<p>Indeed. Let’s hope we get to read it soon.</p>
<p>Let’s face it–the financial situation of international students (and their likely financial need) can largely be deduced simply by reading their applications (even more so than for domestic students). Certain international secondary schools are breeding grounds for wealthy kids. You can look at the parents’ occupation and see if they went to college. Heck, you can even check out the location of the student’s home address on Google Maps to see what kind of neighborhood they live in–all without ever seeing the family’s financial statements. Hence, a school can remain “need blind” when that’s not really the case. A student’s ability to pay, although not explicitly stated in their application, is more often than not obvious to admissions officers.</p>
<p>I am just going to toss out there that with all the other stuff on an application, I think an admission’s officer is not googling home addresses. Applicants have to check whether or not they’re applying for financial aid on the common application and it will not send without having checked one box or another. Hardly rocket science OR the need for google earth. But without the financial statements, you really can’t be sure HOW MUCH aid a kid needs and that’s where, I think, need blind becomes most relevant regardless. Do you take a kid who needs a full ride or the kid that needs a couple grand to attend? Need blind would suggest you take the better student/risk and this is why financial aid budgets are such a moving target. I think Midd had something like $1m in additional aid over last year for the current academic year.</p>
<p>Modadunn–there’s a big difference between a kid with parents who make $200,000/year checking the box and a kid from a single parent household with a total income of $15,000 checking that box. The way need blind admissions is structured, the people who read the applications aren’t supposed to be influenced by the financial distinctions between these two applicants. The cold hard truth is that they are (all else being equal–for the most part). They have a limited budget and want to get the most bang for their buck. And I’ve heard stories of people in admissions offices looking up applicants and their addresses on Google. Not at Middlebury, mind you (although it’s probably happened at some point).</p>
<p>I am a Midd 2014 applicant from India!</p>
<p>hi!!!
i’m male, from Ohio. I go to school in india, was born in mexico (and lived there a majority of my life), and have lived in indiana and idaho as well. and i’m of mixed american-mexican-lebanese decent. but i’m an american citizen also (hurray!)
i got rejected from yale!
and i LOVELOVELOVE lanugages…especially Hindi (which i’ve been learning for two years!), Arabic, and Sanskrit. So i’d probs be a double major in arabic and political science.
middlebury was my mom’s dream school too, but she couldn’t apply : (
best of luck to all!</p>
<p>I got accepted into Middlebury ED as a hockey recruit but financial aid hasn’t worked out so I’m applying to more schools now :(</p>
<p>That’s sad too know. Glad though that you got in!</p>
<p>When you say financial aid hasn’t worked out, I’d be interested to know what that means … Is it that they met 100% of demonstrated need, but your parents feel that their contribution is not even close to what they can really afford or that they feel that with your athletic talent you need more of an athletic scholarship that is independent of your family’s financial need per some formula? </p>
<p>If a school claims to meet 100% of demonstrated need - is it really a matter of how well you demonstrate the need?</p>
<p>I think that’s the case, Modadunn. You have to really demonstrate your need if you want to receive “enough.” </p>
<p>I’m quite glad I don’t have to go through the whole financial aid thing because my friends are doing it and it seems really stressful…</p>
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<p>Hello fellow RD applicants. I’m from Minnesota and I’m a football recruit. I like math and history (weird combo). I like video games way too much. I would love to go to Middlebury next year.</p>
<p>Crew Dad: That’s a vey depressing article. It makes me question my desire to go to a top college. I’m not applying to HYP, but still some pretty high ranked schools, but in truth I’d rather not be part of an unfair and elitist institution. Guess I’ll just see where I get in, get money, and feel as if I “fit,” and hope for the best.</p>
<p>P.S. are you a rower/father of a rower?</p>
<p>I didnt like Boston Globe piece either. I think it was weak in facts and leaned toward generalities that sounded more like sour grapes and Ivy envy. And to be clear, his daughter’s issues might very well have been based on gender bias. (rates that girls apply to college have begun to give boys a slight advantage in admissions.) </p>
<p>Need Blind admissions does not mean a school doesn’t need money for peats sake! From all my son has said, I think Midd has done a good job of mixing up the socioeconomic and cultural and ethnic diversity of the school. And I have no idea what truly defines need blind admissions, but blind is not stupid either. I just don’t think you still overshoot your budget by over a million if you’re cutting everything else and looking up addresses on google earth. </p>
<p>I’m a cynic, but not that big of one.</p>
<p>I’m a female applicant from Canada/China, prospective philosophy ad visual art major.</p>
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<p>What issues?</p>
<p>Fwiw- Neal Gabler is a highly respected author and senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center. I’ve always enjoyed his articles and interviews.</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I’m a male from Colorado. Excited to hear back from Middlebury and good luck to all of you. International Affairs major who likes golf, skiing, lacrosse, history, and traveling. Don’t know how much I will enjoy the ice slopes on the east coast though.</p>
<p>Hello, fellow potential Midd Kids. I’m a girl from Michigan who is really into music and would love to sing in an ensemble of some sort at Middlebury. For majors, I’m considering history and biology, mostly, but I might do physics or maybe CS. I’d love to learn Russian, Arabic, or Japanese at Midd. I hope we all have good news to report at the end of March. :)</p>
<p>Drought: Good luck to you. Did you decide to go RD as a recruit? Why not ED I or EDII?</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the RD results will be released? I searched on their website but they’ve changed the site format.
Also, did anyone get a MidID in their email or anything? On the old admission website they had a prospective student login page that required a sent ID. I didn’t get one and I was wondering if anyone for 2014 did.</p>
<p>good luck to everyone!</p>