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I strongly encourage everyone to look at Middlebury. You think Midd-Vermont-cows-isolated. But I felt much more isolated when I stayed for extensive periods at Midd's competitors Williams, Amherst and Swarthmore. Take a look- it is a great place to live and study. If you're not used to working a LOT, then don't come to Midd. That's one drawback if you like to only party. Coming from a high school that gave 5+ hours of work a night, I find Midd more challenging. But you'll learn a lot, your ideas will be challenged, and the work will prove ultimately very rewarding.

Middlebury is my favorite penguin.

Generally, everyone who studies themselves to death are not socially accepted. There is a huge hipster scene, and everyone with any sense stays chill even in the hottest times.

Burlington, about 45 minutes away has everything you'd need in terms of movies, concerts, shopping etc. If you want a big city, get a friend with a car (many people have them) and drive two hours north to Montreal. Boston and NY are 4 and 5 hours away, respectively. Most people make at least one trip a semester to one of the three. The best kept secret of Middlebury is the Feb program, which lets you take a longer break after the end of high school and start college in February. Best choice I ever made. It gives you time to slow down and do something besides be in school. Most people take the chance to travel or do a weird, fun, job. I taught English in the mountains of Peru. But better than the time off, is arriving here as part of the February class of 100 students. We get the campus to ourselves for a week long orientation, where you bond with the other hundred kids who have had their own adventures and become your first and best friends at the school. Febs are generally more interesting, enthusiastic and mature than the rest of the school, having been recharged by their time off. Do it. Don't worry what you're gonna do right now. Just do it.

This school (administration) has gone from being ultra personal to ignoring its students and faculty like.

strange to say, hard to explain, but the single defining feature of this place is that it has... genuinely good-natured people kind, thoughtful, hard-working, good souls

Middlebury is deeply appreciated by much of the student body, but some have grown to detest the school. But what makes Middlebury such a great place is that you can make whatever you want of your four years here. You can choose to socialize, find a core group of friends that you know you will have for the rest of your life. You can choose to work hard, possibly audit an extra three classes and maintain three hour a night sleeping habits. You can choose to push yourself and explore a class you've had no previous exposure to such as modern dance. But most importantly, you can choose to be part of a greater community that will embrace you as an individual if you have the confidence to show it, and will facilitate a learning experience you could never comprehend just by flipping through the Princeton Review Catalogue

I don't know. I would do it over in a second, but sometimes I get really angry at the future of the campus landscape and the policies. The new buildings are so ugly, and Liebowitz is a phoney who doesn't care what we think. We compare him to Bush sometimes. But he's more like Lieberman.

I like this place overall. But I am scared of how it is changing.

people don't wave at each other when they cross paths. or smile.