Middlebury College Top Questions

Preppy, white, rich kids from the Northeast

That it's full of liberal hippy activists. That it's full of snobby, preppy rich kids. That you've gotta be a rock star to get in. Work hard, party hard. That it's really cold. Febs are weird. Regs are boring. That everyone speaks several languages and everyone skis all the time. The people are all beautiful.

Middlebury: In the middle of nowhere, small, a bubble Students: W.A.S.Ps, huge environmentalists, Just Outside of Boston

middlebury- full of hippies, everybody smokes pot, over privileged or full of prep-school kids, over privileged.

I think when most people think of the typical Middlebury students, they think of someone who is generally well-rounded, athletic but not necessarily on a sports team, good looking, outdoorsy, intelligent, and passionate about their academic and extracurricular interests. Middlebury may also be thought of as a pretty crunchy school because it is in Vermont and because granola is served at every meal.

the general stereotype i've heard about middlebury students is they are crazy liberal arts marijuana-smoking hippies.

We are either apathetic jocks or apathetic hipsters.

Middlebury students are known either for being extremely preppy or being extremely "green." We have the stereotypical Greenwich lacrosse players and the people who can spend every break backpacking in the Adirondacks.

The two stereotypes that predominate are 1) The whitebread suburban jock and his harem of hot, usually slutty whitebread girls, and 2) The alternative, anti-conformist, artsy person who manages to actually be anti-conformist on a limited number of qualifiers.

New England, Connecticut, Preppy, Rich, White