<p>^^ ee33ee, same here. I did not show an ounce of interest, did not bother with the interview, did not visit and I was accepted.</p>
<p>^so, why was middlebury your first choice for a while?</p>
<p>I am not amused by your implications, kiddo.</p>
<p>When I spoke of “interest,” I had merely meant that it’s just plain nonsensical to apply to a school about which you know nothing for overly simplistic reasons. Now, even though you’ve garnered admission to an excellent school, it’s small and a half-an-hour away from your home, as you say: not a match. While the reality of the situation may be that most people don’t give a hoot about this concept of a good fit, I’d imagine that most people would like to be as happy as possible for a very important four years of their lives.</p>
<p>Congratulations, though I can’t imagine why you would gloat about something like this.</p>
<p>Not gloating, if you’re talking to me. Just provided some counter point to some unfounded advice about showing ridiculous amount of interests. If you’re a match, they’ll take you, as simple as that. So many kids, matched statistically, showed all kind of interests and ended up getting rejected.</p>
<p>why midd? cute guys!</p>
<p>^did you have to compromise on that, eventually?</p>
<p>Frankly, I don’t see how stating that interest is “very important” is “petty,” “unfounded advice,” or even “excessive.”</p>
<p>I believe kwu is addressing me :)</p>
<p>I do think Swat is a good fit for me; I didn’t even accept spots on 3 out of 4 of my waitlists, and I don’t see how prior interest was needed to reveal the following: “small and a half-an-hour away from [my] home”.</p>
<p>And frankly, I do think it is petty to use excessive interest as an admissions strategy - visit “as often as possible” because they “track” your visits? Oh please…</p>
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<p>Merely answering the question. Of course it’s petty, but these days, people are willing to do almost anything to be admitted. For some people, this is a viable option.</p>
<p>Me, I visited Amherst only after they waitlisted me =P</p>
<p>What a change in tone - and position - between posts #63, #67 and #69!</p>
<p>Now, now, don’t twist my words you sneaky serpent.</p>
<p>I stand by my argument that demonstrated interest is neither petty nor excessive.
You chose to misinterpret “interest,” to equate it with my preceding suggestion to “visit as often as possible”</p>
<p>Interest can be very simple and straightforward. Attend an information session, join the mailing list, visit at least once, go on a tour, introduce yourself to your regional representative.</p>
<p>kwu, didn’t you just say in post #69 that “of course it’s petty”? Just my two cents.</p>
<p>I only ever warned him against your advice concerning “excessive interest”, so stop with the straw man already. I haven’t even commented on your dubious claims about demonstrated interest, or its importance of the “very” degree that you like to tout.</p>
<p>Harder to get into Wesleyan as a girl? What? I actually have no idea how hard it is to get into Wesleyan as a girl, but it is definitely much easier to get into Vassar as a guy. Something like 80% of the applicants are female, so standards are naturally very high for girls to get in, even for a 60:40 class. Vassar is definitely aware of stigma that comes with an gender imbalanced school, and there is definitey a gender quota.</p>
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Well, I saw “The Middlebury Dating Scene” on youtube, and tossed the acceptance to the recycle bin. Watch it, highly recommended, very informative. One thing I learned from the clip on how to tap into the Midd market is not attending Middlebury. So no compromise on that one.</p>
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This is what I call excessive. I still don’t know any of my regional reps. I didn’t have time/money to visit. Colleges do not hold info session in my neck of the woods. However, the schools that ended up taking me, I’d definitely pay them a visit.</p>
<p>From all these responses, one can conclude that what is considered excessive is subjective. You could have joined a mailing list, visited a school’s website, and perhaps contacted your regional representative. I wouldn’t consider this excessive and shows interest. “Simple and straightforward.” Of course, doing any of this will not help you get into a certain college. However, gaining information about a college through these methods will help you see what you can get from a college and if that matches what you want from a college. Now that you have an interest in a college, that passion will surely be conveyed in essays, etc.</p>
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<p>wait, you’re thinking of dating middlebury while attending amherst?</p>
<p>In answer to ThatsWhatShe Said, there was a thread on this last year. The admit rate for women at Vassar would have to approach 24% (I haven’t seen the stats for Class of 2012) to match Wesleyan’s. I mean, it’s certainly possible, if Vassar’s acceptance rate for guys is super-high. But, it’s hardly a cheap shot to suggest that it might not. A look at its Common Data Sets would settle the issue:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wesleyan-university/399226-admittance-harder-girls.html?highlight=women#post4793430[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wesleyan-university/399226-admittance-harder-girls.html?highlight=women#post4793430</a></p>
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<p>If you think the dating scene at Amherst is any different, think again. Well, except for the fact that there are half as many students who are potential suitors.</p>
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