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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Historically, Bowdoin and Middlebury have danced around each other in the rankings. In the 90s, Bowdoin was higher ranked. Midd overtook Bowdoin in the early 2000s.

The same kids apply to both schools (along with Williams and Amherst). It used to be that those who didn't get into A&W often ended up at M&B. That's no longer the case.

It's become a total crap shoot, as any parent of a kid who went through the last admissions cycle would tell you. Kids are getting into Dartmouth and WL or rejected at Colby. You could say it's yield protection, but who knows. No wonder schools are relying more heavily on ED rounds. Bright kids, mostly full pay, with great test scores who want to be there? Sounds like a win-win to me.

Worth noting that Amherst and Williams saw declines in application numbers for the class of 2027, while Bowdoin and Midd had record numbers.[/quote]

This
Lets' not talk about formal glories.
Admission for class of 2027 shows very different pictures than what parents used to remember.

Williams and Amherst is clearly on their way down.
Colby is shooting up and neck to neck with Bowdoin and Midd.
Hamilton, Bates and Wesleyan are right behind it and very close.

Basically, they are all the same. 
No significant tier exist here anymore.

https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-admission-rates/[/quote]

No, admission rate has nothing to do with it.

Bowdoin is test optional. Colby is test optional and has no fee to apply. Middlebury has no supplement. [/quote]

All these schools are test optional since Covid! Only very few institutions requires them now.  (MIT and Georgetown, for example)
Colby, Midd, Bates, Wesleyan Conn College has no supplement. Williams don’t have supplement from this year’s admission cycle. 
There’s just too little difference between them to put them into tiers especially when you don’t even believe in numbers.[/quote]

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