<p>i haven’t been accepted to Middlebury yet, but it’s my first choice. i’m interested in the difficulty of classes at Middlebury. i’ve visited and attended classes, but i cannot tell how hard grading is. i don’t have to make perfect grades or anything, but i don’t want to die either. </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>It’s certainly harder to get good grades than it was in high school. While it seems to depend a lot on the professor, my overall impression (compared with friends at other schools) is that Midd is somewhat more miserly with the A’s than other schools. But I wouldn’t worry about that so much… grad school admissions people will know the reputation of the school, that’s straight A’s are rare, etc.</p>
<p>Grading also depends on the department. The pre-med program is a lot of hard work, exams are particularly difficult, and high grades are rare–so say two of my pre-med friends. Alternatively, high grades are fairly common in the humanities (at least in my experience–I’m a double history and English major), but there is a concern about grade inflation. On the other hand, I’ve heard humanities professors argue that if all their students deserve high grades, they should get high grades. So–don’t expect straight A’s, but also, it’s really, really hard to flunk out. Your academic advisers and deans would try to help you before that happened.</p>
<p>So if you’re planning on being an English major…having a lot of As is feasible?</p>
<p>On a sidenote, I’m bad at reading. I have trouble concentrating, and I only got a 640 on the SAT CR. My vocabulary is LARGE, so that isn’t my quandary. I’m able to discuss a book that I haven’t read though, which I doubt I can do in college, but I tend to think quick on my feet. I LOVE to write, but again my trouble is reading. Is English a good major?</p>
<p>bump this portion up (I’m glucose101 also)</p>
<p>I’m thinking about majoring in Japanese or English ^</p>
<p>advise?</p>