<p>I just "made the switch" today and changed my regular decision Midd application to an ED II application. (All you have to do is fax them a letter of request!) By any standards, Middlebury's a selective school, but I was wondering if ED II students have any advantage over RD applicants.</p>
<p>My theory is that, with fewer ED II applicants than RD (or ED I, I feel) students, my application would get a closer look than it would with any of the other options. The high admissions percentage for ED I students was also heartening. However, it's hard to find concrete numbers on ED II admission alone.</p>
<p>I was wondering this too. (I'm also thinking about switching to EDII because I really want to get in!) What kind of letter of request do you have to send?</p>
<p>Call up the admissions office first; they'll give you a special code to submit, along with your full name and address, in writing. After that, explain your intentions and mail/fax the whole thing over to the admissions office.</p>
<p>(Middlebury will explain the whole thing over the phone.)</p>
<p>Okay, I was thinking of e-mailing the admissions officer that visited my school b/c she gave me her e-mail address (mostly b/c I'm better if I have instructions in writing so I don't get something wrong!)</p>
<p>Would that be a bad plan? I never know what kind of questions they mean when they say to e-mail them if you have questions.</p>
<p>I know they moved up my admissions notification date to Feb. 7, so my letter did the job. All I included was:</p>
<p>--Introduction (Hello; my name is...)
--Body (in which you state that Early Decision II is now your preferred option, and for a few reasons you'd provide.)
--Full name
--Address
--A code the admissions rep will provide you with over the phone--probably to verify identity).
--E-mail and phone (it never hurts)
--"Thank you" </p>
<p>The code is probably the only thing you'd need to call them about. After that, just type up and mail/fax the letter.</p>