Middlebury Hurting Itself

PantherPride99
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:26:06 +0000

The whole interview issue is a red herring or at least a wash in terms of the new system versus the old. With more than 1000 international applications, and more and more applications coming from the western U.S., the percentage of applicants able to visit campus and have an interview has been declining and was fewer than 50% of applicants were interviewed. Today, greater than 60% of applicants get alumni interviews, and the process is more “fair” in that more applicants have the opportunity. I suppose if you are an easterner, have the means to visit Middlebury and therefore get an interview, the new system is unfair. But that is why the whole issue is a wash: which group should get the advantage of being able to impress the school and vice verse? Should any group have such an advantage?