<p>Wait, we’re getting our letters on the 27th!?! Or is it just being mailed that date?</p>
<p>I thought they were mailed on 27th, but on line in am on 28th??</p>
<p>I like the mention of SATs and different geographic backgrounds. Works for me.</p>
<p>I don’t, however, feel particularly good about a drop in RD admissions, even a “negligible” one. I think the subtext here is that ED applicants are generally more confident in their ability to pay – so Midd took more of them.</p>
<p>Well it does state at the end that Middlebury is committed to meeting 100% demonstrated need, although to be fair in my case they definitely overcalculated my family’s expected contribution :S</p>
<p>i thought middlebury was need-blind for internationals…</p>
<p>It was need-blind… it no longer is</p>
<p>Modadunn:</p>
<p>My take on that article is as follows:</p>
<p>Middlebury wants a class of ~600 incoming Sept. students plus ~100 Febs. Early Decision is supposedly binding, so those ~270 spots should certainly be filled. I’ve read that the only way to get out of an ED acceptance is if the financial aid is completely not acceptable (which I’m sure you also know 
). My wonderful “higher math skills” say that would leave a total of ~330 students to enroll. These numbers assume that the 45% of accepted students are ALL from the Sept. pool, which is almost certainly not the case. If we assume that this 45% is from the entire class that would mean enrollment of ~700, ~315 spots filled, ~385 remaining.</p>
<p>FYI, for the articles below, when I clicked on “one too many” Midd. articles, the website told me I needed to register in order to view their articles. The registration is free and very easy.</p>
<p>I found an article from May 2007 stating that Midd’s matriculation rate was 47%. [Admitted</a> students yield at record rate - News](<a href=“http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2007/05/09/News/Admitted.Students.Yield.At.Record.Rate-2897601.shtml]Admitted”>http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2007/05/09/News/Admitted.Students.Yield.At.Record.Rate-2897601.shtml). Assuming that two years later, it’s roughly the same, Midd would need to admit an additional 702 students to get a yield of 330 students; they would need to admit an additional ~820 to fill 385 slots.</p>
<p>Also of interest…and a more recent article: [College</a> meets desired enrollment - News](<a href=“http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2008/05/08/News/College.Meets.Desired.Enrollment-3366995.shtml]College”>http://media.www.middleburycampus.com/media/storage/paper446/news/2008/05/08/News/College.Meets.Desired.Enrollment-3366995.shtml). When you read this, I am sure you will notice that for the class of 2012 they accepted 1455 students. Point being, if my take on this is correct, there’s lots of room yet…and lots of hope.</p>
<p>My daughter was admitted to Midd. with a Regular Decision early acceptance letter (arrived last Friday) not under ED. She loves Midd. and was thrilled to death; however, she has also applied to one ivy. She also loves that school, so if she is admitted to both, will have a tough decision to make. If not, she will very, very happily attend Midd.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the number of deferred students at Middlebury?</p>
<p>Tynew:</p>
<p>This is quite old, but I couldn’t find anything else at this time…so, from [url=<a href=“http://www.eduers.com/University/Vermont/Middlebury_College.html]Middlebury”>http://www.eduers.com/University/Vermont/Middlebury_College.html]Middlebury</a> College Admissions Profiles<a href=“go%20all%20the%20way%20to%20the%20bottom%20for%20the%20info.%20on%20deferrals”>/url</a>:</p>
<p>2006-2007 Admissions Statistics
Selectivity: Most Selective
Overall acceptance rate: 22%
Early-decision acceptance rate: 24%
Early-action acceptance rate: N/A
Acceptance rate (excluding early-action and early-decision students): 21%
Total applicants: 6,205
Total acceptances: 1,339
Total freshman enrollment: 563 </p>
<p>Proportion of freshman enrolled from early action and early decision: 39%
Male applicants: 2,638
Male acceptances: 613
Male freshman enrollment: 277 </p>
<p>Female applicants: 3,567
Female acceptances: 726
Female freshman enrollment: 286 </p>
<p>Students that applied here may also have applied to: N/A </p>
<p>Out-of-state freshmen: N/A </p>
<p>Qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 950
Applicants accepting a place on waiting list: 579
Students enrolled from waiting list: 38</p>
<p>For what it’s worth…</p>
<p>This is my take on this (copied from my post on a different thread):</p>
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<p>“The Student Financial Services Office informs the admissions board if they have overstepped their budget only after they have made their initial decisions regarding international students.” </p>
<p>Isn’t that, by definition, need blind?</p>
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<p>In the truest sense it would be, except for the fact that if they exceed the budget, they will go back and eliminate international students requesting aid until they reach the target. If they don’t exceed the budget, then it is, in essence, need blind. But the college is reserving the right to overrule the admissions office if the international student financial aid budget is overspent.</p>
<p>I think the difference comes in the promise to meet 100% of demonstrated need. While admissions was/is need blind, the goal was to get to 100% demonstrated need for ALL students (internationals included). This is not yet the case and for this year at least (and I imagine next for sure) it wasn’t.</p>
<p>Based on the insanity of admissions, I don’t think anyone went into this year thinking that anything was going to be easier. Quite the opposite in fact. Then the economy implosion and there’s all this talk about application numbers being down. But the point remain that there are somewhere between 1400-1600 people guaranteed a rejection letter. That’s a lot of people when you’re only talking about starting with 6500 (give or take).</p>
<p>What I took from the article was this: Our application pool continues to be very strong, in fact, it gets stronger every year and ED was especially so. (Of course, this begs the question of just what we are requiring from High School studies and if the gap between those who have opportunity vs those that don’t create an ever-widening gap in admissions). Anyway, we accepted nearly half the class from ED because they were a strong class and we werent REALLY sure how the economy was going to affect overall applications; we took while the taking was good. However, now we are making the class bigger and that will also be reflected in admission decisions so we are guaranteed the yield we need (which I imagine their competition is the ivy’s and one or two other nescac). Any disadvantage to RD students by so many students being accepted ED is somewhat moot. Basically, its all there to say… maybe you’ll get in and maybe you won’t. I think we knew that around here before I ever started reading! :)</p>
<p>nope, they have and as of now continue to meet 100% of the full need for international students…but they will reject internationals they were originally planning on accepting if they exceed their budget :(</p>
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<p>Correct. Middlebury will still meet 100% of the demonstrated need of ACCEPTED international students.</p>
<p>omg they arent needblind to international this yer… i thought they were… and i put 5000 or 2000 something possible contribution… if i had known better, i would have out 10000 or 15k</p>