Dizzymom

S has mentioned that some of his friends are going to apply to Colgate. I know nothing about it. What is its reputation/campus/student life, say, vis a vis Williams? What is the profile of the student who applies here?

gellino

Colgate is for people who are wait-listed/rejected at Williams and Dartmouth. It's a similar style to these two, just not with as strong a student body. Colgate is actually more like Dartmouth than it is like Williams from a social and sports scene perspective. It has a strong presence on Wall St, similar to but not quite as good as Dartmouth and Williams as well.

The profile of the student who applies to Colgate has ~ 1400 SAT, top 5% of hs class (but probably not 1500 SAT, top 1%) and probably applied to a few of Dartmouth, Williams, Cornell, Middlebury, Bucknell, who is not looking for an urban environment.

jrpar

Lots of similarities between Colgate and Willilams (I know I've posted about this before). I'm a Williams grad and my son is a current student at Colgate. Williams is a notch more selective, but many students will have both schools on their college lists. Similarities: rural location, strong academics/small classes, strong athletics, beautiful campuses, very loyal alumni network (Colgate and Williams alumni LOVE their school), active students. Differences: no frats at Williams, more emphasis on the arts at Williams, Colgate is bigger, Colgate has Div I sports. Williams has tutorials and distribution requirements; Colgate has a 4-course core curriculum and distribution requirements. Loyal alumni support is reflected in the extensive construction in progress or just completed on both campuses - just completed library and science center at Colgate, just completed student center and new library in progress at Williams.