<p>i'm considering applying for ed II at either middlebury or colgate.
what are your thoughts on the two? what aspects of one are better than the other?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Where to begin. Colgate is slightly more conservative than Midd. Colgate has a bigger Jock image than Midd. I believe it’s slightly bigger than Midd. Overall, although both are seen as great schools, Midd is perceived to be slightly better academically and a bit more selective.</p>
<p>These were the two schools that my S had on his final choice list… it was going to be one or the other. While I don’t know that Midd has less of a jock culture than Colgate because Midd is pretty jock-minded as well, I will say that after admissions and he went to visit Colgate (and stayed with a friend a year ahead of him in school), a lot of the kids he met had really wanted to go to Midd but hadn’t gotten in. This said, they were happy there and it just pretty much proved to him that he could be happy at either one.</p>