Any info on Colby College...

deanrun
Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:24:41 +0000

Congrats on getting accepted! I’m also a southerner and am an upperclassman at Colby College.

I’d say most Colby grads stay in the Northeast (although most are from there). Specifically, many seek employment or graduate education in Boston and New York.

In terms of graduate/medical school, Colby is well known in the academia field so name recognition shouldn’t be an issue. As for jobs, particularly in the deep south, the name isn’t going to get you far. When I have done internships back home, people are often indifferent. I’m sure if I went to a southern school it would have helped me get more internships back home and gain connections. However, in larger cities like Houston, Washington DC, or Atlanta, you’ll meet a fair number of people who know about Colby (and when you do meet them, they bend over backwards to help you- Colby has an amazing community).

Personally, the career center has never been too helpful in southern internship searches either. They have strongholds in New York, Boston, and Washington DC, but that’s about it.

I’m personally hoping to get back south after graduation (graduate school). I’d say this is pretty rare though, as many northerners hold strong negative connotations about the south.

I do absolutely love Colby and Maine, but personally, the southern culture is too deep in me to continue living up north. However, it was the best decision I made and I gained so much from living in a different part of the US.

Colby is such an amazing school; the community and professors are wonderful, and I am so proud to call it home.
I hope to see you on the hill next year! Let me know if you have any questions about being a southerner at Colby- I’m more than happy to help!