<p>Well, Jenn, it was an impression based on a tour, a tour guide, and an info session. We visited all the schools you mention, including Carleton, Macalaster, and St Olaf.
The Amhert and Bowdoin tour guides and campus info sessions rubbed us the wrong way on the day we went.
Midd is not any more (or less) preppy than the others, but my public school part scholarship boys are doing just fine there. They are amazed at how rich some people are, but so was I when I went to Bates years ago.
I think location and campus feel are as good reasons to rule out one of these schools as anything. but if you don’t visit, you c an’t tell. Midd does have a higher environmentalist population because of their green initiatives, Bill McKibben, and the general politics of the average Vermonter.</p>