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The statistics speak otherwise. Low percentage of financial aid students. Low percentage of minority students.
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<p>49% of freshmen at Swarthmore receive financial aid, compared to 45% at Middlebury. I guess you think that 4% difference really defines the school, eh?</p>
<p>And it's much more difficult getting minority students to matriculate at a college in rural Vermont (the nation's whitest state) than it is at a college in suburban Philadelphia. The college is making an effort to increase diversity, and it appears to be paying off. The number of applicants of domestic students of color rose this year. Combining African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American and Native American students, students of color consisted of 26 percent of matriculates for fall admission (for the class of 2011), representing 159 students. The result was a rise from the 122 students last year that made up 22 percent of the class of 2010.</p>
<p>Interesteddad--when's the last time you visited Middlebury? It's not the same place that it was when you were at Williams 2 decades ago.</p>