<p>@wesleyan97: I always wanted to know how this works. Since the kids at Middlebury and Bowdoin have a certain “hi-pro glow” and Wes kids have a grittier vibe, I want to know how that works. Do Admissions at Middlebury and Bowdoin seek out those glossy kids and select them in greater percentages? Or do them come in looking like a Wes admits and then are groomed and shined up over the next four years. Does the faculty at Wesleyan fashion that kind of granularity and, if they do, how and why? How do the student populations at fairly similar institutions become so different or do they start out that way? Can you indulge my fascination with this here?</p>