<p>I don’t know anything about their Financial Aid…</p>
<p>It is rural, so it doesn’t have a city, but I personally think the town is very cute little college town. </p>
<p>As for counterpoint on diversity- I think it’s best to go with facts:</p>
<p>Comparing only Midd and Williams’ diversity numbers in the 2009-2010 common data set, suggests that of first year only students, Midd has a class size of 55 more students than Williams and 46 more white/non-hispanic students. So… basically you’re looking at 9 more white students at Midd. Overall, Midd has over 100 more international students and about 100 less African American than Willams. Interestingly, Midd has 150 students who are “race unknown” and yet Williams has zero. Not sure what that says sociologically, but there’s probably a theory or two there as to what kind of students Midd might draw that don’t define themselves by their race or something. I really don’t know. However, the bigger point really is unless you are only comparing african american populations, I for one really hate the diversity questions when it’s really very much statistically equivalent.</p>
<p>Food: Food is about opinion and my kid actually really likes Midd’s food, and in talking to his friends and comparing their food in general, the dining hall hours or their food plans, he feels like he’s got a very good thing. So, since my kid eats there three and four times a day (unlimited food plan), he should know better vs me whose only eaten breakfast there one time a year ago (not exactly a meal you can truly mess up). However, I will say that Bowdoin is particularly well know for great food. But I like that my kid’s not going thru an extra 100 bucks a month on food because dining hall is closed or he didn’t get enough to eat throughout the day.</p>
<p>What they don’t have however is club sports besides Rugby and Crew. To be honest, with all the athletes that attend the school in general, there should be more opportunity for those students who want to play at the club level to play. For example, for how many kids they end up cutting from their lacrosse team alone, they could have a very competitive team without the same level of commitment as varsity sports. Soccer has no club either, but at least they have a JV. Girls lacrosse has JV, but not the men’s program. I think it tends to promote too much of a culture of you’re either an athlete or you’re not… which isn’t quite accurate for all those kids who would STILL play if there were outlets to do so.</p>