Colgate University gets harder and harder to get into each year, and for those waitlisted applicants to the Class of 2029, it might seem like you’re plum out of luck. But we at Ivy Coach are here to tell you this couldn’t be further from the truth. You’ve come to the right place to review the steps you can take to reverse Colgate’s decision and get you into this gorgeous private university next fall. But remember, time is of the essence. In order to truly have a shot at optimizing your odds of admission, you must ask quickly, i.e., within days of being waitlisted!

Colgate University Waitlist Acceptance Rate and Statistics

Take a gander at the last 12 years of waitlist acceptance rate data we’ve accumulated by sifting through Colgate’s Common Data Sets:

Colgate University Class Year	Number of Students Waitlisted to Colgate	Number of Students Who Chose to Join the Colgate Waitlist	Number of Students Accepted Off the Colgate Waitlist	Colgate Waitlist Acceptance Rate
Class of 2029	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Class of 2028	Not Published	Not Published	Not Published	Not Published
Class of 2027	2,905	1,446	71	4.91%
Class of 2026	3,663	2,146	0	0.00%
Class of 2025	3,099	1,820	0	0.00%
Class of 2024	1,630	1,009	97	9.61%
Class of 2023	1800	841	101	12.01%
Class of 2022	1788	1007	0	0.00%
Class of 2021	1500	745	37	4.97%
Class of 2020	1520	780	32	4.10%
Class of 2019	1896	913	49	5.37%
Class of 2018	1707	766	56	7.31%

Your Chances of Colgate University Admission After Being Waitlisted

The waitlist acceptance rate at Colgate is largely the luck of the draw. In some cases, such as for the Classes of 2025 and 2026, no waitlisted applicants ended up earning admission. In other years, such as for the Class of 2023, several dozens of students do.

Influencing this seemingly random data is a little-known variable known as yield rate, which describes the proportion of admitted students who enroll. There’s very little any of us, least of all Colgate admissions officers, can do to predict the yield rate, which fluctuates with each admission cycle. But fear not if you’re still saddled with being waitlisted to the Class of 2029 — follow Ivy Coach’s expert advice, and you’ll put yourself in such a position that if Colgate does need to dip into its waitlist, you’ll be the first person they pick!

Ivy Coach’s Game Plan for Waitlisted Colgate Students

So what is Ivy Coach’s game plan to help waitlisted students to Colgate optimize their cases for admission? We have an excellent track record for helping secure admission for those students who come to us after getting waitlisted to elite schools like Colgate. Our method involves two key steps that you can take right now:

1. Complete Ivy Coach’s PostMortem application review. This review is a comprehensive analysis of your initial application to Colgate. Before crafting a compelling letter that hopes to sway admissions officers to go to bat for students, we first need to understand how a student positioned their case for admission. Thus, we know what they should focus on and what they should avoid focusing on in their letter. We want to lean into their strengths and avoid doubling down on mistakes with a strategic pivot to a singular hook.
2. Submit a powerful Letter of Continued Interest. This letter should contain no updates or not-so-humble brags. It’s a love letter to Colgate that should be filled with genuine specifics about the institution and how students will contribute their singular hooks. And it must be submitted expediently!

Getting Started with Ivy Coach to Get Off the Colgate Waitlist

If you’re interested in giving your child the best shot at turning their waitlist decision into an offer of admission to Colgate’s Class of 2029, fill out Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form. We’ll be in touch to delineate our Colgate waitlist service, spearheaded by Ivy Coach’s team of former elite college admissions officers.