Studying Languages/Linguistics at Middlebury

MWolf
Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:23:12 +0000

In general, @DeadHeadDad, it sounds like your daughter would do better at a college which is a good fit, socially and intellectually, than at a college which has the right major. She does sound like a LAC sort of person, though what I’ve heard of W&M indicates that she would do well there as well.

I would say that all of the colleges proposed here would be academic fits for her, but the best social and intellectual fits seem to be Amherst, Swarthmore, Midd, Kenyon, Reed (for really thinking outside the box), maybe Smith, Bryn Mawr or Scripps, if a woman’s college would be for her, and, of course, W&M.

Of course, all of these are either reaches or high targets (though W&M would be a target or even a low target for a highly accomplished in-state applicant).

It is early, though - she has over a year until she even has to think about ED/EA applications. So maybe in the summer it would be time for her to visit a few places to get a feel for what she wants in a college - urban/suburban/rural, NE/Midwest/etc.