Chances for ED1 deferral

CC_Admin
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:57:26 +0000

I think its pretty good…or at least better than at many other comparable schools that virtually reject all deferees. Midd (and Bowdoin, but Midd Eepecially), for whatever reason, receives more ED1 applications than peer school, and therefore has a lower ED acceptance rate. Last year, only 170 ED1 applications out of 642 were admitted…so abut 25%. I don’t recall any other top LAC (including AWS) reporting an ED rate of less than 30% last year. This year, the school newspaper reported that 685 ED applications were received by the first of novmember. More have probably come in since then, which could put the total number of ED1 applications over 700, and the acceptance rate may hover around 20% this year. I don’t think any other top 10 lac has ever received more than 650 ED1 applications. Granted, midd is slighltly larger than some of its competitors, but even Wesleyan, whose freshman class has 150 more students than Midd’s, received only 378 ED1 applications this year. Midd is therefore forced to defer many many competitive applicants who are qualified to get in in the RD round. Because they have showed interest by applying ED, the school knows there is a high chance that they will attend upon acceptance they thus have an edge over other students with similar qualifications. I read somewhere that nearly 30% of ED deferees a few years ago were admitted RD. Many are eventually admitted as Febs, however.