No the Middlebury ED admission rate wasn’t 45 %, and it is misleading to say so. It was 100% for the 30 Possee scholars and 150 recruited athletes in that ED pool of 273 admittees. The remaining 93 or so were admitted, out of a group of about 474 non athletes/Possee applicants for an effective admit rate of about 19% ED compared to 14 % regular. And Of course, that still includes legacy admitted in that 19%, ED rate, so it is likely non legacy admit rate was was lower than 19%. It may have been a benefit to apply ED, but not much.