Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is BEAUTIFUL. The most beautiful campus I've ever seen.
It's one of the least diverse LACs among the top 10- sizable cohort of New England prep board types, more from the top 1% than its peers. Generally ranks in the top 10 for D3 athletic programs, which isn't surprising given how incredible their athletic facilities are. However, students tend to be inclusive, friendly, and outdoorsy. It's almost like a little Dartmouth without all of the hazing scandals, and nearly as elite.
Middlebury is pretty hard to get into. Admit rate slightly under 20%. About a fourth are admitted as "Feb admits" and enroll for the next semester, but they tend to be Middlebury's strongest students. Middlebury isn't as test conscious as its peers Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, or Pomona, and seems to be keen on just bringing kind, smart students.
The school is well known for its creative writing and language programs among LACs, but it is pretty strong in everything it offers. It's on the larger end for a top LAC, which means more courses to take and more people to interact with. One of the academic highlights is winter term, in which students do internships, experiential learning, or additional courses during the winter.
Everyone I know who went to Middlebury loved it. The surrounding area is pretty rural however, but there is a great quality of life in the campus itself and Middlebury has its own ski lodge.
Bringing in "kind" students? Ha! You mean, as displayed in the manner that they treated guest speaker Charles Murray? Right. Very "inclusive," as you point out.
Those students are hardly representative of who attends Middlebury. A few bad eggs everywhere.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is BEAUTIFUL. The most beautiful campus I've ever seen.
It's one of the least diverse LACs among the top 10- sizable cohort of New England prep board types, more from the top 1% than its peers. Generally ranks in the top 10 for D3 athletic programs, which isn't surprising given how incredible their athletic facilities are. However, students tend to be inclusive, friendly, and outdoorsy. It's almost like a little Dartmouth without all of the hazing scandals, and nearly as elite.
Middlebury is pretty hard to get into. Admit rate slightly under 20%. About a fourth are admitted as "Feb admits" and enroll for the next semester, but they tend to be Middlebury's strongest students. Middlebury isn't as test conscious as its peers Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, or Pomona, and seems to be keen on just bringing kind, smart students.
The school is well known for its creative writing and language programs among LACs, but it is pretty strong in everything it offers. It's on the larger end for a top LAC, which means more courses to take and more people to interact with. One of the academic highlights is winter term, in which students do internships, experiential learning, or additional courses during the winter.
Everyone I know who went to Middlebury loved it. The surrounding area is pretty rural however, but there is a great quality of life in the campus itself and Middlebury has its own ski lodge.
Bringing in "kind" students? Ha! You mean, as displayed in the manner that they treated guest speaker Charles Murray? Right. Very "inclusive," as you point out.
Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is BEAUTIFUL. The most beautiful campus I've ever seen.
It's one of the least diverse LACs among the top 10- sizable cohort of New England prep board types, more from the top 1% than its peers. Generally ranks in the top 10 for D3 athletic programs, which isn't surprising given how incredible their athletic facilities are. However, students tend to be inclusive, friendly, and outdoorsy. It's almost like a little Dartmouth without all of the hazing scandals, and nearly as elite.
Middlebury is pretty hard to get into. Admit rate slightly under 20%. About a fourth are admitted as "Feb admits" and enroll for the next semester, but they tend to be Middlebury's strongest students. Middlebury isn't as test conscious as its peers Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, or Pomona, and seems to be keen on just bringing kind, smart students.
The school is well known for its creative writing and language programs among LACs, but it is pretty strong in everything it offers. It's on the larger end for a top LAC, which means more courses to take and more people to interact with. One of the academic highlights is winter term, in which students do internships, experiential learning, or additional courses during the winter.
Everyone I know who went to Middlebury loved it. The surrounding area is pretty rural however, but there is a great quality of life in the campus itself and Middlebury has its own ski lodge.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is BEAUTIFUL. The most beautiful campus I've ever seen.
It's one of the least diverse LACs among the top 10- sizable cohort of New England prep board types, more from the top 1% than its peers. Generally ranks in the top 10 for D3 athletic programs, which isn't surprising given how incredible their athletic facilities are. However, students tend to be inclusive, friendly, and outdoorsy. It's almost like a little Dartmouth without all of the hazing scandals, and nearly as elite.
Middlebury is pretty hard to get into. Admit rate slightly under 20%. About a fourth are admitted as "Feb admits" and enroll for the next semester, but they tend to be Middlebury's strongest students. Middlebury isn't as test conscious as its peers Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, or Pomona, and seems to be keen on just bringing kind, smart students.
The school is well known for its creative writing and language programs among LACs, but it is pretty strong in everything it offers. It's on the larger end for a top LAC, which means more courses to take and more people to interact with. One of the academic highlights is winter term, in which students do internships, experiential learning, or additional courses during the winter.
Everyone I know who went to Middlebury loved it. The surrounding area is pretty rural however, but there is a great quality of life in the campus itself and Middlebury has its own ski lodge.
Midd is a great school, for sure, but there's no "M" in "PAWS." (If there were, it would be "SWAMP," which would be even cooler, but, alas, there's not.)
Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is BEAUTIFUL. The most beautiful campus I've ever seen.
It's one of the least diverse LACs among the top 10- sizable cohort of New England prep board types, more from the top 1% than its peers. Generally ranks in the top 10 for D3 athletic programs, which isn't surprising given how incredible their athletic facilities are. However, students tend to be inclusive, friendly, and outdoorsy. It's almost like a little Dartmouth without all of the hazing scandals, and nearly as elite.
Middlebury is pretty hard to get into. Admit rate slightly under 20%. About a fourth are admitted as "Feb admits" and enroll for the next semester, but they tend to be Middlebury's strongest students. Middlebury isn't as test conscious as its peers Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, or Pomona, and seems to be keen on just bringing kind, smart students.
The school is well known for its creative writing and language programs among LACs, but it is pretty strong in everything it offers. It's on the larger end for a top LAC, which means more courses to take and more people to interact with. One of the academic highlights is winter term, in which students do internships, experiential learning, or additional courses during the winter.
Everyone I know who went to Middlebury loved it. The surrounding area is pretty rural however, but there is a great quality of life in the campus itself and Middlebury has its own ski lodge.