Melanie Oliva
  • English
  • Class of 2018
  • Manchester Center, VT

Colgate University announces the Class of 2018

2014 Oct 27

Phillips Academy graduate Melanie Oliva is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2018.

Of the 8,715 applications to Colgate last year, just 26 percent were accepted. The average combined SAT score for students enrolled in the Class of 2018 is 1372.

Colgate continues to meet 100 percent of students' demonstrated financial need, as 43.4 percent of the Class of 2018 is receiving institutional grant funding, up from 41.6 percent in 2017.

Colgate offers 54 majors to a diverse student body of approximately 2,900 undergraduate students, and supports 25 Division I athletic teams. The university's 575-acre campus in rural central New York is renowned for its beauty and for the important role it plays in the student experience.