Hello,
I am a student who wants to major in International Relations. I am really looking forward to work for the UN or NGOs and I want to use my college opportunity to travel and learn languages. I am also seeking for a lot of internship opportunities and a school with a sense of community. I am someone who enjoys a moderate party scene with nothing to extra. Both of these universities are reaches but I have a little advantage for Middlebury since I am a UWC student and they openly showed appreciation to UWC students in previous cases. Thank you very much for you future help and happy holidays.
Unless you are a skier and like winter and snow, and frigid cold weather and ice, CMC is your college. It has all the bells and whistles you want, plus nice climate.
I assume you’re applying ED2. They’re very different and not just climate-wise. Check out where their graduates wind up. Nothing about CMC screams “NGO” or government service:
http://www.cmc.edu/institutional-research/outcomes
Compare with Middlebury:
I know CMC less well than Middlebury, as my son looked only on the east coast. But Middlebury is the most beautiful college I have ever seen— gray stone buildings in perfect condition with amazing facilities across wide grassy lawns from one another, with gorgeous views of mountains all around (both the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains). Have you visited?
And for the study of languages, international relations, and studying abroad, it is among the best options in the nation.
I also loved that, unlike at most colleges where we visited the dining halls, the dining halls had true integration/ no self-segregation. Black, white, Asian, hockey player and cross-dressed students all interacting happily, dining and laughing together.
Thank you for your answers so far! It’s true that I forgot to say that I am applying to both but I don’t know which one to ED2 to. So far, I think Middlebury is the best fit for someone that wants to work for NGOs. Thank you all. if you have any other advices please feel free to add anything. Anything would help at this point.
@circuitrider - my son is an alum from CMC, has lived abroad for nine years after undergrad, and got his grad degree through the EU program NOHA in International Humanitarian Action and has been working in NGO’s ever since, as well as governmental humanitarian organizations such as ECHO. CMC was a great first step on his way.
agree Middlebury is beautiful–in the summer.
On my daughter’s spring break from boarding school, mind you SPRING break, there was a huge ice storm on the day we left Boston very early for the Info Session at Middlebury. We had already seen the college once under better circumstances with our oldest daughter who had been accepted but chose another college. Any way, there was an ice storm and roll over on 84. We had given ourselves lots of time because we wanted to stop on our way in for breakfast. After an hour on full stop mode on 84 waiting for the roll over to clear, my daughter turned to me and said if she had the opportunity to go to Pomona College in Claremont, that would be her choice. When we got to Middlebury, never mind breakfast, we missed half the info session. We proceeded to slog around the slush and ice in brutally cold weather through Middlebury’s campus to get to the beautiful Science Center. Cold, cold, grey and oh, more cold.
If you are an international student applying for financial aid, apply to Middlebury. Middlebury spends over $7m on international students every year; CMC spends just a bit over $1m. You are right: Middlebury loves UWC students. Can’t say the same about CMC.