<p>I'm a junior looking at schools similar to Middlebury (which is a reach for me).</p>
<p>I was just wondering if you all could mention other schools you applied to along with Middlebury.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Haverford, Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Vassar, Wesleyan</p>
<p>I ultimately settled for three: Ford, Midd, and Amherst,
though Swat is an academic powerhouse that's superdiverse,
and Vassar is as reefer left-wing liberal as you can get.
A lot of the top guys in my class who were rejected from the Ivies
with UW GPAs of 3.9+ and SATs of 2300+ are going to Wes.</p>
<p>Do your research.
Look at books like PR, Fiske's, and visit, of course.</p>
<p>If I had to do it all again, I'd pick Swat, Vassar, Wes, and Midd.</p>
<p>Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Georgetown, Williams, Swarthmore, BU, Claremont McKenna, UCLA, Berkeley, UC Irvine, UOregon, SDSU and one other I can't remember.</p>
<p>A far range - I'd suggest applying to more small liberal arts schools or public schools, even if you are set on an Ivy. I was rejected from Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Georgetown and Swarthmore, waitlisted at Williams.</p>
<p>Admissions decisions this year were absolutely ludicrous - the valedictorian at my school, who is probably a certified genius with a W GPA of 4.5+, was rejected from all of the Ivies.</p>
<p>They'll be the same or worse next year.</p>
<p>I got into Midd ED, but if I hadn't, I would have applied to Brown, Bryn Mawr, Sarah Lawrence... maybe Kenyon, Grinnell... Yeah.</p>
<p>When it comes to ECs, do what you love and do it well; I think Midd is kind of into that.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I applied to Colby, Bowdoin, Hamilton, Middlebury, Amherst, and Williams. I was wait-listed at Amherst, rejected at Williams and accepted everywhere else. I am going to attend Bowdoin. I have tons of EC's (I hold an office or leadership position in almost all of them), am involved in sports, valedictorian of my class, and scored high on the ACT. Some foreign research trips and good essays also helped me gain admission. </p>
<p>But the admissions at these colleges are crazy; some are rejected at Colby, but accepted at Amherst, wait-listed at Hamilton but accepted at Bowdoin. The colleges like Midd really look for specific people and try to create a class. If you don't fit the mold, then you're wait-listed or outright rejected. </p>
<p>Good luck in your application process next year!</p>
<p>Applied:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Georgetown
Pomona</p>
<p>Accepted:
Middlebury
Georgetown</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Dartmouth
Pomona:</p>
<p>Rejected:
HYP</p>
<p>(I had some safeties initially, but I got in EA to Georgetown and only applied to very competitive schools afterward, which is why my list looks a little ridiculous)</p>