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[quote=Anonymous]Midd was awesome for my DC. I wish I had gone there myself. It has all the positives of Dartmouth (where I went), and none of the negatives. Plus a ton of its own unique positives.

28% of the incoming class next year are students of color.  Awesome.

The Feb program is great for those who want a half-gap year between high school and college. It's a strong cohort of students.

The professors CARE. At least four professors sent emails to my DC during junior year abroad to check in and see how DC was doing overseas. "I got an email from Prof. So-and-So today, Mom. He was just saying hi and wondering how I liked living in ________. He's teaching a class on ________  and is enjoying the research his students are doing this semester,,etc. . Says the leaves are turning and its gorgeous on campus, etc." These types of supportive emails.

One professor happened to be in DC's study abroad city for a short time and met  DC for coffee at Starbucks. That professor ended up mentoring DC through a thesis, writing a letter of recommendation. At the time, it was a prof for an intro level class DC had taken freshmen year in a subject that DC had previously known nothing about.

It's difficult to get into Midd which is the only part I don't like because I encourage students from our town to apply and they don't get in--- and they are awesome applicants. I know of two students who would have loved it there and did not get in.  I wish Midd would expand the size of the incoming classes to allow more students to attend. But that doesn't seem to be happening. It's about 650 or so per class each year, I think.

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