<p>That was a joke btw.</p>
<p>Ghostbuster you sound extremely stupid. While I love the Gate’, Middlebury is just as good of school. Also, there isn’t a snowballs chance in hell I’d be able to walk on. Are you aware of the vast difference of play between D3 and D1-AA?? Typical vermont?? The majority of the students are form out of state.</p>
<p>Liberal=Good Thing
People Like You and Bill O’Reilly= Bad Thing</p>
<p>I love liberals. Particularly the young kids. They make me laugh. </p>
<p>I frankly don’t care what you do or where you go. I know a lot about football. In fact, I know a lot about the NCAA. My comments about Middlebury come from people who attended there and from people who visited and went elsewhere. It wasnt about their academics, it was about lifestyles and culture. If that is your thing, then be my guest. </p>
<p>You come here and seek advice and then trash people? Good luck with that pal.</p>
<p>I’m not trashing people, I was just stating my opinion. Regardless, whether or not a school is “liberal” shouldn’t play a large role in a high school students college search. We are young, and shouldn’t be at the extreme of either political standpoint. </p>
<p>And, according to the students that reported to the Princeton Review, students at Middlebury are for the most part very athletic, and as I said before, usually from out of state.</p>
<p>Middlebury is actually ranked higher than Colgate academically, even though that is irrelevant to me. They are both outstanding, prestigious institutions.</p>
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<p>There is no merit to this claim. Colgate didn’t even make the list of the top 50 feeder schools compiled by the Wall Street Journal several years ago.</p>
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<p>Congratulations on all your achievements! </p>
<p>I would personally go to Middlebury and play football. Being able to play a sport at the college level (whether D1 or D3) is a wonderful opportunity. You won’t have this chance again in your life. The experience of being part of a team helped me find a nice niche in college and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything. Even if it takes some extra time to complete a pre-med program, I think it would be worth it. There is a much larger window of opportunity for completing a pre-med program than for playing college football.</p>
<p>You are in a great position to have such nice opportunities. I would recommend going to Middlebury for football and if you don’t like it, you could try to transfer to Colgate. Trying to do the reverse would probably not work out as well.</p>
<p>Best of luck with your decision!</p>
<p>Thanks navyncsu, as well as the other people who’ve helped me thus far in my decision making process!</p>
<p>The opportunity to play a college sport is something to seriously consider. You know what I mean–don’t give it up for a better social life at Colgate. No disrespect to Colgate, but playing a college sport is something you’ll be proud of down the road. I have a friend who is a Midd alum who is also a surgeon (quite the coincidence!)–He treasures those memories, even though his studies required him to drop football after playing for two years. He felt he had to focus on MCAT prep and his upper level sciences, that he couldn’t succeed academically and play football. He has no regrets about the choices he made and strongly believes in the ‘carry-over’ factor of playing a team sport in college–thinks it makes him a better doctor…Good luck to you, spbrown92!</p>
<p>I don’t know much about football, but it does seem like it would a great opportunity to be able to play. In addition, Middlebury has a fabulous science building and many more science kids than I expected. I think that Middlebury has a slightly better reputation and is slightly more difficult to get into which, I believe, means that you will find somewhat more vibrant students who have a huge assortmant of interests and keep the campus lively. You could consider applying ED I to Middlebury and, if it doesn’t work out, you should have a good chance at Colgate anyway as a legacy.</p>