It’s also worth noting that Middlebury’s alumni participation rate (percent of alums donating to the school after graduation) is higher than Dartmouth’s so their alum network is pretty solid. Also, the NESCAC is an alum network too. If you graduate from one NESCAC you’ll be accepted by the other NESCACs as if you’d gone to the same school (ie: go to Middlebury and be accepted by alums at Williams, Amherst, and Weleyan).