<p>College *******:: "rating: D"
Its evident that Admissions is attempting to make Middlebury an ethnically more diverse campus. However, this trend is diminished by the fact that many minority students tend to stick together for support. The key is to try and meet many different people as soon as you arrive, before everyone becomes obstinately separated into close-knit groups of diverse and non-diverse students. </p>
<p>With a relatively high percentage of internationals, is the 'D' rating justified? Since diversity is one of the most important things I look for in a college, any comments from students or alumni are appreciated. Diversity can be in race, political views, interests, world views, backgrounds, too.</p>
<p>Lack of diversity in all the areas you listed is the main reason I transferred out. I think it also depends on how much of a multicultural, politically diverse background you come from or are used to being surrounded by, which as a person from nyc was the case for me. So for me, no matter how much I tried to appreciate the finer things midd has to offer (which there are no doubt quite a few) the lack of diversity in race, cultural experience, background and in some cases academia in the end outweighed all the benefits for me. I would like to add however that midd has been taking steps to rectify some of the things above mentioned by hiring a great new dean of institutional diversity and making some commitments to bringing various types of diversity to campus. That having been said, I was on some of these committees and for me it was clear that any change would be too slow to come and I didn't want to wait until I graduated to reap the benefits of diversity in my college experience. I'd also like to add that it was difficult for me to write this because most of my friends at midd and kids who attend the school generally praise midd to no end, even off campus I find it difficult to write something not entirely positive about my midd experience because although the college itself is very friendly, the atmosphere has this inexplicable nature that is not conducive to any type of criticism regarding any problems or faults in the college. I often felt stifled and unable to fully voice my concerns, and when I did I felt as if I was met with the attitude of "how can you be unhappy at midd?"
Anyway, I hope this helped. good luck!</p>