What do we make of this?

[arcadia]

<p>This is my take on this (copied from my post on a different thread):</p>

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Middlebury received around 6,800 applications this year (a preliminary number that was expected to rise somewhat after all applications were counted). That’s still well above the number of applicants in 2006 (6,184). The overall acceptance rate in 2006 was 24%, and the September acceptance rate was 22%. </p>

<p>This year, 968 students applied Early Decision, of which 276 were accepted for September entry and 41 for February entry. The projected class size this year is 600 September matriculants and 90 September matriculants. So that means that the college needs 324 September matriculants and 49 February matriculants from the RD pool to fill the class. </p>

<p>We have no data on how many ED applicants were outright rejected (as opposed to being deferred to the RD pool), but when you subtract the ED I and II admits, that leaves approximately 6,483 people vying for those remaining 324 September and 49 Feburary spots. If you factor in traditional yield rates, the college will need to accept around 1,500 (ED and RD) to fill the class. That translates into an acceptance rate of 22%. That’s higher than this past year’s 18% acceptance rate, but still among the most competitive in the country. I wouldn’t count on things being much easier this year.

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