Middlebury or Wesleyan?

arcadia
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:53:03 +0000

Come on, Middlebury isn’t as isolated as you suggest, and certainly is no more isolated than Williams. In fact, I would say that Williams is more isolated, on account of their closest city being Albany (1 hour away), while Midd is 45 mins from Burlington (one of the best college towns in the country). Midd also is closer to a big city (Montreal).

Midd’s student faculty ratio is 11:1, and they are using a portion of a $50 million anonymous donation to hire more faculty in the coming years. Midd is drafting a new strategic plan that will focus on human capital (as opposed to buildings, which were the focus in the past 10 years). http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/planning/

As for weather, yes Midd is cold in the middle of the winter. But let’s get real–it’s not THAT much colder than Middletown, CT. Look at the current forcast for Middlebury, VT (I’ll summarize it for you: today, high of 65, tomorrow high of 78). Here’s campus in real time: I don’t see any snow! http://www.middlebury.edu/about/middcampus/middcams/cam3/