<p>i haven't been accepted to Middlebury yet, but it's my first choice. i'm interested in the difficulty of classes at Middlebury. i've visited and attended classes, but i cannot tell how hard grading is. i don't have to make perfect grades or anything, but i don't want to die either. </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>It's certainly harder to get good grades than it was in high school. While it seems to depend a lot on the professor, my overall impression (compared with friends at other schools) is that Midd is somewhat more miserly with the A's than other schools. But I wouldn't worry about that so much... grad school admissions people will know the reputation of the school, that's straight A's are rare, etc.</p>
<p>Grading also depends on the department. The pre-med program is a lot of hard work, exams are particularly difficult, and high grades are rare--so say two of my pre-med friends. Alternatively, high grades are fairly common in the humanities (at least in my experience--I'm a double history and English major), but there is a concern about grade inflation. On the other hand, I've heard humanities professors argue that if all their students deserve high grades, they should get high grades. So--don't expect straight A's, but also, it's really, really hard to flunk out. Your academic advisers and deans would try to help you before that happened.</p>
<p>So if you're planning on being an English major...having a lot of As is feasible?</p>
<p>On a sidenote, I'm bad at reading. I have trouble concentrating, and I only got a 640 on the SAT CR. My vocabulary is LARGE, so that isn't my quandary. I'm able to discuss a book that I haven't read though, which I doubt I can do in college, but I tend to think quick on my feet. I LOVE to write, but again my trouble is reading. Is English a good major?</p>
<p>bump this portion up (I'm glucose101 also)</p>
<p>I'm thinking about majoring in Japanese or English ^</p>
<p>advise?</p>