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Class of 2011 looks to be diverse
Teague Duggan
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: News
The size of the College's applicant pool for the class of 2011 grew by 10% over the previous year, making it the largest ever, with 4,679 students applying for 475 spots. While the exact composition of the class will not be known until May 1, we can infer a general profile from among the accepted applicants.
The College has secondary class rank data on roughly 55% of admitted applicants. Of those, 75% were in the top 10% of their class, 60% were within the top 5%, and 20% were within the top 1%.
The average SAT Verbal and Math scores of admitted students were 700 and 690 respectively, for a cumulative average of 1390. "Given the academic strength of this year's applicant pool, our class of 2011 ought to be very able indeed," Parker Beverage, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, said.
The College expects a very diverse group of freshmen next year. Of the nearly 1,000 international applicants the school accepted 200 students from 63 different countries. "I would guess that 10-12% of our next entering class would be international students," Beverage said. Traditionally underrepresented African-Latino-Asian and Native-American (ALANA) students are expected to compromise 18-20% of the class of 2011.
Next year's freshmen will include around 190 students who applied Early Decision and will probably be more than half female. "As always, we hope that we may be able to make additional offers of admissions, perhaps 25 or so, to students on our Wait List (WL). Obviously, this WL activity will have to take place after May 1, once we know where we stand with respect to our enrollment targets," Beverage said.
Most students have probably noticed the increased frequency of tours as recently accepted students do some last minute research before deciding if Colby's right for them. "April is always a terribly busy month. With the Common Candidates Reply Date of May 1, we have essentially this one month to enroll the students we've admitted to the College. This means many campus visitors, open houses on Mayflower Hill, off-campus receptions in cities across the USA, lots of e-mail traffic, and the like," Beverage said.
While we will not have final data on the class of 2011 for several weeks, it's safe to say that given the applicant pool, Colby's becoming an increasingly competitive place to get into. As so much of the quality of a student's education depends on the quality of that student's peers, the upward tread in academic strength of Colby's student body should serve to enhance the Colby experience for the foreseeable future.
The College has secondary class rank data on roughly 55% of admitted applicants. Of those, 75% were in the top 10% of their class, 60% were within the top 5%, and 20% were within the top 1%.
The average SAT Verbal and Math scores of admitted students were 700 and 690 respectively, for a cumulative average of 1390. "Given the academic strength of this year's applicant pool, our class of 2011 ought to be very able indeed," Parker Beverage, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, said.
The College expects a very diverse group of freshmen next year. Of the nearly 1,000 international applicants the school accepted 200 students from 63 different countries. "I would guess that 10-12% of our next entering class would be international students," Beverage said. Traditionally underrepresented African-Latino-Asian and Native-American (ALANA) students are expected to compromise 18-20% of the class of 2011.
Next year's freshmen will include around 190 students who applied Early Decision and will probably be more than half female. "As always, we hope that we may be able to make additional offers of admissions, perhaps 25 or so, to students on our Wait List (WL). Obviously, this WL activity will have to take place after May 1, once we know where we stand with respect to our enrollment targets," Beverage said.
Most students have probably noticed the increased frequency of tours as recently accepted students do some last minute research before deciding if Colby's right for them. "April is always a terribly busy month. With the Common Candidates Reply Date of May 1, we have essentially this one month to enroll the students we've admitted to the College. This means many campus visitors, open houses on Mayflower Hill, off-campus receptions in cities across the USA, lots of e-mail traffic, and the like," Beverage said.
While we will not have final data on the class of 2011 for several weeks, it's safe to say that given the applicant pool, Colby's becoming an increasingly competitive place to get into. As so much of the quality of a student's education depends on the quality of that student's peers, the upward tread in academic strength of Colby's student body should serve to enhance the Colby experience for the foreseeable future.
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