Middlebury releases Class of 2030 admissions info
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Anonymous
You seem a bit confused so I'll help you a bit. Middlebury has a larger endowment than Colby Middlebury has less debt than Colby Middlebury draws from there endowment at a lower rate than Colby (they could close their deficit simply by raising their draw rate to Colby's) Middlebury has raised their fees at a rate below average among the NESCACs for years. Middlebury has fixed the root causes of their deficit while Colby has run a deficit for the last three years running. Neither school has any significant financial issues but Middlebury is without question in stronger financial shape. If you want to look at an example of an extremely well run NESCAC look at Hamilton. Endowment about the same size as Colby supporting a smaller student body Outstanding budget discipline typically a $5-$10M surplus Outstanding endowment discipline with a low draw rate Low debt (roughly half of Colby's) Overall excellent financial management. Rankings: Middlebury consistently sits a dozen spots higher than Colby Middlebury historical average ranking over the last 36 years is 7 Colby historical average ranking over the last 36 years is 19 Middlebury is known as: Top language school A top feeder to Wall street Having some of the highest admit rates to Meds schools Colby is known as: The second best school in Maine |
Anonymous
they were not my points, they were my kid's - who chose Midd over Colby. So in your worldview no one should do that or if they do it does not make sense? You are too funny. So in your mind |
Anonymous
I’m not the poster you are sparring with, but you sound a bit obsessed. Really, is this the best use of your time? We are so happy with another NESCAC school. If someone asks me about it, I’ll gladly share my opinion. However, my feedback on that school will stand alone. I can’t imagine the need to put down another school (where many kids are doing well and are happy!). Take a deep breath. |
Anonymous
There is one particularly unhinged Middlebury hater constantly posting misinformation and three or 4 people, it's hard to tell correcting things. Looks like one of them got tired of the troll. |
Anonymous
A 17% yield rate? That's rather low, no? |
Anonymous
Let’s slow it. You said that Middlebury had these things that made it better than Colby. I said that Colby has all the things you said and then some. So what’s the big deal? |
Anonymous
That was their acceptance rate this year and it is unusually high for them. Their yield is typically in the mid 40's if I recall correctly. |
Anonymous
These were the things that made my kid choose Midd over Colby. I have no idea why this is a such a big deal to you, and why you are so hung up on a kid choosing Midd over Colby. It felt like a very obvious pick to me. I did like Colby too, but the endless weird booster on here is a big turn off. you're not doing the school any favors. |
Anonymous
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Only 33%!!! of enrolled freshman submitted an SAT to Middlebury, 212 students. Of those who submitted, fewer than 15% scored above 1560.
So out of 634 enrolled freshman, only 31 students had a high SAT. Those high scorers are like a unicorn!!!!!! Since Middlebury draws from private schools, safe to say they aren't drawing their best and brightest. |
Anonymous
Oh my god, it’s you. Always talking about the # of kids with SATs above 1560, and “unicorns.” Do you only read princess books to be throwing the word unicorn around so often? You do the same spiel with Pomona too and nobody cares. You’re just revealing your mental illness and derangement. |
Anonymous
how many submitted ACT? A lot of kids submit one or the other. I wonder how many schools have more than 15% who score above 1560. That's a really high bar to judge a school on. You think a "high" SAT is only over 1560?! What is your beef with Midd? You're just making up ridiculous stuff to try to make this school look bad. Why? |
Anonymous
Where would they get a number like 15%? It’s not in a CDS. No clue about Colby, they won’t release a CDS. |
Anonymous
Middlebury DOESN'T have 15% of its enrolled freshmen scoring that high. Fewer than 15% of those who SUBMITTED SAT scores scored higher. More than 400 students didn't submit an SAT. The percentage of 1560+ scorers at Middlebury is less than 5%. A big difference. As for 1560, most studies show that it is the point at which most schools bucket SATs into the highest bucket, which according to Harvard, Dartmouth, Penn, etc. those students are much, much more likely to be admitted. It is intuitively a score that separates academic wheat from chaff. |
Anonymous
Where did you come up with that number? |
Anonymous
There yield is in the high 30's overall. But that includes ED (yield =100% because it's binding) and they fill 65-70% of the class with ED which raises their yield. If you look at yield for those who have a choice (RD, non-binding) it is only 17% yield for RD admits. |