Sports

Momof2sons
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:01:30 +0000

Colby follows an athletic “tip” system
If you are recruited by a coach @ Colby and he/she puts you on his protect list then it vastly improves your chances of admissions. In most cases, the coach will get an early read from admissions before he/she offers you a tip. The coach will not waste a tip on a student he/she is not assured of admission

Each sport at Colby is given a different # of tips per year. These tips are further broken down into A, B and C tip status. An “A” tip would be a student well within or above the academic profile of the school in terms of grades and SAT scores. A C tip would be below the 25th centile of applicants in terms of grades and SAT scores. There are very few C band tips available–some sports do not get any

The bottom line is that if you are recruited by a coach at Colby–the most important question to ask is “Are you willing to give me your tip?”
If he/she says yes, then in my experience you are in great shape in terms of admissions