<p>I am not going to lie...I am a little disappointed by the results obtained by Midd in this years Princeton Review 300 something best colleges. Everyone regards Midd as such a high ranking school, but it did not rate that high in this book. Though I probably wont get in it is a little disheartening to see this </p>
<p>this ranking is crap. if you're gonna follow this ranking and want to get the "best overall academic experience," go to Malboro College (wherever that is). Want "Great Dorms"? Go to Pepperdine. </p>
<p>Also, there are no colleges that are ranked in as many areas as Midd. For example, look at Harvard. <a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/rankings.asp?listing=1022984<ID=1&intbucketid=%5B/url%5D">http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/rankings.asp?listing=1022984<ID=1&intbucketid=</a></p>
<p>at least the school runs like butter.</p>
<p>I agree that these ratings are biased----but as far as "no other colleges are ranked in as many areas as Midd"....come on!...three of the other schools I applied to, U. Chicago, Reed, and Whitman are all ranked in as many or more areas than Midd. Granted that not all of the areas ranked for Reed are positive. Whitman on the other hand holds an extremely positive spectrum of rankings.</p>
<p>Whitman-</p>
<p>Reed- </p>
<p>the thing is...it really isn't about the rankings. and even more, it shouldn't be about any one ranking. they vary. in general, middlebury is up there. period.</p>
<p>what are u complainign about, those are high rankings</p>
<p>I'm confused...what part of those rankings could be dissapointing?</p>
<p>yeah.....that is what is confusing me.......middlebury food is GREEEATT>.believe me...no joke...u wont get sick of it..the only thing that im really afraid of with middlebury is how the social scene can be pretty repititive after a while and if ur not the type that enjoys smoking and drinking..life might nto be that awesome there..</p>
<p>The only thing I found a bit worrying was the below.</p>
<p>Students here come from every corner of the world and every New England prep school," jokes a first-year on the subject of Middlebury's fairly homogenous student body (69 percent of its undergrads self-identify as "Caucasian"). A junior gives his take on the situation: "They're cool but the same. This is what I heard before I got here, and this is definitely true [M]ost are rich and white" and from somewhere "just outside of Boston."</p>