Yes, I have a relative who recently graduated. A good skier who is progressive will fit in well. Plenty of great jobs are available to graduates, especially in NY finance. The only hesitancy would be a disproportionate amount of uber-wealthy kids there, and if you don't fall in that category, your kid may be an outsider, or you may feel pressure to try to keep up and struggle.

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Anonymous wrote:read the one stars here: https://www.niche.com/colleges/middlebury-college/reviews/?rating=Terrible

I don’t have a dog in the fight (not the OP) but there are 14 one-star reviews out of 500+ and they are from 2011-2014.

the college has had serious first amendment usdues. read wikipedia

Are you familiar with the first amendment? It says the GOVERNMENT cannot squash free speech. Private entities can censor whomever they want.

I am. Speakers at Middlebury aren't allowed to express their opinions. For $90K a year I want my kid to be educated as to all points of view, not just indoctrinated into the left.

Anonymous wrote:Any recent personal experiences? Kid definitely looking SLAC, slightly concerned about remoteness but is a skier and very progressive so culture likely fits. Rising Junior so just digging in…
Thx!

I graduated 20 years ago. I'm a snowboarder and mountain biker (and I like hiking too) and it had the right programs for me.

It's not for everyone, but for some people it's great.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

There is Amherst and Bowdoin remote, and then there's Middlebury and Dartmouth remote. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine are completely different beasts.

Which are more remote? I seriously don’t know.

Was at Middlebury not long ago. You drive a long way on winding country roads past fields. Eventually you get to Middlebury. It doesn’t have a town exactly—perhaps a village. A couple restaurants that are not open every day. Almost nothing open the day we were there. We had to drive out again to get food.

Williams is also extremely remote. Feels like the end of the earth.

Amherst and Bowdoin have towns. Brunswick has multiple places to stay within walking distance, lots of restaurants, doughnut shop, a downtown strip, shopping centers a short drive away with big box stores. It feels much closer to civilization.

If a couple means two, this is false. Yes, Middlebury is a small town and it's over 45 minutes to Burlington. There are also restaurants in Vergennes...

But look at Google maps and search restaurants in Middlebury. There are more than a couple.

Anonymous wrote:The thing about remote colleges is that they don’t rely on the big city nearby. Lots of activities to do on campus. My DS went to Swarthmore and I would guess he went into Phila 1X/year. The bonus of Phila was a train station, MegaBus and airport access. You people of DCUM land are packed in like sardines and can’t imagine another way of life.

You just described the benefits of not being on a remote campus. Easy access to a city and its services, air/train/bus travel being a huge one.

Not a single person on here is saying schools need to be in bustling big cities. They’re saying that a town with some reliable restaurants and stores, as well as easy access to a bigger city can be really helpful.

More to the point, OP mentioned concerns about remoteness. So all of these are responsive to that concern. Middlebury, like Williams, is and feels particularly remote. Some people want that. Some people don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:read the one stars here: https://www.niche.com/colleges/middlebury-college/reviews/?rating=Terrible

I don’t have a dog in the fight (not the OP) but there are 14 one-star reviews out of 500+ and they are from 2011-2014.

the college has had serious first amendment usdues. read wikipedia

Are you familiar with the first amendment? It says the GOVERNMENT cannot squash free speech. Private entities can censor whomever they want.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

There is Amherst and Bowdoin remote, and then there's Middlebury and Dartmouth remote. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine are completely different beasts.

Which are more remote? I seriously don’t know.

Was at Middlebury not long ago. You drive a long way on winding country roads past fields. Eventually you get to Middlebury. It doesn’t have a town exactly—perhaps a village. A couple restaurants that are not open every day. Almost nothing open the day we were there. We had to drive out again to get food.

Williams is also extremely remote. Feels like the end of the earth.

Amherst and Bowdoin have towns. Brunswick has multiple places to stay within walking distance, lots of restaurants, doughnut shop, a downtown strip, shopping centers a short drive away with big box stores. It feels much closer to civilization.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

Quite a few aren’t remote. Pomona, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Barnard and Claremont McKenna are not remote.

Nor is Wesleyan.

The thing about remote colleges is that they don’t rely on the big city nearby. Lots of activities to do on campus. My DS went to Swarthmore and I would guess he went into Phila 1X/year. The bonus of Phila was a train station, MegaBus and airport access. You people of DCUM land are packed in like sardines and can’t imagine another way of life.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

Quite a few aren’t remote. Pomona, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Barnard and Claremont McKenna are not remote.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

There is Amherst and Bowdoin remote, and then there's Middlebury and Dartmouth remote. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine are completely different beasts.

Which are more remote? I seriously don’t know.

Dartmouth and Middlebury are way more remote than the other two. Bowdoin is just about half an hour away from Portland, and while Amherst is out in western Mass, between the town of Amherst, the town of Northampton, and the five colleges there’s a decent amount going on out there.

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Anonymous wrote:read the one stars here: https://www.niche.com/colleges/middlebury-college/reviews/?rating=Terrible

I don’t have a dog in the fight (not the OP) but there are 14 one-star reviews out of 500+ and they are from 2011-2014.

the college has had serious first amendment usdues. read wikipedia

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

There is Amherst and Bowdoin remote, and then there's Middlebury and Dartmouth remote. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine are completely different beasts.

Which are more remote? I seriously don’t know.

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Anonymous wrote:Very remote. If your kid likes restos forget it

Which of the top 11 LACs is not remote, other than Bernard perhaps.

There is Amherst and Bowdoin remote, and then there's Middlebury and Dartmouth remote. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern Maine are completely different beasts.

What about Williams, Grinnell, etc?

Have heard a lot of over enrollment issues and difficult to get in required classses for major etc