is middlebury more prestigious than vassar?

CrewDad
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:12:49 +0000

middlebury is much more prestigious than vassar. it is far more competitive to get in



Well, as someone who is intimately familiar with both colleges, I respectfully disagree.

Vassar and Middlebury admit ~ 18 percent of women who apply. Because Vassar was a women’s college, and the fact the college doesn’t have a football or hockey team, I concede it’s not as attractive to a certain segment of the male applicant pool; ergo, the percentage of males who are admitted is higher at Vassar due to a lower yield. However, the academic statistics of those admitted are equal to those of Middlebury students.

Vassar students have higher middle 50 percent SAT scores in both critical reading and writing. Vassar students have middle 50 percent SAT math scores that are within 2 percent of Middlebury students. Statistically insignificant for this discussion

Middlebury doesn’t publish the grade point average of students who matriculated, consequently, no comparison is possible.

Ebhewitt, what parameters or quantitative comparisons do you consider a valid indicator of prestige? Grad school admissions? Famous alumni? Measurable name recognition? Or are you basing your opinion on qualitative data?



i think the midd kid video



I enjoyed the video too. The students acted similar to when Middlebury had fraternities. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…You get the idea!

Evhewitt, you do realize the director of the video, Aram Rappaport, not only did not attend Middlebury, he didn’t attend any college?