congrats!
Stats?
Thank you everyone. Congrats to all who got in. I hope everyone who didn’t will find another great college!
I got in class of 2023!
Congrats @jowens166
I know how disappointing this must be. My daughter was rejected two years ago when she applied ED to my alma mater - a school she had grown up visiting for homecomings and reunions - a school she had come to love and had set her heart on. It broke my heart to see her face crumple as she opened her email to see the bad news. This was followed by 3 stressful weeks of filling out more applications, making a couple of last minute college visits, and months of waiting to learn her fate.
Two years later, she loves the school she is attending and knows it was the right place for her. She’s actually relieved she wasn’t accepted at her first choice - a place she would have been obligated to attend, having applied ED. While I know how difficult this is, please know that you will find the right school - a place that will become home to you and where you will build lifelong friendships and memories.
@stndacy — Great post!
Sorry - this was for nervous4cOllege and others who received disappointing news today.
@stndacy…I really needed to hear this today as a mom of a son who was just denied this morning from MIDD, his dream school. thank you very much!!! he does have other schools on his list that he likes very much and has applied RD, but were thinking today to maybe apply to a few more?? i do believe that everything works out for the best. thanks to everyone. Enjoy the journey, not the destination…
We were among those parents I once thought were over the top and applied to about 16 schools. This was because we really had no idea where our daughter might get in. (It was a different story when her siblings applied 10-12 years ago - one was accepted ED, the other applied to 7.). And our daughter’s results were all over the place - places we thought she had a chance at, rejected her, others that were more competitive, accepted her. Her guidance counselor at the time said things had become so unpredictable with college admissions that he had a hard time knowing how to advise students. I do know that geographic diversity worked in her favor.
Other than that, cast a wide net. And if possible, I think it does help to visit and show interest. Schools are concerned with their yields. We’ve visited so many schools over the years - there really are a lot of great ones out there.
@stndacy, thank you. we visited over 10 colleges so far and interviewed face to face at 3. some likely, some possible, some reaches. he got accepted to 2 likelies thus far. one he will consider because he got merit aid and it’s a good school. he also met with several of the college reps and wrote numerous emails showing high interest in several of the schools. as of yesterday my son has already applied to 7 schools that we visited, most out of state. today he has added 3 more colleges to his list. unfortunately, these 3 we never visited and are completely new to our radar. he’s so exhausted with showing demostrated interest, visiting, and writing numerous essays… especially when it did not help one ounce with Middlebury, that i’m not sure if he’s going to want to visit or send out emails anymore to these 3 new schools. i think he’s just doing it for back up/more options. these 3 schools are out of state (plane rides) and don’t require supplements or interviews. this process is soo exhausting. He fell in love with Midd and did everything to the MAX (visited out of state 2x’s, met the rep 2x’s, numerous emails, alumni interview…), now he’s told to fall in love with the other schools. It’s mentally and physically challenging. It is also a crap shoot. I know a girl who got into Harvard but was rejected to all of her other school last year??? my son and everyone else will get through this. Midd wasn’t meant to be for him, but I’m sure his seat went to a person who should really be there 
Thank you for posting this! Such helpful sentiments for those of us waiting for news.
I understand the exhaustion. We were there a couple of years ago. The holidays were not much fun - New Year’s Eve my daughter was finishing up the final apps. And as for visiting, she ended up being accepted to and attending the school she added to her list at the last minute and had never visited (across the country). Admissions officers do understand that not everyone can travel long distances to visit schools.She also never sent out additional emails. As you said, it’s all a crap shoot. It’s sad that it’s so hard on kids these days. I’m happy that your son already has some options and I’m sure he’ll have more.
I think that the excitement will come back once the admitted student days come around in the spring and students get to meet their prospective classmates. In the meantime, good luck.
It was hard to come on here and post the rejection, but thank you for all the kind stories. Although it’s not easy taking the rejection, I am starting to see other colleges that could be the right match. Sometimes It’s a bit difficult to say congrats, but I mean it, congratulations to every student who got accepted today! I know you all deserve it and will do well at Midd. Enjoy your time there for the rest of us who can’t
it is hard to post rejections, but it is also helpful to others who are in the same situation. thank you @nervous4c0llege . and I do believe the excitement will come back once all decisions come out. there are sooo many great schools in America, were all very blessed to live here. Midd is very small, so because of this, they have to be extremely selective. I’m sure every year the class is a little different and the school has to balance that out. from what @stndacy has posted. It appears that everything will work out and I believe it.
@nervous4c0llege : sorry to hear your bad news, and your character shines through - well done. If Midd really is your dream, work hard and transfer.
thank you
Can people post stats? Accepted OR Rejected. It helps everyone else calibrate their odds for ED2. Also tell whether you have a hook…
I think that you do not get much of a boost at Middlebury for ED2, like some other schools. You should research that. My son had sat’s in the 1400’s. this was an absolute reach school for him. I think the sat is why he did not get in, even though they claim holistic review. Who knows??? He’s a great student that hated sat tutoring. It was torture for him. Math up to AP Calc BC and AP Stat. AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Spanish. Won 3 National Level Awards for Spanish (speaking). one gold, 2 silver. Honor Society for Spanish- 4.3 GPA, but will be higher at end of year. Full Study Abroad in Spain with host family-went to high school there, then the same student lived with us in PA for 3 months and went to school with my son. Volunteered Abroad in South America for a month, just with me, not a high school affiliated trip. seperate 100+ hospital service hours. pre-med program at Boston U., 3rd degree black belt in taekwondo. Highest belt in his entire school. Helps with teaching classes including self defense and judging tournaments. Soccer team, tennis team, squash team, none varsity, just for fun. Honors choir, school tutor, school ambassador and the list goes on. perfect rec’s and amazing essay and interview…I hope this helps white prep school boy, no hook.
I was accepted ED1 so I thought I’d share my stats in response to BostonJD’s question. I submitted a 1540 SAT and 35 ACT and didn’t send any AP scores. That being said, I have taken many AP classes (I will graduate with 9 AP credits: World History, Calculus BC, Environmental Science, Statistics, US History, English Language, Spanish Language, English Literature, and Chemistry) and I took Calc 3 at the college in my hometown during first semester of my senior year. My weighted GPA is currently a 4.63/5.0 and I have had straight As for all of high school. In terms of extracurriculars, I have danced ballet since I was 3, have served leadership roles at my studio for the past few years, and participated in an additional dance company on the weekends since 6th grade. Other than that I am a president of a Community Club at my school and have been a member since freshman year and I am an active member of the model UN club. During my summers I have attended an American Ballet Theater summer intensive, gone on an environmental service trip to Ecuador, backpacked for 2 weeks in the mountains of my home state, and backpacked for a month in Wyoming through NOLS. I also am a member of the National Spanish Honors Society and I am a National Merit Semifinalist.
I wrote my common app about backpacking in Wyoming with NOLS, which I did this past summer, and tied it back to the summer camp I went to as a kid. It was kind of a weird essay, formatted as a thank you letter to nature. It was a bit of a risk, but I am glad that I took it as it was one of the most honest things I’ve ever written. If I could give one piece of advice, now that I’m through the Midd admissions process, it is to be genuine. There aren’t supplemental essays, so make sure your common application essay is strong and about something that you are truly passionate about, not something you are writing about to impress others. I’m not a legacy at Midd and I don’t really have a hook, as my education has been pretty standard. I was as genuine as I could be in my essay and my interview and I view that as a big part of why I got in.
Good luck to everyone applying ED2 and regular!