Middlebury College Top Questions

Middlebury is perceived to be for: -Outdoorsy people -Especially athletic students -Hardcore study-freaks -New Englanders -Ridiculously good-looking people -The affluent -Combinations of and variations on the above.

I write this as a member of the Class of 1995, to provide a medium term perspective on Midd, and life after Midd. The stereotypes reported here are consistent with those of the early 1990s; jocks/preppies/crunchies/stoners/artists/internationals; and it's full of Choate/Exeter/Andover trust funders from Greenwich CT, Long Island or "Outside Boston" (wherever that is).

White, rich, smart, busy, hard-working, from New England

Hippies, Work-aholics, stressed, organic

Most people would probably think that Middlebury kids are white, rich, and from "just outside Boston."

There's definitely the stereotype that we're all rich, preppy, Jcrew wearing. And then we've got a few outdoorsy, backpacking types. Also, we're supposed to be very environmentally active, liberal, intelligent, good looking, the full package, I suppose. We have a golf course and a ski thing, so we've got the nickname club midd. Middlebury also has a strong emphasis on writing and has a great creative writing program. middlebury is like harry potter because of the commons system.

I guess the only one I can think of is the typical view of a New England liberal arts school...the whole preppy, WASP kind of stereotype.

Honestly, I'd rather not go there. Sure there are a few ridiculous stereotypes about Middlebury students, but overall I've found that the stereotype of preppy Connecticututians, tree hugging hippies and nerds have all proved mostly false. Middlebury is full of different kinds of people and is mostly a very welcoming community.

That Middlebury students are affluent That Middlebury students work too hard That Middlebury students are not really "green" and are just trying to be trendy

Middlebury College kids are all hippies.

I would say the typical jock/prep-school snob stereotypes exist, since Midd is so expensive.

- jcrew wearing preps OR crunchy hippies - smart AND outgoing - aka well-rounded - beautiful

Either that they're very preppy or all hippies, overachievers

They are well-off white people who love to ski and play strange games like lacrosse. They wear pearls and The North Face. They like to leave a small footprint. They 'work hard and play hard.' They have trouble with authority. They are international. They love it here.

Trust fund hippees

We are hippies? We are jocks? We are all exceedingly attractive/white/rich

Middlebury students are white, rich, white, and rich. White and rich? Yes, very.

They're all rich fatcats and they don't care about the working man.

Preppy, smart, good-looking, driven white kids.

Middlebury students generally fit into two categories: J-crew preppy types and cruncy outdoors type. There's also a large jock population.