Daughter prefers study-abroad uni to Midd

2014ProfDad
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:14:08 +0000

I’m not sure I agree entirely with @arcadia; in my experience “non-degrees alums” can remain tightly connected to the institutions they didn’t graduate from, if they choose. My place of employ (another SLAC) has a fair number of people who left for degrees elsewhere (e.g., decided they wanted engineering or fine art, or dropped out to take over the family business when a parent died) but who participate actively in reunions, give generously, and are alumni in all but the formal paperwork. Middlebury may be different, of course. Employers in my experience don’t care all that much about brand, and international experience is a positive. They can still see she was admitted and hopefully did well at both places.