For what it’s worth, my son’s situation might explain the lower yield in RD. For awhile, Midd was his top choice. He was well aware that the ED acceptance rate is close to 40% or has been and knew that was his best shot of getting. But on his second visit, he liked it a little bit less than the first time and decided he wasn’t sure enough about it to apply ED1 or ED2. He was particularly worried about the skiing culture there. He’s not a skiier and has no interest in learning. Anywho, he was rejected yesterday. I was somewehat surprised, as I thought he’d gt in as a Feb. But he has already bee admitted to a number of very selective schools EA and is wiating on a bunch of other NESCACS and other SLACs. Had he been admitted RD to Middlebury, I’m pretty sure he would have declined the offer. His ego is bruised, but the result is what it should have been, given his decreasing interest in Midd since he first saw it in April 2022.
My response upset the poster, so I’m deleting. Not my intention to cause distress to anyone.
Moderator—feel free to delete this.
LOL, okay, if that makes you feel better. I was responding to the yield. I have no problem with my kid getting rejected from Middlebury. It’s a reach school for most. And an excellent school. (It was my favorite, not school, but it wasn’t his favorite. ) I was merely responding to the discussion about yield and that most of the kids who are now going to Midd over the last few years have been accepted ED and that the yield numbers are much lower in RD. I’d argue that your smug and condescending response to what was just a statement – I have absolutely no problem with my kid getting rejected. It was a reach – and you trying to tell me how to accept rejection is gross and says a Lot more about you than it does about me. I’m sorry that life has caused you to need to be a smug person.
Sorry—it was never my intention to upset you or to be smug. I just had a hard time connecting your unique situation to a blanket explanation for yield rates in general. I’m glad your son has great choices and I hope he ends up at the right school for him.
Is there an Admitted Students Day at Middlebury?
S24 was accepted ED in Dec. Midd had a virtual meet up for ED admitted students on Feb 15th. On that call, they announced a preview day for admitted students - April 15th.
However, I haven’t seen anything on email, website, or social media about it yet! I was thinking that since RD decisions are out, we should hear about Preview Day soon!
Congratulations to all the newly admitted future Midd Kids!
Just received an email with the details regarding Preview Day and other admitted students information sessions. Preview Day is confirmed for April 15th.
do any of you know of midd sends out some kind of acceptance package/ folder? : )
They do. My kid who got in ED1 received a package a couple of weeks after his acceptance if I recall.
I just received mine today! Came with a nice sticker:)
Fun! Thanks for letting me know. I’m looking forward to getting mine:D
For students who are offered a spot on the waitlist, is there an advantage to choosing the February term? Better odds if they choose Sept and Feb terms?
If there’s an option that lets you pick either or, choose that one. Also keep in mind that in years past, Middlebury has been known to let few to no people off of the waitlist.
I believe that in general, Feb is less popular so being agreeable to that could help.
S24 was waitlisted after applying ED1 initially. Better than a rejection I suppose but makes for a long process. Thank you to the poster who listed the waitlist stats from recent years - movement off the waitlist is not looking likely.
Considered somewhat differently, wait-list statistics can indicate the success or failure of enrollment management. Along these lines, the worst number of acceptances from a wait list may be zero, in that this is likely to mean that the college has over-enrolled its class, with the complications thereof.
You should move through this next phase - of figuring out where to enroll - assuming Midd will not be an option.
If they go to the WL, it may be only for boys. Or only for girls. Perhaps only for FP families. It will be for the kind of students where they came up short in their enrollment management process. This is completely beyond your control.
Having said that, when they do go to the WL, it is precisely because they need to fill the class. Someone who applied ED is likely to say yes, so that could help you if you are in that bucket where they came up short.
Write a LOCI and highlight anything that might strengthen your original application. Prizes won, a further upward trend in grades, etc. Then it’s out of your hands…
I forget where I read it, but someone was speaking from the college perspective and explained for them the ideal waitlist admit number was small but above zero, because if it was large it meant they probably missed out accepting people they would have preferred RD, but if it was zero they overenrolled, and also at least a small number meant they could do things like fill specific gaps they perceived in their enrolled class.
But that was just one college, and exactly what any given college saw as their ideal number of waitlist admits might vary quite a bit. So it is not necessarily a good insight for predictive purposes, but I think it helps to know if things go well for the college, they will probably only take you off the waitlist if they feel like you are filling some gap of some sort. Which is very unpredictable, so . . . .
Edit: Obviously this is the same basic message gardenstategal conveyed, so just take it as further support for that post.