Can I be a Midd Kid?

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<p>I WANNA BE A MIDD KID!
Seriously though, I love the whole language aspect of Middlebury, not to mention it's a beautiful college. I wanna go, but CAN I?</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
GPA: 4.4 Weighted
Class Rank: 1/469</p>

<p>Classes: (A's in all)
Freshman Year
English, French 1-2, Global Studies, Biology, PE, Theater, Geometry
Sophomore Year
Honors English, Chemistry, French 7-10, Adv. Algebra, Health, Journalistic Writing, Teacher's Assistant
Junior Year
AP English Language, AP Biology, AP US History, Latin 1-2, Newspaper, Precalculus
Projected Senior Year:
PSU (Portland State University- college in high school) English, PSU French, AP Art History, AP European History, AP Constitutional Government, AP Economics, AP Calculus, Latin 3-4</p>

<p>ACT: 30 Composite (BLEEAARRRGH the science totally back-ended me, otherwise it would have been 33)
-I will be taking the SAT in the fall, but I really want to do ED/EA to Middlebury, so I'd have to use my ACT. Are SAT II's required?</p>

<p>EC's (very limited, my weakest point)</p>

<p>Classical Piano + Competitions: 12 Years (10 hours a week)
Church Youth Group: 9 10 11 12 (3 hours a week)
Habitat For Humanity Mission Trips: 9 10 11 12 (1 week a year)
French Club: 9 10 (1 hour a week)
Newspaper: 11 (4 hours a week)
Work- Teacher's Aide at local preschool: 11 12 (8 hours a week)
Foreign Exchange (France): Summer 06 (six week long)
Constitution Team: 12 (projected 5 hours a week)</p>

<p>Major: International Relations or Classics, and OF COURSE a language minor
I plan on going to law school for International Law afterwards.</p>

<p>YOU DECIDE: CAN I BE A MIDD KID? I want to apply EA/ED but my only test is the ACT, which is only a 30. I have no SATs yet, and after I take them this fall, I will have to wait for Regular Decision.</p>

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<p>Well, your class rank is good enough, but just barely. </p>

<p>A 30 on the ACT? Of course it won't be the highest at Middlebury, but it's solid, and if you demonstrate interest (and ED certainly does demonstrate interest) you you will have a very, very strong shot. I thought I saw somewhere that you had 2220 SATs? You might want to submit those instead, that score will carry you further. Take the tests again, but I really wouldn't worry too much about it, you have a very nice resume. If you want to talk to me further, let me know, I finished the college process a few months ago and chose Middlebury. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Oh, and as a side note, I was really considering Georgetown too.</p>

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<p>well, you really have a decent chance. but maybe you should consider taking the SAT too and take a high score. in terms of your rank and extracurriculars, you're really strong though--you might even consider a better LAC or university.</p>

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<p>I think "better" might be a poor choice of words. There are certainly some LACs that are more selective than Middlebury, but not many - Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Pomona are really the only four. While the USNWR rankings are fickle and quite reductionist, there are reasons why Middlebury was ranked #5 this year. These more selective LAC's (and by more selective than Middlebury I'm not talking about a difference in selectivity say, between Princeton and George Washington University, but more like Princeton and Dartmouth), will not offer a higher quality in education-- once you are applying to LACs these selective, they are all very good at what they do. I think "fit" is the most important factor at this level. </p>

<p>At the risk of sounding presumptuous, I think I had a very good chance of admission at Swarthmore- I was a recruited athlete with a 2210 SAT, but I opted for Middlebury (applied ED) simply because I knew I would be happier there. </p>

<p>Also, if your passionate about languages, Middlebury is absolutely one of the best. Again, you have a great rank, solid scores, and decent ECs- I think you have a good shot, and you should definitely check out some other LACs- maybe some of the ones I already mentioned, and definitely Bowdoin. Middlebury will be much more difficult to get into next year, as it's yield rate has skyrocketed. I'd say expect an admissions rate around around 20%, maybe even under, compared to this year's 23%.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice; I still am looking at LACs and universities, of course, and I will take your recommendations of other options into consideration.</p>

<p>Also, does the application essay matter a lot to Middlebury, as it does to most other LACs? If so, I'm set; not to be pompous, but my English teacher, who holds a doctorate in linguistics from Oxford, guarenteed me that I am one of the most passionate (?) writers he has encountered in his teaching career.</p>

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<p>Yes, your admissions essay will be very important at Middlebury. While numbers are important, the admissions committee will take a thorough look at your writing ability/essay topic. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Okay, just decided that I'm going to do Early Decision. Does this make that much of a difference in my chances?</p>

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<p>when i visited, i was told that doing early decision did NOT help your chances. </p>

<p>Does applying through one of the ED programs increase my chances for admission?
A:
The admissions committee does, in every instance, attempt to apply the same assessment standards, regardless of when a candidate submits an application. Any perceived statistical advantage due to the smaller ED applicant pool is misleading due to the self-selecting nature of Early Decision, and we would discourage a candidate from applying for strictly strategic reasons. We welcome applications from students who have made a clear commitment to Middlebury and who are excited about making that decision early in their senior year, but an early application should not be viewed as a means of increasing one’s chances for admission.</p>

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<p>I think you'll get in; they don't care that much about the test scores</p>

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<p>I'm interested in attending Middlebury as well but the only problem is that I don't have all these godly records that most kids do and I've never taken the SAT or ACT. I graduated high school with a 2.8, didn't do sports and the only club I was involved in was the anime club and the only thing we did was watch anime, I wasn't an officer or anything. I had attended the Art Institute of Las Vegas and of California-Los Angeles totaling I think to about a little over a year of schooling there. I found that going into that field isn't what I wanted so I left. Later, I went to West Los Angeles which is a community college for Japanese I and went to Santa Monica College for Japanese II (the former wasn't offering it). I passed both classes with A's due in large part to teaching myself Japanese for a while before attending. Since taking language classes, I have a new calling and loved my classes. Currently, I'm scheduled to take GE classes at WLA hoping to transfer to a school with a good language program. I guess I just really want to know how I can make my app look appealing to Midd. I suppose good grades won't be enough? I could do extra curricular things but I also work full time and I CANNOT afford to drop to part time nor can I afford to save money for school. I try but life ALWAYS throws me curve balls causing me to either spend my money or be hungry and homeless. I'm a low income black female in Los Angeles looking for a better life. ANY advice would be great.</p>

<p>P.S.: Another school I'm interested in is Rice. Also, I've never visited either campus.</p>

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<p>your story is compelling. that well-written and gramatically impeccable paragraph displays great intelligence. arrange interviews and write your common app about what you just explained. take the sat I's again.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the compliment on my writing. English was one of my strongest subjects. If you were being sarcastic, shame! (j/k) I never took SATs so that will be one goal. Being the creative type, I COMPLETELY suck at math and that'll be my biggest challenge. I seriously can't get into it and find it extremely boring. I placed for pre-algebra on WLA's assessment test. I guess it'll just be good old fashioned elbow grease and appealing essays to get the job done. That and whatever extra curriculars I can squeeze in.</p>

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<p>If you've already attended other college level schools I don't believe you need to send anything related to high school, just your grades from the college level classes you have taken. I'm not 100% sure but I'd check on that because if you have A's in college but not high school that would be helpful. I'm not sure about the standardized test thing though. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>q--
I think you'll get in; they don't care that much about the test scores</p>

<p>I saw that midd is now test optional. so if one does not submit scores, what does it take to get in?</p>