<p>John Wesley, I love the Disney reference. My D felt that way about Williams and Amherst too. We live in rural Vermont and neither of my kids wanted to go to school in an environment similar to where they live. Both had spent time at Middlebury for Geobee competitions and both were overwhelmed by the uniformity of the white gray buildings. Still Middlebury is an awesome school and the one college we visited where students walking around said Hello, no actually, we got that at Colgate too. Friendly students and great academics. Middlebury is a great choice. </p>
<p>My S though will be attending Wesleyan this fall. I don’t think that the campus is unsightly at all. I like the mix of architecture. And Middletown doesn’t seem so bad to us - just an average small/medium town.</p>