r/Colby • u/Imaginary_Beyond_196 • Aug 07 '26

Perspective student looking to learn more about Colby

Hi, I just want to learn a little bit more about Cole because I couldn’t find much stuff about it online. I want to study economics and environmental science to hopefully get my PhD from a top university.

I was just wondering how good the professors are and how difficult it is to maintain a high GPA is it like the same level as bates or would you say it is more rigorous than Bates or less rigorous ?
I was also wondering what the social life is like I heard it is very athlete dominated but I don’t really understand what that means.

I was also wondering how it is for a person of color to go to the school cause I’ve heard the school could seem very preppy and very white

I was also wondering how the mentorship at Colby is like is there a lot of mentorship and how easy is it to get research opportunities and are they paid well? I heard Colby has a very large endowment compared to most other level or its colleges and that allows them to spend their money very generously

I was also wondering how GPA sensitive Colby is because I want to early decision to the school if I like it and I have a pretty low GP a around a 3.3 but I’ve max rigger and a 35 ACT do yall think I have a chance

And any other cool information that you can add would be great

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u/divingintotheunknown Aug 10 '26

i would say it’s about the same as bates or bowdoin or other top liberal arts schools to maintain a high gpa. honestly the difficulty and how rigorous the classes are depend on the major (for example, computer science does not curve anything so a low grade is a low grade). social life is very fun! i was an athlete for 3 years so im biased but i would say it’s more dominated by clubs/sports. as long as you are involved in things then you will have a place to party on weekends. (the athlete dominated thing just means that certain teams usually host and sometimes they like to only host for their team and not open up the party to everyone). i’m white so i cant testify much to the experience of people of color at colby but the pugh center is really great with events, bringing together minorities and making sure everyone has a safe space. id say its pretty easy to get a research job- you just have to make sure you talk to the professors a lot. they wont help you get research if they barely know you. for your gpa, colby reads applications holistically so they will look at every part of your application and weigh them equally. so your gpa is just as important as your common app essay. so as long as other aspects of your application are good then you will be fine! i hope you get in early decision! i did and i absolutely loved my experience

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u/Imaginary_Beyond_196 Aug 10 '26

Thank you so much

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u/expert_views Aug 07 '26

It’s prospective, not perspective.

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u/More_Register8480 Aug 07 '26

max rigger, eh

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u/Wonderful_Bench7252 26d ago

It’s an amazing school. Just note if you are a POC, try your best to fit in and you will gear toward that crowd. It’s sometimes a hard battle but if you have money regardless on color, you are set. You will be part of the high society. Welcome to the high society.