My 2 kids are at Colgate University and my older son will graduate in May . One of the best University.

A sleeper education and experience. The people, activities and education were all good but it was the combination the created a foundation for the rest of my life. Just as alumni from 40-50 years prior to my class told us at reunion when we were finishing our freshman year (advice we didn’t appreciate at the time), Colgate lays out a way of thinking more than a particular set of disciplinary skills. Teaching was superior (in 80-90% of courses) to my years at Harvard, something I hear from other grads. But it was the conversations, arguments and debates with classmates from diverse backgrounds that stick with you. Yes, this is a student body that is largely upper middle class and dominated from Northeast states, but what these students shared (at least during my time there, graduating in 1976) was independence, curiosity and intellectual abilities (again, not everyone and as appropriate for 18-22 year olds). Finally, as with every experience, you get out of it what you put not it. I’ve never found a college graduate who didn’t regret not taking advantage of more opportunities. Colgate has more opportunities than anyone can capture, and way more today than when I attended.

Heavily overpriced college with the worst, rudest staff I’ve ever encountered. Another overpriced private school that suffers from increasingly low enrollment and an ever-growing, overpaid administration.

I graduated in '09. Wonderful, rigorous education. Freshman year will be a wakeup call (in a good way) for many. Students are nice, jolly, and sharp as hell. Small classes. Professors are invested into your education. Exactly what I was looking for in a college. Cold in winter, but it makes it kind of fun. Especially if you're like me and coming from a year-around warm climate like Southern California. Wouldn't change a thing!

Nothing else could have better captured the idea of an American liberal arts education. Truly phenomenal as a 2014 grad.