Middlebury College Top Questions

Old Stereotype: Rich, Jocky, White, All From New England, Prep-School New Stereotype: Liberal, Environmental, Outdoorsy, Vegan

Hippis, jocks, preps, tree huggers

Crunchy and outdoors-y, yet preppy and rich. Everyone is an athlete, and everyone loves to party.

Burberry clutches, popped collars, solitary pearls, pearl necklaces, anorexic cross country runners, hipster wrmc, hippie-mill, fitness, pseudo gay-friendly, north-face-sweatpant-wearing outdoorsy kids, common-sense (yes people think that middlebury kids are all brilliant. there is a distinction between common sense and practicality with airy academic brilliance)

Nature-loving, white-rich kids, athletic, healthy, skiers, "nice people"

Preppy gated community, hipsters out in the middle of farmland

North face jackets, polo shirts, Toyota Forerunners, Investment Banking job, Budlight, Buschlight, I smoke when I am drinking, I am a varsity athlete....And oh yes, I have so much work to do.

They play sports or are into internationally/socially/environmentally sensitive issues.

that they are a mix of preppy and hippie, and they all do sports.

hippies & jocks

The stereotypical Midd student comes from the Northeast and plays lacrosse.

They are preppy.

Hippie/I am Nature/Jock/Preppy/The Mill

white...rich...green.

I'm from Miami so I really didn't know what to expect upon entering. I think it's different if you're from New England. Anyway, I thought it was going to be full of "intellectuals" and privelege.

There's different stereotypes for different groups of students. There's the jock, preppy portion of the student body, and then the artsy/hippie/outdoorsy side - although there are overlaps. And Middlebury students are smart and wealthy.

Language school. Rich, preppy kids. Lots of diversity.

there seem to be two prevailing yet very separate stereotypes: 1) the backwards hat wearing, beruit playing, SUV driving, rich, white bro 2) the birkenstock wearing, frisbee playing, bike riding, rich, white hippie also, there's a general understanding that middlebury students work very hard whether that be in work, extracurricular, or outside activities.

That we are all rich white kids from New England who love the outdoors.

Some think Middlebury College is a place where 'bros and 'hos play sweet lax and hockey and ski between keg stands and plots to date rape. Some think Middlebury College is home to tri-lingual overachievers and eco-freakos, and some think it is 'Club Midd' - the halfway house for spoiled WASPs between Exeter and Wall Street. I think it's a nice place to begin to pursue your life's work.