<p>Middlebury saw a 17% increase in applications this year, with 6,152 applicants vying for around 570 spots in the class of 2010. That's 900 more applicants than last year's total of 5,254. ED I and II applications were up by 21% over last year.</p>
<p>that. sucks.</p>
<p>the link above doesn't work. here's the actual link to the article:<br>
<a href="http://www.middleburycampus.com/media/paper446/news/2006/01/26/News/Admissions.Numbers.Climb-1504639.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.middleburycampus.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.middleburycampus.com/media/paper446/news/2006/01/26/News/Admissions.Numbers.Climb-1504639.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.middleburycampus.com</a></p>
<p>great. well, that seems to be the trend this year. every college is having record numbers. not good.</p>
<p>It may also be due to the fact that people are filing applications at a lot of schools</p>