1.) How big are Middlebury Dorms
2.) How many people per room are in the Dorms
3.) How is the food at Middlebury?
4.) Is the food unlimited at Middlebury
A student would be better in answering this (I am a parent) but I can tell you what I know based on visits and my son’s experience. I hear some dorms are traditional, with two people per room, and fairly small, but my Feb son never had that experience.
First year, two separate rooms, doorway between. Second year, two separate rooms connected by closing door. Third year, 4 separate rooms with closing/locking doors, common bathroom and kitchen, plus shared living space for all 4 roommates.
Food is delicious in my opinion and dining halls are open almost all the time. There are several dining halls, all with no dining cards, can come and go as you please. They use maple syrup in many dishes and buy locally and organic from local farmers. Middlebury also has its own organic garden from which they get much of their food. There are also special meals, religious meals, etc. Middlebury kids are totally spoiled and Middlebury is a beautiful campus and almost every window (dorm, dining hall or classroom) has a beautiful view of something.
Also a mom-2 sons-one was a feb, so nice double from which he could walk to Ross dining hall in his pajamas done carpeted hallways. Second year a smaller double, third year a "sink double’-two adjoining small rooms with a small sink in a room between them, fourth year a single in a small house that he had to walk thru another single to access…
Second son-doubles for 2 years, the first was in Batell, which is known as “the projects”. They were small cinder block rooms and there wasn’t laundry in the dorm. Second year, much larger double, third year he was abroad and then lived in one of the theme house so he had a small single, and lived in “the mods”-a single in a modular house with a central kitchen his senior year.
They both had all the usual college experiences with good and not-so-good roommates, but overall positive.
They liked the food-rated better than most colleges, and we ate in the dining halls many times-great salad and sandwich bars, panini machines, and several entrees-gluten free and vegetarian choices commonly available.
Food is unlimited and all you do is show your ID. You can even eat at different dining halls for the same meal-
^^And parents never have to pay for meals when we visit our kids, can always eat with them for no extra charge.
D is currently a freshman in Battell, Cook commons, definitely the worst dorm on campus but she is happily surviving. The Cook/Wonnacott freshman in Battell have a lot of fun together. It’s a big dorm so they get to know a ton of classmates.
Most 2nd year students move on to the sophomore dorms that belong to their commons, and those dorms are typically nicer (more spacious). Next year D will be in a theme house (she’ll be in a double with another sophomore). I imagine she’ll want to stick with her theme house for the duration as she is awfully excited to be in it next year!
The new Ridgeline Apartments will be open next fall- more suite style housing for upperclassmen I believe. The schematics look lovely.
First year, no one wants to be in Battell at the start of the year. By the end of the year everyone realizes that the experience of living in Battell is invaluable. You really get close to the rest of your class and share a true experience.