Give the above, 11,831 applications for the class of 29 seems robust. Down from year before but healthy.

Class of 2028 (Entering Fall 2024): Middlebury received 11,224 regular decision applications and 1,392 early decision applications, according to Middlebury.

Class of 2027 (Entering Fall 2023): Middlebury received a record 13,297 applications, including 11,971 regular decision and 1,326 early decision applications. The overall acceptance rate was 11%, or 5.5% according to another source.

Class of 2026 (Entering Fall 2022): Middlebury received 13,028 applications, a 9% increase from the previous year. The acceptance rate was 15%.

Class of 2025 (Entering Fall 2021): Middlebury received 11,908 applications. The acceptance rate was 15.75%.

Class of 2024 (Entering Fall 2020): Middlebury received 8,522 regular decision applications and 643 early decision applications. The acceptance rate was 7.68%.

Class of 2023 (Entering Fall 2019): Middlebury received 9,750 applications, the largest in the College's history at that time. The overall acceptance rate was 16%.

Anonymous wrote:In reality, a $14M deficit at a school with a $1.6B endowment isn't a cause for alarm. I think Brown had a $45 million deficit last year and is expected to have a $90 million deficit this year if they don't take corrective action. I'm a Duke alum and have been getting lots of fundraising emails taking about cost-cutting measures to offset anticipated funding cuts. All of academia is bracing for some financial challenges.

Middlebury is a wealthy school with wealthy alums. they are not going out of business anytime soon. they may have to become need aware, but as many have pointed out, that is where Febs come in to play.

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.

Yeah, it is tough. But I would not look at ED for only first choice. Sometimes if it is a second choice, but if a kid would love to go there, the ED boost is worth it. Let’s be honest, distinctions between top choices are often somewhat arbitrary for kids anyhow, and they can change throughout the year. I would look at it as maximizing chances for a very good outcome, not maximizing chances for the best outcome (at the increased risk of a subpar outcome).

In reality, a $14M deficit at a school with a $1.6B endowment isn't a cause for alarm. I think Brown had a $45 million deficit last year and is expected to have a $90 million deficit this year if they don't take corrective action. I'm a Duke alum and have been getting lots of fundraising emails taking about cost-cutting measures to offset anticipated funding cuts. All of academia is bracing for some financial challenges.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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…

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.