<p>[Colgate</a> University News](<a href=“http://news.colgate.edu/2013/01/applications-to-colgate-increase.html]Colgate”>http://news.colgate.edu/2013/01/applications-to-colgate-increase.html)</p>
<p>Is this reflective of the confluence of good news that Colgate has been experiencing over the past year or so ? A trend that has been developing for several years?</p>
<p>Or is it something else ?</p>
<p>Are the other highly selective national LAC’s experiencing a similar trend ?</p>