Middlebury College

I was absolutely shocked to read some of the comments below about classicism and snobbery at Middlebury. Based on the tones of some comments, it seems that some of the words may be coming from students who never actually attended Middlebury and/or may hold some sort of grudge. I say this partly because Middlebury is truly one of the most (if not the most) open and friendly environments I've ever been a part of. Yes, many students come from wealth, and many students are white, but this is typical of most top institutions, and any separation or alienation due to class or ethnicity is something I'm proud to say I've never seen here. There are students who come from poverty and students who come from millionaire families, but everyone seems to comfortably mingle together. Middlebury is an incredible place that is welcome to all socioeconomic backgrounds and ethnicities.

3rd Year Male -- Class 2015

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: B-

Honestly, I am really sick of all of the negative comments calling the entire middlebury population snooty waspy kids. So you know the international scene has gotten significantly better in my dorm the minority to non minority is about 1:2. People aren't exclusive, my best friends here one is asian, one is an international from kenya, a guy from england, and several players on the football team. The only people I would warn against coming here are people who don't do anything outside of schoolwork. If you are on a team in any type of arts club or outdoors group.. even if u just go to the gym every once in a while or run, nearly everyone is open and accepting. Sure there are some preppy arrogant rich jerks, but what school doesn't have those? I mean lets be honest here its a prestigious college what do you expect?

And by the way the science department is amazing and our science building is the most contemporary, and largest, building in vermont.

1st Year Male -- Class 2012

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Education Quality: F

Midd is a wonderful place to be and it is very challenging. i think that especially for freshman some extracurricular time may suffer due to the workload but normally students enjoy (!) what they're doing so it isn't as bad as it would seem. The school is very liberal; it needs more diversity in the political area but there are other groups out there and overall the student body is pretty tolerant about views and such; more so than you would find elsewhere. It is a great place and even though we are in rural vermont there are constantly multiple events happening so that you can't do everything that you want to! there is little chance of being bored here but a great chance of a good education. i am a first year chinese student and we have already learned in three weeks what most students learn in a semester in high school. even though it's intense it is also superexciting.

1st Year Female -- Class 2007

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: B-