<p>General advice on what sorts of things this school really cares about in applicants...</p>
<p>This is easy. Get good grades in school, get good scores on your SATs, have strong ECs, and add a good hook.</p>
<p>My sons’ school has a lot of kids accepted to Middlebury each year with at least a couple going there . It is a highly selective school. Though some athletes, legacies, celebrities, URMs have been accepted as the acceptance to this rule, the ones there all have very high SAT1 and 2s, are taking tough courses and are getting top grades. Also gotta show strong interest for this school is what I have heard as I’ve seen some kids getting into more selective schools and not get accepted there. The school, and they were right, probably suspected that those kids were not so hot on Midd and would grab another choice if they had it. Iknow one kid accepted to HPY, Wiliams and Amherst and WLed at Middlebuy. For her, yes, the school was an afterthought and she did not have high interest in it. as she did not for a number of schools on her list.</p>