<p>Xanatos – I was going to post about Rassias but you got there before I did. Although I love Middlebury and am saddened that my daughter will not be attending (WL, perhaps because she did not apply ED, but who knows), I am having some second thoughts about it, anyway. Many people expressed the concern that its foreign language reputation was based on the summer program. When I compared Middlebury’s French and Italian departments to those of Barnard and Wellesley, Middlebury’s programs didn’t look so good. They have fewer professors, courses and majors than the other two colleges. I can’t give you any insight into Dartmouth’s language programs aside from what I know about Rassias. (I am a French teacher.)</p>