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logically following the student body response, the social scene is pretty homogenized as well. you can go hang out in some upperclassman's suite where there is a keg of natural ice and there are so many girls in short skirts and heels or football players cramming into the hallways that you can't leave and in someone's room there's madonna playing loudly so a bunch of kids have removed their shirt (a middlebury staple, so i'm told) and when you finally leave you're not sure how much of the sweat clinging to your clothes is yours but you're sure it will freeze during the long walk home. if that sounds like your cup of tea, then this school is for you. there are good parties, sometimes. freshman year there would be one or two every weekend. now, we're lucky if there's one or two every month. this is partly because of the centralization i mentioned before, resulting in more crappy middlebury sponsored events and crackdowns on the institutions that used to throw good parties. however, there's something to be said for having a slow dinner with friends, sharing some good locally-brewed beer, and going to bed at midnight.

I wouldn't say there is any group or organization that is especially popular. Sometimes it seems like some of the sports teams think they are special, but nobody really thinks they are. Lots of my friends do theater and their shows are always well attended. The dating scene is pretty non-existent. People are afraid to get in relationships because if they go bad there is no way to avoid seeing you ex around campus. My friends party pretty hard every weekend, but I suppose there are also people who stay in and watch movies every weekend. If I go off campus it will be an evening in Burlington which is always a fun break from life on campus. There are great restaurants and many forms of entertainment in Burlington.

IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT!!! There's pretty much everything. But, lest we forget, we're in the middle of nowhere Vermont.

Theatre is suprisingly good at Midd, many clubs and organizations on campus, but I can't really tell that they do that much. Hook-ups are common, but it is a tiny campus so gossip is inevitable, which is annoying. People generally party Thursday-Saturday nights. No Frats, but we do have social houses. Middlebury is a small town, not much to offer to the students. Nearest 'city' is 40 minutes by car, Boston is about 3 hours away.

Don't get Middlebury girls started on the dating scene. It's non-existent. I know a handful of girls at Midd who ever went on a "real" first date with a guy. It just doesn't happen. Most relationships bloom out of friendships and/or hookups. Social houses at Midd are a bit of an anomoly to me. There is a very different feel for the parties at each of them, and many people's social lives revolve around them. It's stupid. There are lots of artistic and dance oriented activities each weekend, but on a very wet campus, where overage drinking is no big deal, and everyone stays on campus, the parties and drinking is central to a social life at Middlebury. I started out as sub-free. I know a lot of people who did. And, actually, a lot of them are still substance free, even after 4 years at Middlebury. Which is impressive.

Lots of sports and lots of groups on campus. Middlebury is big on a capella groups, we have six total. Theatre is also fairly prominent and very professional at a college level here. Sporting events draw a large crowd, especially our hockey team.

Most of the social activities at Middlebury center around weekend drinking, because there is not much else to do. People are unfortunately stressed during the rest of the week, but I don't feel like there is too much work here, rather that the type of people that go to these kind of schools like to stress themselves to achieve. Social houses are not very important/essential to social life. The parties are not very crazy but I haven't been to many other schools so I'm not sure how better/worse they are.

You don't have to lock your door. You can feel safe walking across campus. Social Houses are a fun part of the community and provide a place to party and meet new people but they aren't the be-all-end-all of social life by any means. The improv group on campus is hilarious and extremely popular. The theatre scene here is strong, the music one is not. If you are an artist, a musician, a hilarious actor, come here and prosper. If you know how to play the harmonica, teach me! Thursday - Saturday nights are usual party nights but it all depends on your schedule. If you have class at 8:00am on Friday and not at all on Wednesday, then Tuesday is going to be a bigger night than Thursday. All in all, though, there is always something to do when you've got the time. As far as dating goes, the school is big enough to accomodate a healthy social life but small enough where people are going to know your business--or, at least, your friends and their friends will.

i leave my door unlocked always and the only things of mine that have been stolen have been by my roommate. there are often athletic games that are open to students, as well as guest lecturers and theatrical performances with admission costing as little as one dollar per student. my closest friends i met freshman year on my hall. people party every weekend, and there is a pretty heavy amount of drinking. social houses, rather than fraternities/sororities, give students the opportunity of being in a social community in a less-intimidating, less-hazing-oriented, less-stupid way than fraternities or sororities.

Work Hard Party Harder. Thursday to Sunday social life is vibrant. Parties are generally open.

Middlebury's campus is always a hub of activity, but the town of Middlebury does not have much to offer in the way of social activities (bars, pubs, clubs etc.). Most people live on campus all four years, so the campus is where most of the parties you will go to will be. It may seem like a quiet campus, but you can always find fun things to do.

The party scene is actively being revitalized currently by a few concerned students who are trying to turn around what has been a very depressing night life. Public Safety has begun to decrease the frequency with which they break up parties, and the issuing of citations is wholly arbitrary--i have run into campus safety with a drink in my hand many a time and have only received two citations, which have not served to decrease my partying a bit. A party is guaranteed every friday and saturday until about 2 in the morning or later. I have never not been able to go out on a wednesday or thursday if looking for a party. Wednesday=wednesday night beruit, thursday=bar night/keg in Milli. In short the party scene is getting better, bit by bit. It is still a work in progress; ask me again by the time i graduate and i will tell you whether or not it worked.

MCAB is popular because it deals with social events for the school and helping improve the social scene at school. Students leave their doors open and there stuff around campus, even though recent theft has made that less a thing. i think athletic events are pretty popular, but depending on the sport. Guest speakers are sometimes a hit or miss. It is usually based on hype as well. Theater always seems to get a lot of attention. Dating scene is nonexistent. Either you are in a relationship or not seems to be the case on campus these days. I met my closest friends through classes and living in the same dorms with each other. If I am awake at 2am on a tuesday, I am working on homework, which happens a lot. Pe

Events, lectures, etc. are surprisingly well attended. There is little to do off campus if you don't like the outdoors, but I grew up around here so spend what little free time there is outside. If not drinking, that is where my preference for fun lies. People party alot and fairly hard but it is in direct proportion to the amount of time they spend working hard.

What social life?

I think the social life is very centered around weekends and drinking. Kids follow the somewhat cliche pattern of "work hard, party hard."

The soccer team just one the national D3 championship, so they're pretty popular. There's a comedy troop called "Otter Nonsense" comprised of incredibly funny, outgoing, friendly people. The radio station people are also really cool...as long as you don't steal CDs. Dorm doors are almost always unlocked and open often (who's going to be reading this?). Theater shows are almost always sold out. Athletics are not as popular as they could be, but with the rising success of the program, they're gaining prestige. People don't date very much at all, but that doesn't mean that there aren't ubiquitous relationships. If I'm awake at 2, I'm either leaving the grill after some great late night grease or working...or possibly but not probably kind of drunk. There's "Tender" (a fall bash), "Rights of Spring" (a Spring bash), Winter Carnival, 2 or three concerts a year and probably a bunch of other stuff that I'm forgetting. Someone is always partying. There are always parties on Fridays and Sat and usually Thurs if you know where to look. No frats or sororities. If not drinking on a Sat night, there's usually a performance by a student band at the grill. There are Friday movies, and theater productions and some other stuff. Off campus there is a lot of hiking, skiing and good ol' outdoor activities (seriously it's awesome if you're into that kind of stuff - there's even a waterfall for cliff diving).

I love the social life here. There is always something to do whether alcohol related or not.

I do Middlebury college radio and I'm in the imrov group the otter nonsense players. I'm also involved in a social house called The Mill. There are some underground secret societies that are pretty dumb. I live off campus now and its great. Most people have to live in dorms all four years, so they can actually graduate from college without once having taken out their own trash, had to sign a lease, pay rent, or kick a single meal. Now thats just crazy!

I have fun every night of the weekend. No complaints. I'm involved with The Mill, a social house, or co-ed frat, that represents many international, queer, and generally wonderful silly people. We throw awesome costume parties. Dating at Middlebury is kind of lame. It actaully doesn't exist. People don't go on dates. They go over to each other's rooms to "watch movies." You're either married to your significant other, or in something casual. On such a small campus, people tend to avoid serious relationships in order to preserve their individual identity. Once you get involved with someone, it's almost inevitable that people will begin to define you by what they know of your boyfriend/girlfriend. The gay dating scene at Midd, however, is hopping, considering we're living in rural Vermont. I think Midd is remarkably gay-friendly. I've met all my best friends by fluke because we are soul mates.