Applications down at Middlebury

[Anonymous]

Didn’t they fill something like 80% of their class ED a couple years ago? Between that and the fact they seemingly almost never admit anyone from our large public W school, it made it seem like a why bother trying for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Middlebury increase the ED % of the class recently? And correspondingly decrease the RD % of the class?

If so, that might explain the total application number going down and the overall acceptance rate going up.

The more kids you take ED, the lower the overall acceptance rate is. Chicago would be a good example of this. So that’s not it…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Didn’t they fill something like 80% of their class ED a couple years ago? Between that and the fact they seemingly almost never admit anyone from our large public W school, it made it seem like a why bother trying for us.

Exactly this. No one applies from our school. What’s the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The most troubling thing of all is if the college actually uses this terminology: "the class of 2029 and 2029.5"

2029.5 -- tell me this is a joke.

Feb program has been a thing at Midd forever. They ski down a mountain at their graduation. It’s a whole thing.

[Anonymous]

Majoring in Russian or Political Science in the middle of nowhere for $100k a year is less appealing to GenZ and their families than it used to be.

Also skiing in Vermont had declined in quality due to rising temps. Kids who really love to ski now go to school in Colorado.

[Anonymous]

midd has budget issues, had to cut positions and reduce benefits for employees. Blowing tons of cash on a California campus for language study. Midd claim to fame is Language, but now you can face time and AI makes you speak another language in real time. Language study is sort of useless now.

[Anonymous]

DH and I were having this discussion yesterday. Schools at the admission rate are tricky. It is low enough that you feel that your DC should apply ED, but if it isn’t your DC’s first choice you might not apply at all, especially when you look at the small overall number of slots and heavy reliance on ED to fill the class. That ended up being our takeaway at Haverford too.

[Anonymous]

You are are just so completely and utterly ridiculous. The small change in Middlebury’s application numbers and acceptance rate in one year means absolutely nothing in context. You are making it into something that it isn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are are just so completely and utterly ridiculous. The small change in Middlebury’s application numbers and acceptance rate in one year means absolutely nothing in context. You are making it into something that it isn’t.

YOY yes I agree is not as meaningful. But asking because of 5 year low. It’s our job as parents to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I were having this discussion yesterday. Schools at the admission rate are tricky. It is low enough that you feel that your DC should apply ED, but if it isn’t your DC’s first choice you might not apply at all, especially when you look at the small overall number of slots and heavy reliance on ED to fill the class. That ended up being our takeaway at Haverford too.

Exactly (and Haverford is on DC’s list as well)