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Anonymous wrote:What is a w school?

Whitman, Churchill, and Walter Johnson. Some people have expanded recently to include wooton.

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Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to read this place has a reputation for international relations majors. I work for an international organization in DC and have never met a grad of this school. Ivy and othe big name East coast schools are far more common and actually make more sense then a small liberal arts college in a small town in Vermont.

Some is the result of the language program there, which is very well known.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is there, first choice, she applied ED and got in, initially was supposed to play sport there but in the end injury prevented participation, however would have chosen school even without being recruited as an athlete. Was a NMSF and competitive for top Ivys but always wanted Middlebury because wanted small but not too small (too small were Haverford, Amherst even despite 5 college system), not too preppy-conservative (Williams) but not too crunchy-druggy (Wesleyan), beautiful and near outdoor activities/hiking but not too isolated (Williams). In the end other schools she strongly considered were Bowdoin and Pomona. She loves it, lots of smart students and challenging classes, really likes the very large and diverse international student presence, and the spectrum of backgrounds and political views (surprisingly so). Campus is gorgeous, outdoor activities unsurpassed, and she likes Burlington as a small nearby city with good music scene (but having a car is a big plus for getting to Burlington or further cities to see friends and do city-type stuff, Boston is less than 4 hours, NYC about 4 hours). Likes lack of Greek system. Food is really good. She is focused on languages/international affairs, and that is clearly a strength of the school, but she has friends who are premed and also very happy

What are "top Ivys"? Are there "bottom Ivys"?

Top Ivies are generally thought to be HYP. Bottom Ivies are Penn and especially, Cornell.

Top Ivies are Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Medium Ivies are Columbia, Penn and Dartmouth. Bottom Ivies are Brown and Cornell.

Sometimes Penn or Dartmouth get kicked down to Bottom Ivy category, like a Premier League team that has played poorly and been relegated to the Football League. And sometimes Brown climbs into Medium Ivy territory, but then Vanity Fair or the New York Times will let out that some celebrity's idiot child has been admitted to Brown, and Brown has to start all over. Cornell, on the other hand, has a Hotel Management program and, for that reason alone, will always be Bottom Ivy.

Good, and accurate, summary. Chunks of Cornell are a state/land grant school (although oddly not Hotel Management) - the true public Ivy I guess. SUNY Ithaca?

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is there, first choice, she applied ED and got in, initially was supposed to play sport there but in the end injury prevented participation, however would have chosen school even without being recruited as an athlete. Was a NMSF and competitive for top Ivys but always wanted Middlebury because wanted small but not too small (too small were Haverford, Amherst even despite 5 college system), not too preppy-conservative (Williams) but not too crunchy-druggy (Wesleyan), beautiful and near outdoor activities/hiking but not too isolated (Williams). In the end other schools she strongly considered were Bowdoin and Pomona. She loves it, lots of smart students and challenging classes, really likes the very large and diverse international student presence, and the spectrum of backgrounds and political views (surprisingly so). Campus is gorgeous, outdoor activities unsurpassed, and she likes Burlington as a small nearby city with good music scene (but having a car is a big plus for getting to Burlington or further cities to see friends and do city-type stuff, Boston is less than 4 hours, NYC about 4 hours). Likes lack of Greek system. Food is really good. She is focused on languages/international affairs, and that is clearly a strength of the school, but she has friends who are premed and also very happy

What are "top Ivys"? Are there "bottom Ivys"?

Top Ivies are generally thought to be HYP. Bottom Ivies are Penn and especially, Cornell.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is there, first choice, she applied ED and got in, initially was supposed to play sport there but in the end injury prevented participation, however would have chosen school even without being recruited as an athlete. Was a NMSF and competitive for top Ivys but always wanted Middlebury because wanted small but not too small (too small were Haverford, Amherst even despite 5 college system), not too preppy-conservative (Williams) but not too crunchy-druggy (Wesleyan), beautiful and near outdoor activities/hiking but not too isolated (Williams). In the end other schools she strongly considered were Bowdoin and Pomona. She loves it, lots of smart students and challenging classes, really likes the very large and diverse international student presence, and the spectrum of backgrounds and political views (surprisingly so). Campus is gorgeous, outdoor activities unsurpassed, and she likes Burlington as a small nearby city with good music scene (but having a car is a big plus for getting to Burlington or further cities to see friends and do city-type stuff, Boston is less than 4 hours, NYC about 4 hours). Likes lack of Greek system. Food is really good. She is focused on languages/international affairs, and that is clearly a strength of the school, but she has friends who are premed and also very happy

What are "top Ivys"? Are there "bottom Ivys"?

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to read this place has a reputation for international relations majors. I work for an international organization in DC and have never met a grad of this school. Ivy and othe big name East coast schools are far more common and actually make more sense then a small liberal arts college in a small town in Vermont.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it a tough place to be for a kid who doesn't have much disposable income? I remember (back in the day) whole dorm floors at Amherst deciding where they would go for spring break: someone's ranch, someone's Carribbean retreat and if you didn't have the money to join them, you were really out of things.

You can find that mentality at many colleges including public. Not everybody who attends private is wealthy and not everyone who attends public is poor.

Anonymous wrote:My DD is there, first choice, she applied ED and got in, initially was supposed to play sport there but in the end injury prevented participation, however would have chosen school even without being recruited as an athlete. Was a NMSF and competitive for top Ivys but always wanted Middlebury because wanted small but not too small (too small were Haverford, Amherst even despite 5 college system), not too preppy-conservative (Williams) but not too crunchy-druggy (Wesleyan), beautiful and near outdoor activities/hiking but not too isolated (Williams). In the end other schools she strongly considered were Bowdoin and Pomona. She loves it, lots of smart students and challenging classes, really likes the very large and diverse international student presence, and the spectrum of backgrounds and political views (surprisingly so). Campus is gorgeous, outdoor activities unsurpassed, and she likes Burlington as a small nearby city with good music scene (but having a car is a big plus for getting to Burlington or further cities to see friends and do city-type stuff, Boston is less than 4 hours, NYC about 4 hours). Likes lack of Greek system. Food is really good. She is focused on languages/international affairs, and that is clearly a strength of the school, but she has friends who are premed and also very happy

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to read this place has a reputation for international relations majors. I work for an international organization in DC and have never met a grad of this school. Ivy and othe big name East coast schools are far more common and actually make more sense then a small liberal arts college in a small town in Vermont.