What is Middlebury REALLY like?

Modadunn
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:49:42 +0000

I don’t know that I agree with Mythmom, especially that Midds academic orientation doesn’t include a strength in science or that the school isn’t integrated with the town. Granted, Midd isn’t in the middle of town, but in everything I’ve seen and read, the town/gown relations at Midd are very strong, whereas (and I’ve only ever read or heard) there is not such a relationship at Williams. Now… in the grand scheme, that wasnt one of the top concerns for S, so that wasn’t why he didn’t really care for Williams. Frankly, he hated their supplemental essay question and hasn’t been a fan of some of the kids that got in over the years, so felt it was a personality mismatch (see thread on stupidest reasons a kid doesn’t like a particular school).

ANYWHO…

Was just looking at the application process and it seems Midd has dropped their supplemental essay requirement entirely for the Class of 2014 (this year’s current applicants) and has also deleted having to submit an analytical essay from a class. While I know Dartmouth doesn’t have much of a supplement (asking only for peer recommendation) and I don’t know how much weight they would even give these supplemental materials, I have to wonder what’s behind the reduced requirements (unless it’s just to drive up application numbers) OR… that there’s been some mistake in my understanding based on the common application (which I note you can now submit online, new this year as well).