- Latest Colgate University topics - College Confidential Forums
Hamilton, NY • 4-year Private • Acceptance Rate 12%
- Villanova vs. Colgate vs. Bucknell for premed?
Colgate University, “the epitome of a work hard, play hard school,” provides “a rigorous academic environment, an outstanding student and faculty population, and an abundance of social opportunities” to its “preppy,” “intelligent-but-not-nerdy” student body
- Boston College vs. Colgate University - College Confidential Forums
Colgate, like Carleton and others, is a pedigree degree This matters in some circles, but not others If the poster wants to be a professor, think tank sleuth, or attorney, or get into graduate school, pedigree matters If the poster wants to be a high school teacher or accountant, pedigree doesn’t really matter and BC is fine
- TUFTS vs COLGATE - College Confidential Forums
Colgate 1280-1430 (calculated midpoint of 1355, 50 points lower than Tufts)< p> <p>I also looked at Tufts factbook (couldn’t find one for Colgate) and learned that Tufts has had a huge SAT increase over the last several years-- like 100 points on the 1600 M+V scale, from a little over 1300 midpoint to over 1400 lately
- Dorms - Colgate University - College Confidential Forums
<p>How nice are the dorms at Colgate, specifically East Hall (that’s still the substance-free dorm, right?)? Any photos links to photos of the dorms would also be helpful I think I heard somewhere that there’s a housing lottery, although I don’t know if it’s to get a dorm or preference in choosing a dorm, but does anyone know if AMS get preference in choosing dorms or anything
- Colgate VS. Vassar - College Confidential Forums
Colgate has terrific study abroad programs and does provide a direct pipeline of interns and graduates to the NYC finance firms Great sports teams and career services Dept Colgate has a very homogeneous population Politically: It’s liberal with a touch of fiscal conservatism
- Colgate - Greek Life - College Confidential Forums
Daughter is going to spend next few weeks deciding for herself where to go, her choices are Colgate, Emory, UMich, Wake Forest, Bucknell, USC, Richmond I think she is down to UMich, Colgate and Wake Question - I don’t like Greek life I think it’s bad for kids and is exclusionary and cliquey in nature My son is in a frat so I’ve seen this up close My daughter might want to rush
- is colgate a party school? - College Confidential Forums
<p>I don’t know if it means anything, but Colgate was ranked by Princeton Review as having a particularly large problem with “hard liquor ” Like most schools set in rural small-town areas, though, there is little life outside of campus, so many kids turn to alcohol for entertainment Any school like Colgate will probably have the same reputation, it’s a pretty unavoidable trade off for
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