Middlebury College

Pros: good intentions, good strategies
Cons: the jury's out

Here's an update to my recent epinion on diversity at Middlebury:

I've just learned from an alumni newsletter that Middlebury is involved in a program sponsored by the Posse Foundation. The program sends teams ("posses") of 10...

Pros: Open campus in a beautiful town.
Cons: Not a lot to do, no good skiing close by.

Well I was born and raised in Vermont so I learned what a good school Middlebury College was at an early age. My mother always told me that Middlebury was one of the top schools and pushed me to get the grades so I could get in. Well I admit that...

Pros: just about everything about it
Cons: smallish

I decided I wanted to go to Middlebury College long before I saw the place, and my desires were only amplified upon my arrival on campus. The place is a dreamworld of hills and white marble, tradition and pride, spirit and success, and above all, great...

Pros: Top Education, Campus, Setting
Cons: None that I could see

Middlebury College was one of 12 schools to which my daughter applied last year. Unfortunately she was not particularly proactive in her college search & so I became involved. Being a law professor and having been to several schools myself...

Pros: quality of education
Cons: climate of exclusivity, lack of diversity

There were never any other serious contenders for my college choice. I fell in love with the campus on my first visit and applied only to Middlebury.

What I didn't do - and should have - was to learn more about who my classmates were going to...

Pros: great school
Cons: small

Middlebury is a very small, yet cozy school. A little too small for my taste, but nontheless it is a gorgious campus. The town itself is in the middle of no where. I was amazed when I visited the campus that just about everyone was happy there. Every...

Pros: Excellent academics, superb facilities, small size, great athletics, beautiful setting.
Cons: High cost, small size (for some), small town, long winters.

I ended up at Middlebury College more out of luck than any logical reason, but now I get back as often as possible. Middlebury is a small liberal arts college in Vermont, but, for its size, has more to offer than many colleges and universities much...

Pros: good food, good skiing, nice staff
Cons: alarmingly homogeneous, cold & grey

I spent three semesters at "Club Midd" and am transferring out. Given its high rank among liberal arts colleges, why would I want to do this? There are several reasons.

I am not a MiddKid. I am white, but I didn't attend private...

Pros: Great reputation, beautiful campus
Cons: Campus seems unstructured, and it's very isolated

I found out about this Discover Middlebury program through my college advisor. I had considered Midd because of it's strong environmental studies program, but it had fallen into disfavor with me because of it's location (4 or 5 hrs from NYC, where I...

Pros: Great professors who are interested in teaching, beautiful surroundings
Cons: not for you if you can't live without city life

I fell in love with Middlebury's campus when I first stepped foot onto it. I'll be honest and say it was not my first choice, Dartmouth was. However I got deferred and it was probably the best thing that has ever happened to me. I hadn't seen...

Pros: High intellectual level; Vermont beauty
Cons: Vermont isolation

I'm afraid that I really didn't appreciate the value of a Middlebury education until after graduation. I did receive a broad liberal arts background which greatly serves to enhance quality of life. I grew up in a suburban/urban environment, so the...

Pros: Location, beauty, diversity
Cons: Price, weather

Middlebury College is set among the beautiful hills of Vermont. The many
"architecturally correct" buildings offer incredible views of the surrounding mountains and perfect Vermont town of Middlebury.

The college offers...

Pros: Small, cute, posh
Cons: Very WASP

I have no axe to grind about Middlebury: I didn't go there (I'm from Ireland) and I'm not going to. My connection is having lived with several recent graduates in recent years, and having been there several times. Yes, it's small: yes, it's pretty: yes,...

Pros: beautiful campus, top-notch academics
Cons: cold winters

I found Middlebury to be the most wonderful place to spend three years (I spent my junior year abroad in Scotland). The academics were first rate, the facilities were the best that I've seen at any college, and the professors really care about the...

Pros: good dining services, spacious dorm rooms
Cons: climbing tuition, apathetic administration, hate as an everyday part of campus life, widespread personality disorders

The mountains are beautiful and idyllic, and they function perfectly as an ironic contrast to the horror that you will find within Middlebury College. The winters are colder than Antarctica and they last until, well, summer. If you're not on the slopes ...