Middlebury College Top Questions

Most Middlebury students are from the Northeast.

I find that students speak as if they are all from the same socioeconomic background, even though I know that it is not the case. Most of the people I know have a healthy appreciation for Target, but also are not afraid to spend some cash to go out to dinner or a similar splurge "because they deserve it". I've never felt that people talked about money excessively, other than to complain about how they should get a job, or need new jeans/going out clothes/attractive underwear, would like to go shopping, etc. I suppose that if I was coming from a working class background, I would find these discussions disgusting, but I've never taken offense to anything that any person has said regarding money.

WHITE BREAD. International students and racial minorities often stick together and they are relatively few in comparison with the caucasian bunch. And obviously Vermont is even less ethnically diverse, so thank God midd has such strong study abroad programs.

It's a pretty open environment on campus, everyone starts to look familiar. Students work hard but most are pretty laid back, and everyone seems to be able to find a comfortable niche.

Everyone is vocal, there is a lot of noise. I think someone who's spent his or her whole life in a big city in which a person could disappear would find it hard here. Some people are fashionable, some are not - as with anywhere. Most students are affluent, it's true. I'd like to think that most of them are intelligent and can at least formulate why they think a certain way.

Pretty liberal. White, Upper class, New England people.

I pretty much covered this up in the first box.

I don't think anyone would feel out of place at Midd. As much as everyone (me included) dogs on the "white/rich" thing, I feel like there's a "type" for everyone. Nobody would feel left out. There are nerds, jocks, hippies, hipsters, stoners, frat guys, goths, gays, and everything in between. There's definitely a large contingent of "nice guys who wear baseball caps and like Jack Johnson" but those guys are alright sometimes :) --- most everyone is intelligent and nice to talk to. And there's a scene for everyone.

Mass, NY, and Connecticut dominate the campus, but the diversity does not suffer as a result. Everyone seems to speak a different language. Even the lacrosstitutes and bros. Febs are their own populous, and they are pretty cool.

In general, Middlebury students are likable, talented, interesting people. The school, like many, lacks all types of diversity (racial, socio-economic, etc).