Colgate's Class of '15 is Here

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Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Rain can't dampen spirits on 'Most exciting day of the year ...' as first year students arrive.

Members of the Colgate Class of '15 arrived this morning, welcomed by loud music, upperclassmen banging on pots and pans, maroon and white balloons, the university president and a steady drizzle.

"This is the most exciting day of the year," said President Jeff Herbst as he strolled from car to car, meeting and greeting the new students and their families.

Cars, luggage, dorm furniture and smiles filled Whitnall Field first thing today. Belongings were unloaded and then reloaded into waiting trucks to deliver everything to the appropriate dorms.

And, just who are the 776 members of the Class of '15? Colgate offers this profile:

This year's applicant pool was one of the largest and most diverse in Colgate's history;
Admitted students boast an average GPA of 3.75 and an average combined SAT of 1397 (critical reading and math);
Applications: 7,834 (49 states, D.C., 121 countries);
Acceptances: 2,304 (29%);
80 percent of the class were in the top 10 percent of their high school;
59 percent come from public schools and 41 percent from private schools;
Multicultural students: 2,784 applications; 661 admitted; 197 enrolled (25% of class);
International students: 1,261 applications; 178 admitted; 61 enrolled (8% of class);
Children/grandchildren of alumni: 250 applications; 116 admitted.