Middlebury College Top Questions

They are very strenuous.

I'm frankly underwhelmed with the professors; coming from a public school I thought that it would be leaps and bounds beyond my prior education in terms of engaging material and interesting lecturers. I just did not find it to be that different. This is not to say, however, that I have not had some great classes here. Also, I have never had a problem with the accessibility of my professors. I think my expectations are too high - I thought that by now I would have found a favorite professor who inspired me greatly to write all of my recommendations.

A mix of old-school with new-school professors. At the moment because of over enrollment there just arent enough classes for everyone. Some are seriously kick ass and others are so bad you want to tear out your eyes, but the midd kid website is helpful in figuring that out. Sadly, we spend so much time with class and homework that when you get a break academics are the last thing you want to talk about and this leads to a ridiculous weekend scene. Im not gonna lie, I've learned a lot, but not as much of it sticks as I would like because I'm always focused on getting everything done on time and less focused on actually taking the info in - cause the two are hard to do at the same time.

Difficult but rewarding, although sometimes it seems like there is too much a focus on doing lots and lots of work and making achievements that the liberal arts attitude is lost.

Though I am in a privileged position as a theater major, the professors are incredible. They are affectionate and giving. I can honestly say that I've had a mentor here, which is more than I bargained for. Students work very hard and like to show that during class times. Students are competitive but are also smart enough not to show that to one another. The most unique class I've taken is 'Advanced Techniques in Costume Design,' in which our curriculum was 'Project Runway,' and I've spent some of my best times at school with my professors outside of class. The CSO is very excited about getting me a job.

WAY TOO HARD

My professors are all, unabashedly, wonderful and supportive.

My professors, for the most part, are all incredibly challenging, interesting individuals. I respect all of them and think that they genuinely care about what they're teaching. That being said, I usually have at least one professor per semester who just speaks like he's reading off a teleprompter and is not inspiring in the least.

Professors have freakish abilities of memory, and even in larger lecture classes, everyone makes a concerted effort to learn your name and involve you in discussion.

Almost everyone takes academics very seriously, but students aren't competitive. No one is afraid to participate in class (almost to a fault). Professors are, for the most part, extremely accessible. Lots of studying every weekday night, breaking basically only for dinner, and staying up late. Almost everyone goes out/stops working on weekend nights, but the library is always totally full on weekend days. English department was [mostly] great, had lots of "old school" professors. English major is very rigid in its requirements (I would have appreciated the opportunity to take other English electives).