@urbanslaughter --the 19.9% rate comes from Middlebury’s own website.
It’s interesting–according to a press release issued in March, the college admitted 1,512 students from an applicant pool of 8,894 (or roughly 17%). According to the class profile posted just the other day (http://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/start/profile), the college admitted 1,768 of 8,892 (or 19.9%). Either the yield was unexpectedly low this year (necessitating taking 256 students off the waiting list, which would be VERY unusual for Midd), or there’s some other explanation (like the numbers in the press release don’t account for Feb admits). I’d be interested in hearing why the numbers are so different.