Middlebury College Top Questions

Rich, white. Very outdoorsy. Never stop working.

Rich, socially awkward, conceded.

I think that people at Midd are classified in two or three groups. There are the really preppy kids from CT and Jersey who wear Uggs and button down shirts then there are the really outdoorsy kids - but who are still rich, who wear all Patagucci and North Face. There is also the hippy contingent and the jocks.

Before I came to Middlebury, I knew of a few stereotypes, and some I became aware of as I moved through the school. One is that we are outdoorsy, or woodsy, or heavens-forbid, tree-huggers. On the otherside we have the reputation as a preppy school, lots of Saabs in the parking lot and that type of thing. Mostly the stereotype is that of upper middle class white kids.

They are each: beautiful, athletic, smart, private-school educated, rich, liberal, environment-saving, gym-going, Harry Potter-reading citizens.

preppy, all white, wealthy

That they are all from New England. That they are all rich. That they are all smart and good looking.

That they are all smart and attractive.

That they're all really well rounded, dynamic individuals. That they're all from outside of Boston. Everyone there is rich.

There’s lots of Midd stereotypes – we’re all rich, we’re all hippies, we’re all jocks. It’s funny, I feel like they all kind of differ from one another but they’re all out there.