<p>I have NO idea what school to choose! I absolutely love both of them! I'm gay, so people say that there might be a bigger gay population at Vassar but they also say that Middlebury is much better than vassar! I'm also extremely social so I don't want to be in a school that is all about studying and nothing about having fun. Which one should I choose?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ll probably be biased, so please only take my opinion with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>I think Midd is better in terms of academics, environment, and the overall personality/attitude of the student body.
You’d have strong gay support in either school I’d think, but Vassar has a relatively small male population. I don’t know if you’re male or female, but yeah, if you’re a dude, you’d probably have more options at Midd.
Neither school is a pressure-cooker-study school, both have strong academics (Midd’s is probably stronger) but the students aren’t just about studying. I imagine that Vassar has more “hipsters” whereas Midd has the more typical prep party scene.</p>
<p>None of what I’ve said is from first hand experience though, it’s just some stuff I gathered because I was deciding between the two colleges too!</p>
<p>I definitely recommend Midd; it has such great balance in academics, sports, social life, types of people, i.e. EVERYTHING.</p>
<p>Midd’s also more prestigious, but you should never choose a college based on it’s name.</p>
<p>Again, I really need to emphasize that I might not be providing you with accurate information! :P</p>
<p>here’s a Middlebury video that i absolutely love btw!
[MIDD</a> KID (Official Music Video) - YouTube](<a href=“MIDD KID (Official Music Video) - YouTube”>MIDD KID (Official Music Video) - YouTube)</p>
<p>This question might be better asked in April, unless you plan to apply ED to one or the other.</p>
<p>If prestige is of concern, then internationally Vassar is much more well known and renowned than Middlebury. I am at Vassar, but have studied and lived abroad for a lot of my life in Europe, and most people have heard of Vassar, but few have heard of Midd. I know this because I am currently at Vassar , and my cousin went to Middlebury. Whenever we mention our schools we get very different reactions. But I would say that they are academically on the same level, though Middlebury surpasses Vassar in languages, and Vassar surpasses Middlebury in the arts. </p>
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<p>Neither are well known internationally. There are fewer than a dozen U.S. colleges that are internationally recognized by those outside academia, and none of them are LACs. Vassar is certainly a top 15 LAC. Middlebury is a top 5 LAC. These are of course only opinions.</p>