Interesting, Colby should see a good bump in applications with this news. When they eliminated their app fee and writing supplement (I think at different times?) apps increased, and they are receiving the most applications of the 3 Maine Nescacs (but have the lowest yield, see below. Class of 2022 applications were 12,313 with 1,602 acceptances for 13% acceptance rate. That was a double digit increase over prior years apps. https://www.colby.edu/news/2018/03/23/demand-for-colby-rises-among-high-achieving-students/
Huge increases in apps at Bowdoin and Bates too, with a significant decrease in acceptance rates. Bowdoin class of 2022 9,081 apps, 932 admits for 10.3% acceptance rate https://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/glance/index.shtml
Bates 7,685 apps, 1,368 accepted for 17.8% rate. https://www.bates.edu/news/2018/08/24/incoming-class-of-2022-represents-bates-college-history/
Bowdoin has the highest yield of 55% (511 students/932 accepted), followed by Bates at 550/1368 and haven’t seen colby’s class of 2022 size, but estimated at 500, which would give a yield of 31% (500/1602).