{"id":17587,"date":"2022-01-31T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T18:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=17587"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:29:18","slug":"get-to-know-the-class-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2022\/01\/get-to-know-the-class-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know the Class of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado College welcomed 628 incoming members of the Class of 2025 and 26 transfer students in August 2021. <\/strong>Students participated in a range of orientation activities, including discussing the Common Read book, \u201cNo Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America\u201d by Darnell Moore, and taking part in the service-oriented Priddy Trips<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The incoming class was selected from 10,969 applicants <\/strong>(the most in CC\u2019s history) and had a 14% admit rate<\/strong>. For the eighth year in a row, more than a quarter of the incoming class self-identify as students of color (28%) <\/strong>and 7% are international students<\/strong>. In the last decade, the population of students of color and international students has increased by more than 60%, while 10% of this year\u2019s incoming class are first in their families to attend college.<\/p>\n

The class features 44 QuestBridge students<\/strong>, 29 gap-semester students<\/strong>, and 62 gap-year students<\/strong>. CC has been partnering with QuestBridge, a nonprofit organization that matches high-achieving, underserved students with opportunities in higher education, since 2013. The Northeast and West <\/strong>regions of the U.S. are equally represented, with 22.6 % <\/strong>of incoming students hailing from each of those areas; 19.3% <\/strong>of the incoming class comes from Colorado<\/strong>; 15.8% <\/strong>from the South<\/strong>; and 12.4% <\/strong>from the Midwest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, 27% <\/strong>of the class participated in tutoring\/mentoring <\/strong>in their communities, while more than 50% <\/strong>of students held a job <\/strong>during the past year, and 55% <\/strong>were involved in <\/strong>some type of service-oriented project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic changed the educational landscape for most members of the class: 94% learned <\/strong>either completely virtually\/ remotely <\/strong>or using some version of hybrid learning their senior year of high school. In addition, many helped to make life better for others during the pandemic. Among the incoming class are students who: <\/strong><\/p>\n