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 | Last year, Middlesex accepted approximately 25% of applicants. |
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| Yes! On an average weekend, 85% of boarding students stay on campus; throw in a good chunk of day students who don't want to miss out on the student activities, and you have a large number of students participating in weekend events.
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| Middlesex students come from across the country and the world. In the 2008-09 year, students come from 24 states and 11 countries, with 55 percent of the new boarding students coming from outside of New England and 75 percent from outside of Massachusetts. Boarders come from as nearby as Concord and as far away as Kuala Lumpur!
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| The SSAT median for the incoming class is 86%.
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| This is a hard question. Middlesex enrolls a diverse group of students each year. However, we do expect all of our students to possess energy, curiosity, initiative and a desire to contribute to a vibrant residential program. |
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| Yes. For 2008-09 Middlesex awarded $3.25 million to 100 families. The average grant was just over $30,000. All financial aid at Middlesex is need-based. We do not offer merit or athletic awards. Financial aid is available for international students, but US citizens are given priority. |
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| Middlesex students can participate in 25 different subjects and take approximately 300 Advanced Placement examinations each year. AP courses are offered in the sciences, mathematics, economics, computer science, modern languages, classics, English, and the arts. Any student in U.S. History and Modern European History may also prepare for an AP exam by participating in winter term AP workshops organized by the History Department.
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| Yes, we do accept the Common Application, which can be found on the SSAT website. In addition to the Common Application recommendation forms, we require a Foreign Language Teacher recommendation, which can be found on page five of our forms available for download. You may also apply to Middlesex using our paper or online application. Please use the method that is most convenient for you; all applications are considered equally in the admissions process. |
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| Every student has a faculty advisor. The advisor acts as a liaison with parents, writing letters to accompany grades and teacher comments, and phoning for extended conversations about the student. In turn, parents are encouraged to be in contact with the advisor.
The advisors provide students with advice on curriculum, extra-curricular endeavors and on life! They also are student sources of friendship, mentoring, fun and fellowship.
Students are assigned a faculty advisor when they first arrive on campus. At the end of the first semester, students may elect to remain with that advisor or choose a new advisor from among the faculty. |
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| While most rooms on campus are singles, each student should expect to live in a double at one time during his or her Middlesex career. |
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| The dining hall
at Middlesex is open most of the day, and students can get omelets to order,
enjoy Showtime Cooking specials and wraps at lunch or an ice cream sundae bar
every day. The wonderful staff even organize theme events for the Super Bowl,
Chinese New Year or just make root beer floats for no reason some days!
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| Yes, we have study hours for the entire student body from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. every evening except Saturday. On Friday, study hours end at 9pm to allow for some campus-wide activities. During study hours, students are expected to be studying in their rooms or in the library. |
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| A large percentage of Middlesex’s faculty live on campus, so finding them for extra help or an extended conversation about that poem you were discussing in class is easy. Go knock on their doors! On the other hand, some students find it helpful to schedule weekly, supplementary meetings with a teacher. Mathematics and foreign languages have drop in hours each day of the week for extra help.
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| Students begin to develop their writing skills as freshmen when they write intensively and focus on grammar and style. Then, as sophomores, students attend Writing Workshop where weekly meetings help develop the skills of abstraction, argument, integration of evidence, stylistic correctness, punctuation, and diction in a progressive fashion; the Workshop sessions are reinforced by weekly writing assignments and critiques in the students' English and history classes. |
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| Fun! Middlesex has over sixty clubs and activities. We encourage students to join them, to try them, to "discover" them, and in so doing, discover themselves. Some students form new clubs each year, reflecting their broad, eclectic, and at times, wacky interests. |
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| Short but fun. Middlesex has Saturday morning classes every week. Then, varsity and junior varsity teams compete against other schools every Saturday afternoon. So, Middlesex weekends do not start until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, and students must attend Sunday evening study hours, which start at 7:30 p.m.
The School schedules numerous activities for Saturday night entertainment, from live bands, to dances, to trips to Cambridge or Boston for special performances. Sunday activities include a late brunch for all, community service options, buses to nearby malls, or just time to catch up with your friends.
Each semester, freshmen may take 4 weekends away from School; sophomores may take 5; juniors and seniors may take 6 weekends. In addition, each semester there are a few weekends when we expect the entire School to be on campus. |
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| Yes, ninth and tenth grade students must engage in a sport every season, at the level appropriate for them. Eleventh graders must participate in two seasons of sports, while twelfth graders are required to take one season of athletics. |
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| Yes, drama rehearsals are scheduled in the evening, after athletic practices. Many Middlesex actors are also varsity athletes. |
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| Department heads make that decision based on a number of factors: your prior background; your S.S.A.T. results; a placement test; and written reports from your current teachers. We encourage you to talk with the department heads if you have any questions about placement. |
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| Yes. Middlesex has a number of students studying two foreign languages. Taking two foreign languages entails careful academic planning, however, and is best discussed with the Academic Office. |
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| Each Middlesex student carves a plaque to be hung in the halls of the campus with his or her graduating class. These plaques serve as a legacy or way to leave your mark permanently on the community as years and years of students to come will see it in the hall each day!
In addition, each season Middlesex athletes end their season by competing in St. George's Day. The tradition is over 100 years old, and is usually preceded by a week of spirit events and a pep rally. |
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