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Middlebury - Basic Information

Middlebury, VT

Ranked #4 - National Liberal Arts Colleges (US News)

Total undergrad enrollment: 2,482

49% male/51% female

Application deadline - Jan. 1
Early decision deadline - Nov. 1
Application fee: $65

Acceptance rate: 20.5%

Range SAT Critical Reading: 650-750
Range SAT Math: 650-740
Range SAT Writing: 650-730
Range ACT Composite: 29-33

Required standardized tests: either SAT or ACT
Admissions interview: neither required/recommended
SAT subject tests: optional
Rolling admissions
Common App
Comprehensive fee: $52,500

No fraternities, sororities

Most popular majors: ethnic/cultural studies, economics, English language/literature, environmental studies, political science and government

Average freshman retention rate: 95.8%

NCAA III

Middlebury - PROS

Academics

• Student-faculty ratio - 9:1
• 70% of classes have fewer than 20 students
• Between June and August, Middlebury banishes English from its campus and hundreds of students live, learn, and think only in their chosen language
• Has campuses in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, China and Uruguay
• Superb professors
• No merit/athletic scholarships
• Excellent foreign language programs
• Ranked #8 - best classroom experience
• Ranked #1 - professors get high marks
• Ranked #16 - best career/job placement services

Student Life

• Skiing
• 140 organizations
• Muggle Quidditch
• Winter Carnival - ski competition/music
• All freshman are assigned to one of five Commons
• 97% of students live on campus
• Beautiful campus
• Nice dorms
• Ranked #14 - best campus food
• Cute town
• Montreal - 3 hrs away, Boston - 4, NYC - 5
• Large intramural program
• Very safe town
• Athletic, outdoorsy, intelligent student body
• Ranked #4 - school runs like butter
• Ranked #8 - best quality of life

Middlebury - CONS

• Small student body
• LONG winter
• Can feel like a bubble
• Transportation on and off campus
• Administration complaints
• French and Spanish languages are supposed to be less than stellar
• Workload
• Lacking social scene