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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are four seemingly quite similar schools but they do vary notably in their enrollment strategies and selectivity.

Bates and Middlebury admit 40-50 percent of their ED applicants and their ED cohorts make up a big part of their classes (60+ percent for Bates and 70+ percent for Middlebury). Most of the students at these schools will have settled on them early in the application process.

This year Bowdoin admitted 17% of their ED applicants, and their ED cohort typically makes up about 50 percent of the class. Just based on the numbers, Bowdoin might be the hardest NESCAC to get in at this point.

Colby publishes a dauntingly low acceptance rate every year but their application numbers are probably juiced up because of no fee and no supplemental essays. Nobody really knows how they compare with the other schools because they don't choose to publish their data.

If your child is interested in NESCAC schools in this geographic region and doesn't otherwise have grounds for choosing between them, and if you don't need to look at the competing FA packages before accepting an offer, Bates and/or Middlebury in ED seems like the obvious choice.[/quote]

My kid is looking at ED at Bates this year; your advice is spot on! Interestingly she will be a French major if she gets in.[/quote]

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