Anonymous
07/20/2025 12:54
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
Anonymous wrote:I think this thread is so long because there's one person who keeps posting nonsense about this one school. (the apps, as pointed out here using real numbers, are up quite nicely from pre pandemic numbers).
And then there are about a half a dozen of us with zero affiliation to this school who point out that this person is nuts. thus, 13 pages
+1
I've learned more about Middlebury than I ever would have without that single person posting nonsense and others responding. I would say that in my case the result was the opposite of their intention.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 12:13
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Five days later, do we still have people claiming that Middlebury is a bad school with bad outcomes that no one has ever heard of? C’mon man. John Q. Public maybe hasn’t heard of Middlebury but they probably haven’t heard of Rice, Wash. U, Carnegie Mellon, or anything that isnt HYP or Michigan, either. This criticism has always struck me as very silly. If an HR person doesn’t know what Middlebury is, they are bad at their job. I’ve been in an attorney hiring role for judicial clerks, big law, and the government and can assure you in those environments people know the value of SLACs. Even poor Middlebury and Grinnell - two of the wealthiest and most selective schools in America.
Are you the same person every day. Every time I come back to this thread, you are posting nearly the same thing OVER AND OVER.
Well, I do take offense at the petty slights people on the board levy against SLACs and/or SLACs that aren’t WASP. I see SLAC “boosters” accused of snobbery and vindictiveness but IMO it is in response to many loud voices on this board who think SLACs are the refuge of the coddled, wealthy, sub-par student. To be honest, it’s these type of distinctions that stand out to me as “striver-like” in tone. Make if that what you will. Anyway, I’m glad my reasonable perspective is resonating with you! Thanks.
+1 so much animosity and ignorance on DCUM. Keep up the good work, pp!
Anonymous
07/20/2025 11:53
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
I am guilty but I think we all need to just learn to ignore the trolls. Or report them. Take the high road rather than engaging. And hopefully those who are genuinely coming here for information but truly don’t know much will be able to sort the good posts from the bad.
Not every post needs to be a glowingly positive one. But the childish negativity is really awful. It is sad that someone wastes their time with this.
Not every post needs to be a glowingly positive one. But the childish negativity is really awful. It is sad that someone wastes their time with this.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 11:30
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
I think this thread is so long because there's one person who keeps posting nonsense about this one school. (the apps, as pointed out here using real numbers, are up quite nicely from pre pandemic numbers).
And then there are about a half a dozen of us with zero affiliation to this school who point out that this person is nuts. thus, 13 pages
And then there are about a half a dozen of us with zero affiliation to this school who point out that this person is nuts. thus, 13 pages
Anonymous
07/20/2025 11:14
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Five days later, do we still have people claiming that Middlebury is a bad school with bad outcomes that no one has ever heard of? C’mon man. John Q. Public maybe hasn’t heard of Middlebury but they probably haven’t heard of Rice, Wash. U, Carnegie Mellon, or anything that isnt HYP or Michigan, either. This criticism has always struck me as very silly. If an HR person doesn’t know what Middlebury is, they are bad at their job. I’ve been in an attorney hiring role for judicial clerks, big law, and the government and can assure you in those environments people know the value of SLACs. Even poor Middlebury and Grinnell - two of the wealthiest and most selective schools in America.
Are you the same person every day. Every time I come back to this thread, you are posting nearly the same thing OVER AND OVER.
Well, I do take offense at the petty slights people on the board levy against SLACs and/or SLACs that aren’t WASP. I see SLAC “boosters” accused of snobbery and vindictiveness but IMO it is in response to many loud voices on this board who think SLACs are the refuge of the coddled, wealthy, sub-par student. To be honest, it’s these type of distinctions that stand out to me as “striver-like” in tone. Make if that what you will. Anyway, I’m glad my reasonable perspective is resonating with you! Thanks.
You don’t sound reasonable to me. Merely an obsessive bloviator. Let it go.
The ad hominem attack has entered the chat! Maybe that will ring familiar with you as well. I guess if I can’t let go that Middlebury is not a bad school makes me an obsessive bloviator, you got me. Pretty sick burn, Patrice.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 11:03
Subject: Applications down at Middlebury
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Five days later, do we still have people claiming that Middlebury is a bad school with bad outcomes that no one has ever heard of? C’mon man. John Q. Public maybe hasn’t heard of Middlebury but they probably haven’t heard of Rice, Wash. U, Carnegie Mellon, or anything that isnt HYP or Michigan, either. This criticism has always struck me as very silly. If an HR person doesn’t know what Middlebury is, they are bad at their job. I’ve been in an attorney hiring role for judicial clerks, big law, and the government and can assure you in those environments people know the value of SLACs. Even poor Middlebury and Grinnell - two of the wealthiest and most selective schools in America.
Are you the same person every day. Every time I come back to this thread, you are posting nearly the same thing OVER AND OVER.
Well, I do take offense at the petty slights people on the board levy against SLACs and/or SLACs that aren’t WASP. I see SLAC “boosters” accused of snobbery and vindictiveness but IMO it is in response to many loud voices on this board who think SLACs are the refuge of the coddled, wealthy, sub-par student. To be honest, it’s these type of distinctions that stand out to me as “striver-like” in tone. Make if that what you will. Anyway, I’m glad my reasonable perspective is resonating with you! Thanks.
PP here. I agree with you about many of the posts on this board. FWIW, almost everyone in my family graduated from a pretty highly ranked SLAC, so I do understand.