J term and Febs questions

withoutausername
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:56:36 +0000

Hey guys, I’m a junior feb at Middlebury (so just finished up my sophomore year). I can say that J-term is incredible. The stress levels are way down, everyone is skiing or hiking or getting in snowball fights etc. It is a lot easier to have time to get off campus to Montreal or Burlington and people are just having a lot of fun. The classes themselves vary quite a bit. Some people just take J-term off (you are only required to partake in your freshman and senior J-terms), others do off campus internships, take really laid back classes, do research with a professor on campus, get an EMT certification or take a language intensively. Winter break is 3 weeks long, which is plenty of time in my opinion, and I do not go home during Feb break, its just one week and lots of people stay on campus or plan vacations with friends (last year I did a Canadian road trip).
As for your second question…I was “febbed,” I applied with September preference RD and was accepted only as a feb. They reserve the right to do this, though they try to respect your wishes. If you apply ED and they accept you as a feb even though you had September preference, you get out of your ED contract. However, being a feb was an incredible experience for me. Admissions is pretty good at figuring out what people will benefit from a “febmester.” I travelled and worked as a waitress. I matured so much during that time off, and when I got to college I was really excited to be there and no longer burned out from high school.