Experience with Middlebury College?

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Stop it; I don’t know who you are but you are constantly pushing a very false narrative whenever there is a discussion about Middlebury.

Why do you care? It's not like Midd is hurting for applications from the DC area. Anyone who decides not to attend based on DCUM shouldn't go.

NP

Very true, what DCUM is lacking is acceptances from Middlebury. DVM students are sparse at Middlebury.

Thank goodness for Middlebury’s sake it knows how insufferable are the people from DVM.

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Geez it’s not upstate NY or Ohio. New England isn’t that bad. I went to college in New Hampshire and always thought it was so pretty.

What’s with the dish on upstate New York. Williamstown is essentially in Albany and is drop-dead gorgeous year round

Depends on how you define “upstate.” I’m a native NYCer and to me, everything north of Westchester is Upstate. But I do have a kid at Cornell and have come to learn that that is “Central NY,” in any event, Central NY is incredibly grim and gray all winter while VT gets a lot more sun.

By available climate information, Middlebury experiences the fewest sunny days from among the NESCACs.

https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/vermont/middlebury

Give it a few decades and New England will have the climate of northern Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:Middlebury’s okay, but there are much better LACs with more rigorous academics and student diversity.

Can you elaborate? How do you measure academic rigor?

They cannot because it is a fact free statement. Middlebury is often mentioned as having the heaviest workload of the NESCAC LACs. I don’t know how that equates to rigor but there are multiple mentions on Reddit and CC.

The student profile for Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Williams is basically identical as well.

You condemned a fact free statement with a fact free statement. What evidence is there if the “heaviest workload”

Poster was light but there was at lease anecdote "I don’t know how that equates to rigor but there are multiple mentions on Reddit and CC." vs absolutely nothing. You should learn to read and strive to do better.

You’re defensive because you know I made a fair point. Anecdotes aren’t evidence, so no, there wasn’t anything “light” about it other than its honesty.

It gets tiring dealing with you aggressive commenters who go spastic the second your illogical statements are pointed out.

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Geez it’s not upstate NY or Ohio. New England isn’t that bad. I went to college in New Hampshire and always thought it was so pretty.

What’s with the dish on upstate New York. Williamstown is essentially in Albany and is drop-dead gorgeous year round

Depends on how you define “upstate.” I’m a native NYCer and to me, everything north of Westchester is Upstate. But I do have a kid at Cornell and have come to learn that that is “Central NY,” in any event, Central NY is incredibly grim and gray all winter while VT gets a lot more sun.

By available climate information, Middlebury experiences the fewest sunny days from among the NESCACs.

https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/vermont/middlebury

Give it a few decades and New England will have the climate of northern Virginia.

Great information for parents whose kids will be born in 2043

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Geez it’s not upstate NY or Ohio. New England isn’t that bad. I went to college in New Hampshire and always thought it was so pretty.

What’s with the dish on upstate New York. Williamstown is essentially in Albany and is drop-dead gorgeous year round

Depends on how you define “upstate.” I’m a native NYCer and to me, everything north of Westchester is Upstate. But I do have a kid at Cornell and have come to learn that that is “Central NY,” in any event, Central NY is incredibly grim and gray all winter while VT gets a lot more sun.

By available climate information, Middlebury experiences the fewest sunny days from among the NESCACs.

https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/vermont/middlebury

Give it a few decades and New England will have the climate of northern Virginia.

Great information for parents whose kids will be born in 2043

It's coming faster than you think!

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

Damn.

I will come up with something.

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Better than a shthole red state any day of the year.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

Interesting that Midd says the purpose of the increased enrollment is to generate revenue and thereby help close the budget deficit. Midd claims to be “need blind” in admissions, so how exactly does increasing enrollment lead to more revenue? If you’re need blind, the additional students might need more aid, thereby increasing, not decreasing, your budget deficit. Midd, just come out and acknowledge what we all know already, you’re not really “need blind.”

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

Interesting that Midd says the purpose of the increased enrollment is to generate revenue and thereby help close the budget deficit. Midd claims to be “need blind” in admissions, so how exactly does increasing enrollment lead to more revenue? If you’re need blind, the additional students might need more aid, thereby increasing, not decreasing, your budget deficit. Midd, just come out and acknowledge what we all know already, you’re not really “need blind.”

The percentage of kids receiving financial aid at all of these NESCAC schools remains remarkably constant year in and year out. Are any of them truly need blind?

My favorite: Bowdoin says it's need blind for international students, drumming up thousands of applications. But then they go and reject nearly all of them. Last year, 5347 international students applied to Bowdoin, representing 40% of their applicant pool. How many did they accept? Seventy seven, or 1.4%.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

Interesting that Midd says the purpose of the increased enrollment is to generate revenue and thereby help close the budget deficit. Midd claims to be “need blind” in admissions, so how exactly does increasing enrollment lead to more revenue? If you’re need blind, the additional students might need more aid, thereby increasing, not decreasing, your budget deficit. Midd, just come out and acknowledge what we all know already, you’re not really “need blind.”

The percentage of kids receiving financial aid at all of these NESCAC schools remains remarkably constant year in and year out. Are any of them truly need blind?

My favorite: Bowdoin says it's need blind for international students, drumming up thousands of applications. But then they go and reject nearly all of them. Last year, 5347 international students applied to Bowdoin, representing 40% of their applicant pool. How many did they accept? Seventy seven, or 1.4%.

"Need blind for internationals" means that they don't consider financial need when admitting international students; they never claimed that they don't artificially cap their international population (regardless of aid status).

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

You are an idiot but you are persistent, I will give you that. But that said, you do really make this easy.

Start with the easy part, the answer.

"the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit"

The college did not say that, a student reporter did.

Typical ON CAMPUS class size is (and has been for years) about 2550-2600 kids and spring 2024 the population was 2546 after a huge Feb class of 233 kids graduated.

Middlebury even publishes the trended data:

https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

They have one more year to year and a half in this state because of the huge bulge from the class entering in 2021 and 2022 (some kids took leaves of absence) which needs to finish working their way through the system. By next year most of the Covid bubble will be over and things will back to normal.

The link that you so kindly shared shows a class size of 640 (40 over historical) along with 115 Febs which aligns with what they want to do which is take the on campus population up by 50 to 70 spots up to 2630-2650 over time as they open their new dorm (50 beds bigger) and refurbish an older dorm. Pretty much a non-event.

I really don't understand your angst but as long as you keep persisting with lies I'll keep batting you down.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

They have had huge budget deficits for 5 years running; it is not just Monterey but declining enrollment in all Midd schools abroad. They raised enrollment by over 10% due to budget issues. They increased the proportion of ED students dramatically two years ago. Because of budget issues. Duh.

More nonsense. They are raising enrollment by about 50-75 kids overall because they built a new dorm with…wait for it….50 more beds. Everything else you are spouting is nonsense except for MIIS having a nagging budget deficit.

They increased enrollment by 300 in 2021 to 2800, said every year they were going back down to 2500 — and that the enrollment increase was temporary — and then (after applications were in this year; info sessions for the class of 2029 said enrollment would return to 2500) only recently announced that the increase is permanent.

Here is the cite from institutional research itself:
https://www.middlebury.edu/assessment-institutional-research/institutional-data/middlebury-college

Your own link proves you wrong. Why do you keep doing this? They over enrolled by 300 during Covid and they have been dropping every year since. They recently announce that they are going from their historic 2550 to between 2600 and 2650 which coincides with the opening of their new dorm which holds 50 more students than the one it replaces.

You have been corrected before, why do you persist?

Year Enrollment
2021 2580
2022. 2858 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)
2023. 2773 (announcement temporary, next year 2500; kids living off campus, at Midd Inn, and being paid 10k not to attend school)
2024. 2760 (announcement temporary, next year 2500)

Recent announcement: enrollment increase permanent. Yes, they “claim” it is only 2650. Another Midd marketing lie. Why?

Cite: “The college expects to welcome 640 new students this September and 115 Febs in early 2026. These figures are higher than Middlebury’s normal enrollment pattern of 600 additions in September, followed by 100 Febs. By increasing the size of incoming first year classes, the college has said it hopes to generate revenue to escape its $14.1 million deficit…” https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/05/applications-drop-to-five-year-low-as-acceptance-rate-increases

Hint: decreasing enrollment by 100-150 kids by enrolling a freshman class with 55 more students than the previous year (which had a 2760 enrollment) does not a 2650 enrollment make.

But don’t trust me, Midd marketing person: come back and see the stats next year. When I am proven right, yet again, I am sure you will come up with something.

Damn.

I will come up with something.

Damn, you tried to be clever but that was really easy to smack around. Do a little bit of research and maybe you will quit looking like a fool.

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Better than a shithole red state any day of the year.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

Better than a shthole red state any day of the year.

Sewanee is quite beautiful