Common Application Supplement

This supplemental application form is a required part of the Colby application. Required fields are in bold.

Application Type
NOTE: Early Decision applicants are required to submit the Common Application Early Decision Agreement form, which is available at www.commonapp.org.
Early Decision I, fall notification (application postmarked by November 15, 2009)
Early Decision II, winter notification (application post marked by January 1, 2010)
Regular Decision (application postmarked by January 1, 2010)

Your Information
Required fields are in bold.
First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Suffix:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:
State:
Province (non-U.S):
ZIP/Postal Code:
Country:
Phone Number:
(include international code and area code)
E-mail Address:
Social Security Number: - -
Present School:

General Questions
Have you visited Colby?
Yes    No
Have you had an interview?
Yes    No
If so, was it with:
a Colby admissions representative on campus?
a Colby alumnus/alumna?
a Colby admissions representative visiting your area?
 Uncheck your choice above
Have you applied to Colby before?
Yes    No

Essay Topics:
Section 1:
Briefly describe your reasons for applying to Colby

Section 2:
Supplemental Essay Topics
In this section you have the opportunity to bring to life the person represented by the grades, scores, and activity lists that appear elsewhere in your application. Please be thoughtful, personal, and careful in your writing. There are no right or wrong answers; we are simply hoping to find evidence here that lends substance to our impression of you as a person and student.

In addition to your Common Application Personal Statement, please select one of the following quotations and, with reference to that quotation, comment on a personal experience, an issue of concern to you, or your thoughts about the future. We recommend that the length of your essay be between 300 and 500 words, but you should feel free to approach the essay as you wish. (You might want to draft and save your response using another word processor or text editor, then copy your essay into the essay response box.)

"One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?'"
- Rachel Carson
"In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at time of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Enter your essay here