Class of '13 Counts

 When Dean of Admissions Parker Beverage introduced the Class of 2013 to the president and faculty of Colby in September, he didn’t just show off his speechwriting skills, but his math skills, too. Here’s Dean Beverage’s snapshot of the class—by the numbers.

480 Number of students in the freshman class

200 Age of Colby College when this class graduates

40+ Number of professors, staff people, and coaches mentioned by name in Colby applications

44 Number of first-year students who will arrive on campus as members of the Class of ’13 in January, most after studying in France or Spain

30+ Number of languages and dialects spoken by members of the class

15-20 Number of colleges many students visited before choosing Colby

15 Percentage of students who identify with an African-American, Latin-American, Asian-American, or Native American heritage

13 Number of students who took a gap year before Colby

5 Number of languages in which only one member of the class can communicate

2 Number of students from Rwanda, the first Rwandans ever at Colby

1 Voice-over “actor” for television and movies in Denmark

1 Member of the Swaziland National Cricket Team

1 Nationally ranked snowboarder (She wrote in her application that competition isn’t always unrelated to schoolwork. As she pointed out, snowboarding “has taught me the names and locations of just about every bone, tendon, and ligament in my body.")

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