A Midland graduate is a high-quality college applicant for a number of reasons. Colleges know that for over 75 years, Midland students have been practicing self-reliance in and out of the classroom, and feel very confident in our students' potential as a college student. Our graduates' GPA's go up an average of .5 in the first year of college, an indication of Midland's academic rigor. Colleges also know that Midland students have been citizens as well as scholars, and have the tools to make their colleges better places. We feel confident in saying that when a college receives an application from a Midland senior, the admissions officer takes notice.
Midland’s Class of 2009 received offers from the following colleges, with the colleges they’re attending* in bold:
Adelphi, Alfred, Bucknell, Butler, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Chico, Cal State Long Beach, College of Wooster, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State, Dominican University, Earlham, Eckerd, Evergreen State, Georgetown College, Johnson and Wales, Kenyon, Lewis and Clark, Marlboro, Marymount, Mills, Oberlin, Occidental College, Portland State, St. Mary’s College of CA, San Diego State, San Jose State, Santa Clara University, Smith, Sonoma State, Syracuse University, University of Arizona, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Boulder, University of Kentucky, University of Oregon, University of Portland, University of San Francisco, University of Vermont, Warren Wilson, Whittier, Willamette, and Williams College.
* Some students are attending the same college
A total of 82% (18 of 22) were either accepted to their first choice school or one of their top three choices. In addition, seniors Silviano Valdez, Frances King, and Colin Weaver were all accepted into the
Thinking Beyond Borders program. In two years, five Midland graduates have participated in this intense and highly-competeitive program.
Previous to 2009, recent Midland graduates were accepted to colleges and universities including Amherst, Boston College, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, CalPoly, Case Western, Claremont-McKenna, Colby, College of the Atlantic, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Deep Springs, Dickinson, Earlham, Emerson, George Washington, Goucher, Guilford, Hampshire, Kenyon, Lewis & Clark, Linfield, MICA, Montana State, Norhteastern, OTIS, Penn State, Pomona, Pratt, Princeton, RISD, Sarah Lawrence, Skidmore, Smith, Stanford, St. Olaf, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Whitman, Willamette, Yale University, and the Universities of California (Berkeley, Davis, LA, Irvine, Riverside, SB, SC), Colorado, Denver, Michigan, Oregon, Southern California, Virginia, Warren Wilson, Wellesley, Whitman, Whittier, Willamette, and Williams.