually had a professor reccomend Colgate above Cornell.}}}

Think again. View the med schools and the list of undergrad colleges of accepted applicants.

Colgate is stiil a much better college than is was just 5 years ago and getting better.


http://www.mdapplicants.com/selectschool.php

roadlesstraveled

Where I live (the East Coast) 99 out of a 100 would think Olympia is the capital of Greece.}}}

Yeah, then east coasters, and I am one, aren't very bright. It’s Athens

existentialpony

roadlesstraveled, Colgate was reccomended so highly for research opportunities and the quality of the professors and classes-- quality without the crowd. This is because it is a small school that pays a lot of attention to students and has a lot to offer. Quite obviously, you will not have hundreds of med school applications at once from Colgate because they only have enrolling freshman classes of ~740 students, and Colgate is not a dominant pre-medical school of sorts. However, from what I've seen, Colgate has fantastic science-oriented facilities and excellent acceptance rates for those students who do apply to med/vet school.

mhc48

Ancient Greece, Roadie, the Spritual Capital of Ancient Greece, which due to the city states, had no capital (like Athens) in the present sense. Also the original site of the Olympics.

At least for those of us East Coasters classically trained. "Gnothi se auton"

(there's an excellent Classics Dept at Colgate, BTW)

cubbies12

Anyone know the Med School Acceptance rate?

ticklemepink

98% med school acceptance rates.

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do you know how many apply to med. school from Colgate on average each year? In other words, 98% of what? Thanks!