colby vs middlebury?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

Nothing like being proud of MAGA men who likely think nothing of crushing women’s reproductive rights.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

I was at Midd 20 years ago but this is true. I was more granola but I was friendly with some bros and they were just fine. They had friends, plenty of girls around, and they had fun.

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Looks like there's an updated one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TVcPIbFq9Y

Nice. I love the Snow Bowl.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

Nothing like being proud of MAGA men who likely think nothing of crushing women’s reproductive rights.

The sad-ish reality of these cliquey athlete men on every LAC campus. They also hardly get their good jobs out of merit, but from past conserva-frat athlete alum who...oh who would've thought, only respond to the message requests of other white athlete men! It's all meritocratic though, don't question it (econ alum of Hamilton, who was disgusted when I sent a request to talk with an alum and who turned on the zoom with a smile that quickly dropped when he realized I was a woman with a non-identifying name and said "oh, you weren't who I was expecting")

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

DC does not have this experience as an athlete at the Claremont Colleges . You would be a dark horse on her team as a conservative.

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Honestly both sound like a terrible fit for your kid!

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly both sound like a terrible fit for your kid!

+1
I’d keep looking, look for schools with high Greek life participation. Let your kid have a great time in college where he can be himself. Or be ready to accept that he might become open to new ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly both sound like a terrible fit for your kid!

I disagree, only because every Athlete group I've seen at a SLAC are a bunch of conservative, partying Greek-lites. People make these schools sound more "liberal" than they are.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

+1. too liberal

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Even then, it's a banging video, and I'm happy PP shared it. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing!

+infinity

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

DC does not have this experience as an athlete at the Claremont Colleges . You would be a dark horse on her team as a conservative.

OP here - correction on my side- I meant Nescacs + W&L. The reality is if you are a right leaning kid, the only way on earth you attend a Nescac is to play sports. Even at Trinity, the bastion of the Wall Street athlete bro. My kid gets that, and is perfectly fine hanging with his peeps for 4 years - much like all the ethnic and special interest groups he saw huddled up in tight exclusionary circles in the cafeteria during his visit. It ain’t just the athletes keeping with their own folks, and it’s that way at every Nescac

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Anonymous wrote:^^This is 14 years old. Not sure The Mill is even in existence still. And a right of center athlete would not be hanging out there...

Even then, it's a banging video, and I'm happy PP shared it. Nearly fell out of my chair laughing!

+infinity

I graduated 30 years ago and this video closely resembles my experience there, albeit we had different music and fewer minorities.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know much about Colby, but my nephew is at Middlebury and he told me the student population is very,very liberal. Not sure it would be the best fit for your right of center son, unless they are open to other political views and comfortable being in a very, very tiny minority.

Econ students at these liberal arts colleges tend to have a bunch of conservative men. They're just hush hush in intro to sociocultural anthro, but they stick together for clear reasons.

Why would you want to go to Midd if you have to be hush hush about your views? Not worth spending all that money and 4 years. Go to a school with a better fit like Colgate, Duke, etc.

OP here - newsflash - most athletes at SLACs lean right. My DC has a close friend at Wes who reported majority of athletes are mostly MAGA - and frosh year (in 2020) were heavily persecuted for their beliefs. Even the apolitical athletes were assumed to be Trumpers - sure Middlebury is the same - granola lefties raging at the world while the MAGA athletes party and have fun, and land $125k+ jobs..

DC does not have this experience as an athlete at the Claremont Colleges . You would be a dark horse on her team as a conservative.

OP here - correction on my side- I meant Nescacs + W&L. The reality is if you are a right leaning kid, the only way on earth you attend a Nescac is to play sports. Even at Trinity, the bastion of the Wall Street athlete bro. My kid gets that, and is perfectly fine hanging with his peeps for 4 years - much like all the ethnic and special interest groups he saw huddled up in tight exclusionary circles in the cafeteria during his visit. It ain’t just the athletes keeping with their own folks, and it’s that way at every Nescac

Question for OP: You mention granola leftists at these schools are the majority. You realize that when your son graduates from one of these schools, your son will still be a teeny tiny minority right? So for the rest of his life, why have him become a part of a community that is not him?

[Anonymous]

Our DD was heavily recruited by 4 of the NESCACs and chose Colby. She was very happy there, did well and now works in PE. Their facilities are incredible now btw.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD was heavily recruited by 4 of the NESCACs and chose Colby. She was very happy there, did well and now works in PE. Their facilities are incredible now btw.

that’s awesome! did they choose Colby over any higher ranked Nescacs? From what I witness with DCs crowd, the tippy top kids start at Williams and work their way down in order of ranking