<p>I’m an international student and I got accepted to Brandeis as a Mid-year. I was pretty confused when I got my letter, but after looking into the program a bit, I started to get excited at the opportunity to study in Panama or London for the first semester. Although my outlook on the situation isn’t negative, I can’t help but wonder if this kind of acceptance means that I am less qualified than the other applicants? Does this mean that I don’t stand much of a chance to be accepted to my top choices - Boston College and Tufts? I would really appreciate any insight! :)</p>
<p>Hey, I was accepted midyear as well. I believe it means they like you as a student, but they don’t have to put your stats in their accepted class profile. If your scores were low, that might be the reason. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. Anyone know how many midyears there are or how the social life is for midyears coming in? thanks</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for the input, what you said makes sense!
On the brochure I received from Brandeis it says that the midyear class is around 100 students. All the midyears are put in the same dorms, so I assume that it should be relatively easy to meet other students in the same situation. I don’t know how easy it would be to integrate with the rest of the class. Although I did read that there are several activities which attempt to make the transition easier for the midyears.</p>
<p>With aoubt 9,000 applicants this year, you are lucky to have been admited mid year or otherwise. FYI, here’s a recent essay by a Brandeis mid year who had a great experience:</p>
<p>[The</a> Brandeis Hoot Reflections on starting my midyear experience](<a href=“http://thebrandeishoot.com/articles/9376]The”>The Brandeis Hoot – Archive » Reflections on starting my midyear experience)</p>
<p>Personally, as a Brandeis alum who chose Brandeis over Tufts and other top schools (as so many have) I don’t see how you would prefer Tufts or BC for that matter. Naturally, that’s a personal choice. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the article!
I’m sorry, I phrased what I wrote before wrong. I think Brandeis is an amazing school, and it used to be one of my top choices. I would really like to start in the fall though, and that’s why, at the moment, I prefer the other two schools. But that’s not to say that I’m not happy with the acceptance, even if it’s only for midyear! I’m just getting really anxious waiting for my other college decisions, and this midyear thing added to my nerves a bit.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m not a midyear, but I am friends with a lot of midyears. I had thought of the midyear program as a bad program before I met the midyears who came to Brandeis, and I realized how wrong I was. In the aggregate they are some of the most social, most active, and biggest leaders on campus. Some students really like the opportunity to have a semester off before going to college, some like to do special programs, some like to work a bit. All of them are on track to graduate with those who came in the Fall.</p>
<p>A Brandeis admissions officer told me last week that they admitted 400 students to start midyear, and they expect about 100 to accept. (I wonder how this 25% yield compares to the yield rate for those who are admitted for September.) Too bad they will not give mid-year admits the option to start in September, or even be on the wait list to start in September. The admissions officer told me that all the midyears will live in the same dorm, an upper class dorm called Ridgewood, which is not near where the other freshmen live, although the Brandeis campus isn’t all that big compared to some other schools. Apparently, this dorm gets vacated right after first semester ends by juniors who study abroad second semester. So the university gets to make money by renting out rooms that would otherwise be vacant, which is one reason the midyear admit program makes financial sense for Brandeis. While I can easily imagine that these 100 students living in the same dorm develop a sense of community among themselves, you have to wonder how friendly they become with the other roughly 90% of their classmates, who live elsewhere and have already spent a semester on campus together.</p>
<p>The admissions officer also told me that the SAT/ACT scores of the midyears are not included when the statistics for the class of 2015 are published. When I asked why, she claimed that Brandeis is only asked for the scores of those freshmen who are admitted to start in the fall. This seems like nonsense. Regardless of what Brandeis is asked for, nothing stops them from publishing (e.g. on the university’s own website) the information for everyone for the class of 2015, regardless of when they will start. When I asked her how the SAT/ACT scores of the midyear admits compared to the SAT/ACT scores of the fall admits, she said she did not know, since Brandeis does not compile those statistics, although it seems like that would not be difficult to do. It would be nice if Brandeis did this, which would probably dispel or confirm the perception that the midyears are perceived by the admissions office as not as academically qualified as those students who were admitted for the fall.</p>
<p>Brandeis does a very poor job of communicating to high school applicants that the midyear admit program even exists. For example, I saw nothing about this program on the admissions office website, and when I visited the school in the fall of 2010 for one of their special high school student visiting days, no one mentioned this was even a possibility, although we were there for an entire day, and admissions officers, faculty and students all gave talks to us. So when you receive the thick white envelope with “Congratulations” on the outside, you suffer an enormous let down when the letter inside tells you that you are admitted only for January. No chance of admission in September. So you’ve been admitted to a program that you didn’t even know existed, and one that you did not knowingly apply to. Talk about bait and switch. Why isn’t Brandeis up front and state on their admissions website that only 7/8 of admitted freshman will be permitted to start in September, and the other 1/8 will have to start in January? If they were forewarned, students might experience less disappointment and shock when they learn they have been admitted only for January.</p>
<p>I was rejected from Brandeis but they told me that I should apply through the TYP program. I read the website for more information, but I was still wondering how many students apply to Brandeis through the TYP program. In addition, I was wondering if it was worth it for me to apply to Brandeis through this program, since only 20 people get admitted through the program.</p>
<p>Midyears live in The Village, which is one of the best dorms on campus.</p>
<p>The reason that some are admitted midyear is that they simply don’t have enough room in the Freshman dorms at the beginning of the year, but they do once the Juniors who are studying abroad go away.</p>
<p>I echo The Hoot’s article: midyears are well-integrated and can do very well. They tend to form a close-knit community.</p>
<p>I was accepted midyear and my counselors said that it means that Brandeis truly likes you as a student, and by putting you in midyear vs. wait list they hope for you to choose Brandeis over another college. I do agree though that the fact that they didn’t inform students of this program is a bummer, but at least I know that I do have an official place at Brandeis, simply in the Fall! Gotta be happy with what you got! I’m still waiting on a bunch of schools, Brandeis was the first response I’ve gotten! So I’m not letting myself get too disappointed with being a midyear until I see all my options. You never know, maybe the midyear program is the best option for me, I just don’t know it yet!</p>
<p>I am currently a high school junior, and I am planning to apply to Brandeis ED I next year. However, for various reasons, I do not want to be a midyear. Does anyone know if they accept early decision students as midyears? I would not want to sign a binding contract to the school with the possibility that I am committing to be a midyear. Thanks to anyone who knows!</p>
<p>aamp123 - that is something you should DEFINITELY ask admissions. It can be a little dangerous to rely on College Confidential for important questions like that. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks. I will be sure to ask when I visit again in the spring.</p>
<p>@aamp123 - I realized that sounded like I was being harsh. What I meant was that it is a great question and you should absolutely ask Admissions. It is perfectly acceptable to call admissions and ask them this.</p>
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