Accepted! (with Financial Aid)
ACT: 36
Full IB: 42/42 (4HLs)
Subject Test: Math II - 800 | Physics - 800
Daughter Accepted! (Also with aid)
SAT: 1490
UW GPA: 3.98
Congratulations to all, looks like such a special school.
Accepted! (with aid)
Asian & female
33 ACT
3.99 UW GPA and 4.069 W GPA
Decent/a lot of extracurriculars
Unique Common App
Never visited/showed extreme interest
Congrats to everyone admitted! #gogate
waitlisted, 33 ACT 34 superscore, 3.9 UW GPA 2 varsity sports and other EC. Did go on a tour. white male. Not surprised to be waitlisted.
ACCEPTED WITH VERY GOOD AID.
Kind of freaking out because I did not expect this considering my stats weren’t stellar. I’m guessing my essays and extra curriculars got me in? I guess we’ll never know.
Anyways, I’m actually here because I need some help. Hamilton is very very far from JFK airport. So how am I suppose to get all the way to Hamilton if it’s that far from JFK airport? I live in Utah btw.
I saw a couple offers like buses and cars, but their all very expensive. Any cheap suggestions from current students or prospective students or genuinely anyone??
@hardtimes45: You should be able to fly to Syracuse, which, to give you an indication of distance, is a little over an hour away from Hamilton by car. For this relatively short trip, you should be able to find several transportation options.
@hardtimes45
‘Syracuse Hancock International Airport’ is the closest airport to Colgate. You can get more information from → https://www.colgate.edu/about/campus-services-and-resources/student-travel-agency
You can also email the admissions office, which is what I would suggest, and I’m sure they will help you.
Daughter (accepted) and very excited however with very little aid Accepted by other schools with great aid packages. My daughter loves Colgate and I don’t know how to proceed. Should I contact the school.
Accepted!! Colgate is my first choice, but was apprehensive about committing ED.
SAT 1460
GPA 4.2/4.33. UW
Top 10% of class
5 APs (all 5s), Multiple Dual Enrollments
Lots of ECs/Leadership (musical theater, Student Council, over 200 hours volunteer work, peer tutor, NHS, etc)
Visited Campus and met with Admission counselor when they visited my school
NY applicant from reputable private school
Good financial package for my need
Congrats to all others!!
oh okay! I didn’t realize there was an airport there. Thanks!
@OverseasFather thanks for the info!
Accepted! 4.12 GPA, 1510 SAT. Congrats everyone!
@hardtimes45, to get to Hamilton, NY fron the Syracuse airport: there is always a reasonably priced school shuttle that you can take to campus on school holidays/long weekends. Another option if travelling on non-holiday weekends is to hire the Colgate “on-demand” shuttle or a local car service. You can always get an Uber from the Syr airport to Hamilton too (about a $60 ride).
Accepted
Black Female from NYC
SAT 1420 (700 math, 720 reading)
SAT II: Lit- 700 World History - 610
Rank: 2
4.0 unweighted GPA
English Major
Amazing essays and recommendations
ECs:
Editor-in-chief of newspaper since soph. year
President of National Honor Society for 2 Yrs (In NHS since soph)
President of the Student Government (Public Relations Director, 11th Grade President, SG President)
Founded my school’s Black Student Union (2 Yrs)
VP of STEM Club (2 yrs)
Model UN (4 years)
400+ Volunteering hours
Organized service trips through NHS
Tutored kids in English, History, Physics, Algebra 2, Trig & Calc
Color Guard
Varsity Swim for 2 years
Varsity Track for 1
Participated in this summer entrepreneurship program, designed a prosthetic and a prosthetic startup & then won the contest at the end
I got into Boston College, Colgate, Franklin & Marshall, Ithaca, Northwestern (Medill School of Journalism), Syracuse (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Washington University in St.Louis (WashU), Wheaton, and Tufts, Wesleyan, Bucknell, Cornell, UPenn, and Dartmouth, and Columbia, Brown
Waitlisted: Harvard & Yale
NYU comes out today, so we’ll find out.
Any other questions, happy to answer!
Anyone have any ideas about how many people will be accepted off the waitlist? Colgate was defiently a match–not a reach–for me and I think the main reason I was waitlisted was because of financial aid, which I think would also prevent me from getting off the waitlist. I sent a LOCI and I’m hoping for the best!
Any idea what joining the Alumni Memorial Scholars program entails? Is there any reason one would not join?
I think the AMS honor is awarded, @OverseasFather. After that it seems entirely discretionary as to whether a student takes advantage of its associated opportunities.
My son, on Monday, confirmed with Colgate as an ‘Alumni Memorial Scholar’. He intends to double major in Mathematics and Economics.
Thanks. You are right; Colgate awards the AMS honor. But then, at the time of accepting admission, Colgate asks you, whether you wish to join the Alumni Memorial Scholars’ program or not. Which I found rather strange. Because why would someone not accept the honor? The only limitation that I could find, is that all AMS freshmen and sophomores are required to live in the same commons.
@OverseasFather: Congratulations to your son, AMS represents an exceptional recognition! As for the program’s single “limitation,” I think you have identified it. It seems Colgate, wisely, decided to offer choice so as not to detract in any way from from the honor of being selected. With respect to your son’s interest in pursuing economics, note that Colgate offers a top-notch faculty: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.uslacecon.html.