Middlebury vs. Brandeis vs Colby

Modadunn
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:41:04 +0000

I’ll just pipe in to say: Make sure you consider ALL the Academic majors at these small schools. I really thought I wanted to be an education major. When I changed my mind, the school I attended didn’t really have a true communications department and had nothing to do with Journalism or creative writing. While I became an English major, I ended up getting a second BA in Journalism somewhere else.

I just think you have to like more than a singular department and look to the big picture. Truth is, Midd’s sciences weren’t nearly as top drawer as some of S’s other choices. But there was just something about Midd that he loved, and he knew there were plenty of Academic majors where he could see himself if science ended up not being what he wanted. As it is, he never changed his major and has had opportunities through Midd that he may have never seen at another school; his internship this summer is just amazing.

I can’t speak highly enough about Midd’s academic strengths across the board. S has taken classes in the Arts, Econ, History and is now about a class away from getting a minor in Middle Eastern History.

Ironically, the only department he won’t ever take a class in at Midd is foreign language, known to be their strongest department of all!