Middlebury, Conn College, Colby

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Visited Connecticut College and was not impressed. Surrounding town was shabby and scary, campus buildings old and tired looking.

New London is cleaning up. Sounds like you need to experience how normal people in a shipbuilding town live.

Why would anyone 'need' to experience how normal people in a shipbuilding town live? I don't think my kid wants to live in Pascagoula or Norfolk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just looked at data for Middlebury, it is SO small wow. Smaller than most high schools!

Middlebury may seem small to you, but it is the largest of the 3 schools being discussed on this thread!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Waste of money IMO. Would much rather send my kid to UMD to major in CS/Engineering or do pre-med or finance/accounting than for some liberal arts degree from a no-name LAC. Middlebury doesn't even place that well into finance -- UVA would be much better.

Agreed

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These are schools that should be avoided unless you're a 1%er.

Idiot. Colby has committed that nobody leave with student loans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA placing better than Midd? Laughable. You are probably from below the Mason-Dixon Line and clearly are out of your league. Let the big boys do the talking. You probably make under 300k.

Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? Going to school there is not the way to get a stellar education. Insulated, yes.

[Anonymous]

We recently visited and the campus was very diverse. Diversity means a lot of different ethnicities and welcoming to other forms of diversity in terms of welcoming to students who are queer and non gender confirming as well. You also do not know how many kids who are black applied. I am troubled when people jump to conclusions and the anti white tone is also concerning. Middlebury is also need blind which is also a great thing that no one needs to be rich to attend. Check it out before the hostile attitude please.

[Anonymous]

Surprised nobody has mentioned over-enrollment problems at Conn College and, especially, Middlebury.

Conn College is trying to house kids in New London and I think foregoing the requirement that seniors live on campus. Conn College, until very recently, would guarantee a single to kids after freshmen year. I doubt they do any longer…

Middlebury has several years in a row of over-enrollment. They are actually paying kids outright now to take a semester off (in real cash, not a merit aid discount or anything.) It is blaming this fiasco on COVID uncertainties. This blame game might (or might not) be justified for a single year. But when you are talking 3 years in a row, it is nothing but gross incompetence and/or intentional disdain for the quality of the student experience. (70%+ of the class was just admitted ED; they don’t have the “yield miscalculation” excuse to fall back on.)

No idea about Colby on this matter; it might have issues too of which I am unaware.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me about these schools? Most prestigious, experience, etc?

None

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waste of money IMO. Would much rather send my kid to UMD to major in CS/Engineering or do pre-med or finance/accounting than for some liberal arts degree from a no-name LAC. Middlebury doesn't even place that well into finance -- UVA would be much better.

Agreed

+1

These are schools that should be avoided unless you're a 1%er.

Idiot. Colby has committed that nobody leave with student loans.

Does this mean that you can't leave until you have paid back everything ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA placing better than Midd? Laughable. You are probably from below the Mason-Dixon Line and clearly are out of your league. Let the big boys do the talking. You probably make under 300k.

Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? Going to school there is not the way to get a stellar education. Insulated, yes.

So much anger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA placing better than Midd? Laughable. You are probably from below the Mason-Dixon Line and clearly are out of your league. Let the big boys do the talking. You probably make under 300k.

Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? Going to school there is not the way to get a stellar education. Insulated, yes.

So much anger.

At Middlebury?

Indeed.

[Anonymous]

Covid did cause major disruptions so will give all the schools a break. If crowding was a huge issue moving forward the schools have funds to build new dorms. Conn College has such a pretty view FYi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA placing better than Midd? Laughable. You are probably from below the Mason-Dixon Line and clearly are out of your league. Let the big boys do the talking. You probably make under 300k.

Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? Going to school there is not the way to get a stellar education. Insulated, yes.

So much anger.

92% sounds pretty exact. But it’s wrong.

64% of domestic students at Midd are white… https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Middlebury&s=all&id=230959#enrolmt

Colby is 62% (though with fewer internationals), and Conn College is 73% white domestic (with the fewest internationals of the three schools).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Covid did cause major disruptions so will give all the schools a break. If crowding was a huge issue moving forward the schools have funds to build new dorms. Conn College has such a pretty view FYi.

New dorms with the demographic cliff coming? And Conn College’s comparatively small endowment. You really think so?

Anyhow, if you have a kid attending college in the next year or two, current freshmen and sophomore over-enrollment impacts will still be felt. Strategic planning for new dorms — not to mention construction — takes several years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA placing better than Midd? Laughable. You are probably from below the Mason-Dixon Line and clearly are out of your league. Let the big boys do the talking. You probably make under 300k.

Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? Going to school there is not the way to get a stellar education. Insulated, yes.

So much anger.

It's not anger to state facts. You seem defensive.

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“Are you talking about Middlebury? The Vermont school with fewer than 5% Black students? The one for wealthy white kids in a state that is comprised of more than 92% white folks? “

Middlebury is a classic woke college where conservative speakers are shouted down. You hate it for being racist, yet you will continue to vote the straight Dem ticket because you are gullible and will always fall for for their patronizing promises that they feel your pain.