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[quote=Anonymous]If you look at the 25/75th percentile for scores you can get some idea, but realize that the lower 1/3 are very likely mostly athletes, in our experience, or possibly some international students for whom verbal at least can be a bit lower if not native English speakers (Midd has 10-15% international students, very committed to that part of the student body, and the academic strength in languages, political science, environmental policy fit that demographic well). Midd like the other NESCAC schools takes athletics seriously and are top d3 in almost every sport, and recruit athletes that could easily play in mid or lower tier d1 programs but prefer the top academics at somewhere like Midd and not having sports completely take over their lives/schedules in college.  
So in our recent experience from local big 3 privates with two kids that applied to Midd, the types of kids getting in there and choosing to go are competitive/also getting into and = Ivys such as Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, and very similar to kids getting into Bowdoin, Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Pomona, U Chicago, Duke.  Both my kids got in, one applied ED because a clear first choice, was a NMSF/Presidential semifinalist/high GPA and had a good chance as any to get into any school, strong extracurriculars.  Other got in regular decision and decided to go to a HYP school, but really struggled with decision since loved Midd so much. 
The SLACS really can seem capricious in their admit decisions, they are so small, but agree with prior poster that seems very difficult to get in regular decision compared to ED or ED2.  Have been surprised that kids who got into Brown or Columbia or even Harvard were rejected in some cases by Midd or Bowdoin or Williams, or wait listed (and in that case may mean trying to gauge if really serious about coming). 
It helps to have a high school that has some sort of track record with Midd. Your kid should also be sure to meet with the Midd rep when they come through the school. 
Our kid loves Midd, seems to be getting a great education, and graduating students seem to do well with grad school admits and jobs.[/quote]

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