Transferring out of Colgate University

denisecallender
Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:11:26 +0000

Sabottt – Just stumbled upon your post accidentally while looking for something else. I’m also a Colgate grad from 30+ years ago; one of the early women after Colgate went co-ed. While many aspects of your experience undoubtedly do exist at Colgate now – as they did when I was there – it did not envelope me, as you describe. Ultimately, I was able to find friends who were not involved in the frat/jock/athlete/drug/hook-up scene The school was generous with scholarship $$ for me, and I also had a campus job. My freshman year, I looked seriously into transferring. Rice University looked pretty good to me at the time. I was homesick (from California), and had to work really hard to keep up my grades. Half of my learning took place outside of the classroom; true for most college students. And yes, my father was a Colgate grad. At the end of my freshman year, I was accepted into the Dijon Study group as a sophomore and decided to go one more year. I ended up staying all 4 years and am glad I did. Still in touch with close friends from Colgate and not my high school buddies. As a freshman at Colgate, I would not have believed this was possible. BTW, the education I received in such an intimate setting was priceless. At 59+ I am still a confident student, learning all the time. Yeah, some of it’s me. But Colgate is part of that too.

You haven’t posted in a while. I hope you will check-in and let us know how things are going. At least let us know where you vis a vis your transfer possibilities. I will say that I admire your ownership of the situation, acknowledging that you chose the school. Your plan to work hard in order to make yourself a successful transfer candidate sounds like a good plan. Once upon a time, it was mine.

Hope to hear from you.

Colgate Grad (and parent of a college freshman)
’78, cum laude
(barely made cum – had a fabulous senior year academically…)