<p>Middlebury has an outstanding intensive summer language program which draws students from all over the world. It would be a great way for your son to experience Middlebury without being there for four years. I was a Russian major back in the day, and attended a 9-week Middlebury summer session before my senior year of college. This was during the cold war, and several of my fellow students were from NSA. At least one of the professors had defected from the USSR. It was a very stimulating environment. With the credits that I earned that summer I was able to graduate a semester early.</p>