Experience with Middlebury College?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I toured Midd and Williams last fall and thought Midd was the much nicer campus. Gorgeous new freshman dorm (still under construction, but should be open now), dining hall, gym, library, grounds. I think Williams is prettier as designed - but the upkeep is very blah and the dining rooms are subpar. I found the food nearly inedible.

^ meant "outside of fall". we were there over spring break.

[Anonymous]

agreed, Middlebury is prettier than Williams IMO

Swarthmore is prettier but similar, Pomona is just a different look altogether so that's more subjective

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have people been on campus outside of the fall? For the most part it is drab, homogenous gray architecture and definitely doesn't give a country club vibe. I wouldn't pin it as gorgeous in the way that peers like Williams, Pomona, or Swarthmore is. For anyone who is interested but hasn't been on campus:

Middlebury is far prettier than any of the colleges that you mentioned though I really like Pomona. Nice try with your video choice of a foggy day in March. What do you really think that Williams or Swat looks like then?

[Anonymous]

Appearance of a campus is pretty low on my list of decision factors. I happened to go to Duke which is gorgeous but the appearance isn’t why I went.

[Anonymous]

The video of Middlebury College in March was depressing. The NE US is not a good place to be in Feb or March--especially if affected by SAD.

[Anonymous]

pomona wins in the looks department. I think Midd has nicer facilities than WAS (swat does have great dining though), but they all look grey on a foggy day in march. News at 11.

[Anonymous]

Middlebury is beautiful in the summer but of course only the summer language students and a few other students doing research are there. If your kid is admitted and serious about it, go for it’s admitted student event in April so they can see what so-called spring in New England is like.

[Anonymous]

Does Pomona look like a mini Stanford to anyone else or is it just me? (Based on the images I see)

[Anonymous]

I attended Stanford, and recently toured Pomona. Up to that point, we had only visited SLACS in the east coast. Pomona had a familiar feel to Stanford, though none of the spaces are as grand (Palm Drive, Mem Chu Quad, the art museum with Rodin sculptures, etc).

[Anonymous]

I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Not sure about “serious.” They have a $14M budget deficit this year, of which $9M is from the Middlebury Institute in California. They also have a $1.4B endowment and sub 14% acceptance rate. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard they're going through serious fiscal trouble at Middlebury.

Stop it; I don’t know who you are but you are constantly pushing a very false narrative whenever there is a discussion about Middlebury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I attended Stanford, and recently toured Pomona. Up to that point, we had only visited SLACS in the east coast. Pomona had a familiar feel to Stanford, though none of the spaces are as grand (Palm Drive, Mem Chu Quad, the art museum with Rodin sculptures, etc).

Palm drive and such spaces exist because Stanford is basically Disneyland- it never ends and is a massive campus. There’s really no liberal arts college that is constructed that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Appearance of a campus is pretty low on my list of decision factors. I happened to go to Duke which is gorgeous but the appearance isn’t why I went.

It was brought up because people kept on hammering that it’s this gorgeous country club, which…I guess people go to some sad country clubs around here.

[Anonymous]

Middlebury’s okay, but there are much better LACs with more rigorous academics and student diversity.