<p>The intro says they recieved over 6900 applicants yadah yadah yadah</p>
<p>Now the good stuff:</p>
<p>WHAT WE VALUE AND WHY: Admission to Midd is based upon the academica ability and achievement, with great interest also give to community citizenship and leadership or other talents and character. We seek students who will not only perform at a high level in the classroom, but who will also contribute positively to campus life through strenth of character, involvement in co-curricular activities, and commitment to our special institution. Should you be admitted and eventually enroll at Midd, we wish for you a roommate who will care about you as a person and who will reciprocate the friendship you offer. We want you and your neighbors in your residence to be stimulating, thoughtful individuals from a variety of intellectual, geographic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds. We hope that you and your classmates will carry discussions beyond the classroom to the residences and dining areas, applying ideas under discussion to you own experiences and opinions in ways that would challenge your thinkind. And we also hope that you would andticipate each day as a new opportunity to learn and grow from your contact with Midd faculty, staff, and students alike. We review each application looking for the personal characteristics that will foster this kind of learning enviorment.</p>
<p>DIVERSITY: Because ideas are always best tested in an atmosphere where many points of view are represented, Midd seeks as broadly representative and diverse a student body as possible. Geographically, our students come from 50 states, the D.O.C., Puerot Rico, and more thatn 75 foreign countries, with international students representing about 10-12% of our total enrollment, an unusually high proportion for smaller LACs. About one-fifth of our undergrads our U.S. students of color. Most, and perhaps even all, of the world's religions are represented, and the political spectrum ranges from left-of-liberal to right-of-conservatie. Admission decisions are made without reference to whether or not a student has applied for Fin Aid, and College policy is to meet 100% of demonstrated financial need through a combination of grants, loans, and work opportunities.</p>
<p>THE EVALUATION PROCESS: Each application is evaluated by a minimum of 2, and as many as 16, admission officers. Because we have many more applicants than we can admit, and because objective data such as GPA, rank in class, etc., tell only part of the story, considerable effort goes into evaluating the courses you've taken, the degree to which you've challenged yourself academically and personally, and the nature and quality of the contributions we think you'd make to Midd. Your essays and letter of rec are extremely helpful in that regard, as are audio and video tapes, art portfolios, or other examples of musical or artistic talent that you may submit. (We frequently forward these items to faculty members in the appropriate areas, who evaluate them and provide us with an assessment.) We also ask that you check with your Guidance Office to make sure that your mid-year grades have been forwarded to us.</p>
<p>A WORD ABOUT TEST SCORES: Becaus we believe that the best admission decisions are based on the evalutaion of a substantial amount of info taken in proper context, Midd asks that each applicant sumit the results of standardizing testing.</p>
<p>You might wonder how your own test scores compare with Midd's norms. Because SAT or ACT averages for those attending a certain college or university are often viewed out-of-context and can take on a life of their own, and because students (and many parents) often assume a student should or should not attend a given college or university simply based on those averages, we believe it is more meaningful and more helpful to descrive the range of scores within which most Midd students fall, rather than test score averages. For instance the middle 50% of our Class of 2012 had SAT I totals between 1940 2190, with 25% of the class scoring below 1940 and 25% scoring above 2190. Because a number of students with scores above 2190 were not offered admission, and some with scores below 1940 were offered admission, it is important to remember that standardized tests are only one of many useful indicators available to admissions staff. Similarly, the mid-50% range for ACT scores was 29-32. While these scores are helpful in our evaluation of certain kinds of aptitudes and accomplishments, they do not address such important factors as intellectual curiousity and commitment, motivation, persistence, leadership, creativity, or the many additional abilities and talent that Midd values in its students. For that reason, there are no minimum or cut-off scores used in our selection process, and every decision is based on a combination of objective and subjective criteria</p>
<p>THE HUMAN FACTOR: From all that has been said to this point, it should be apparent that each admission decision made at Midd, as at other highly selective colleges, is based on as complete a picture of the applicant possible, but it remains essentially subjective. Because of this, some decisions are difficult to understand. Why did we admit a student ranking #7 in her class while not admitting the #4 student? Why did we take a student with an ACT score of 28 while not taking a classmate with a 32? The answer is that not all of the qualities that we seek and that you possess can be neatly wrapped up and stamped with a number. We seek students who will represent a good fit at midd, just as you seek a college that will be right for you. In your search we hope you've been guided by helpful and important numbers (faculty/ student ratio, library holdings, etc.), but we suspect your ultimate decision will be as subjective as will ours. We promise to be thorough and careful, and we trust that you will be too.</p>
<p>The conclusion just wishes applicants luck and says that if you're not admitted that it doesn't mean that you aren't qualified for Midd and says there are many other great colleges in America.</p>