Colorado College welcomed 525 first-year students to campus on Monday, Sept. 3 during the college’s annual Opening Convocation and first day of classes. Included among this year’s entering class are 17 high school valedictorians, three black belts in martial arts, the Swiss Junior Olympic Men’s Nordic Teleskiing champion, and an international boomerang competitor.
Enrollment:
525 enrolled first-year students
- Men 49%
- Women 51%
Note: 36 of these students will matriculate in January as part of our Winter Start program.
The Enrolling Class:
Diversity:
- American ethnic minorities: 18%
- International: 3%
- 46% of first year students are receiving some type of aid
- 407 high schools represented
- 253 public school students
- 154 private/parochial school students
Test Scores:
for admitted students median 50% ranges:
- ACT 28-32
- SAT Verbal 640-730
- SAT Math 630-710
- SAT Composite 1290-1430 (1600 scale)
Applicant Pool:
Applicants: 4,850
Admitted: 1,540 fall, (83 winter)
Enrolling: 525 (46)
Percent Admitted
Early Decision: 43%
Early Action: 44%
Regular: 24%
Overall: 32%
Rank:
for the 42% of admitted students with official class rank:
- Top 1%: 24%
- Top 5%: 53%
- Top 10%: 72%
- Top 25%: 95%
Geographic Distribution:
Other first-year class highlights include:
- 44 are in the top 1 percent of their graduating classes
- 26 percent of the class served as athletic team captains during their high school careers, totaling 178 captaincies over four years
- 28 percent of the class has engaged in extensive community service while abroad
- 39 students were editors for their schools’ yearbooks, literary magazines, newspapers, or TV stations
- 9 students were their classes’ elected presidents
- 9 students were the presidents of their schools’ student councils
- 2 students have completed novels, one as an eighth grader
- 1 student started a baseball camp with his brothers that he now runs and coaches
- 5 are Junior Olympians
- 2 are nationally competitive snowboarders
- 17 international students are from 15 different countries
- 38 have lived abroad for a significant portion of their lives, and bring 12 different languages to campus
- 32 are citizens of two or more countries
- 1 began his own film production company and has shot 40 films
- 1 is the co-owner of an espresso shop
- 2 assisted national leaders on congressional campaigns
- 1 created and maintains subwaynut.com, a Web site dedicated to his passion for mass transit
- 1 spent a year on a boat from the Bahamas to the East Coast while being home-schooled
- 3 are tri-lingual and one speaks four languages fluently