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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have a DD now at Midd and stepson went to Colgate graduated about 5 years ago.

Both beautiful and quite isolated, Midd even more beautiful, and if like outdoor sports/activities, hard to beat.

Student populations seem partially overlapping but not completely, Midd more liberal politically/committed to various social action areas/involved in world (helped by the fact that Midd has a lot of international students for a LAC, and its best academic programs are in languages/international affairs/geography/environmental sciences).  Middlebury has NO fraternities and sororities, which for my DD was a strong draw, and she has found it socially open and great. There are coed social "houses" that are vaguely but only vaguely like coed frats/sor. but they are not part of national chapters and the whole social scene seems less fraught with social strata and prestige than perhaps other schools, but it is cold and isolated up there, so plenty of drinking/partying

Colgate more conservative socially, overtly preppy, and much more focused on frats/sororities.  Has some d1 sports, so perhaps more of a rah rah sports/school focus than Midd. I know you said not interested in hearing about the academics, but the two schools are pretty different on that front, in terms of who gets in and attends, Midd really difficult particularly from NE region where they draw most applicants from.

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This is the impression I got after visiting both campuses and doing a bit of research/reading.[/quote]

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