Military, do I have a chance in Midd?

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<p>Good Morning/Evening all,</p>

<p>I just had a 'few' questions about the Middlebury experience and acceptance.</p>

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<li><p>I have spent the last 6 years in the military, and because of marriages (yes that's plural), deployments, and just general ill timing for schooling, my grades and few classes I have taken, have been quite poor.
a. Will acceptance into a Language program (specifically Russian, and I am willing to do the pledge thing) be hard? If so what are some things I can do to improve my chances in the last year I have with the military?
b. I have a GED, will this impact my chances? I have to assume it will.
c. Do other prior service fair well here, in the school in general, and in the language programs? </p></li>
<li><p>If I do get accepted, what can I expect from the Mid Life? Language pledge and all?
a. I have done a small portion of the Rosetta Stone: Russian while I was in Afghan last, should I just toss it?
b. For the language pledge, are beginners beaten with a stick, or is there some lienency on the pledge thing?
c. How is general life on and off campus? Crime? Do I need to brush up on my MACP? Are people generally kind?
d. I'm short (5'4"), am I gonna catch hell 24/7 because of it? (This is a joke, because I know I am going too, and I am used to it already anyway :).)</p></li>
<li><p>I have a small family (daughter, wife, and son on the way), should I plan on being on a technical deployment with few contacts, and family living far; or will I be able to remain in touch?</p></li>
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<p>More to follow, my train of thought has just crashed and burned; mainly because it is now lunch time and there is food in front of me.</p>

<p>Thanks for answering what you can!</p>

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<p>Please clarify. Are you asking about applying and enrolling as a full-time undergraduate majoring in Russian, or applying for and enrolling in the Russian summer language school?</p>

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<p>I believe just applying for and enrolling in the Russian Summer Language school. I’d love to do full-time, but I am not sure how plausible that will be for me and my Family. I think i’ll start the Summer program and if I find I am able to juggle the two, I will serisouy consider going full time.</p>

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<p>OK; there’s a huge difference between being a full-time undergraduate student at Middlebury and being a summer language student. As far as your questions go, other than the following, everything I would tell you would be off of the summer language school web site: [Middlebury</a> Language Schools | Middlebury](<a href=“http://www.middlebury.edu/ls]Middlebury”>http://www.middlebury.edu/ls)</p>

<p>The crime rate at Middlebury is very low. Hey, it’s small town Vermont. People are generally kind and very helpful, but there can also sometimes be that stand-offishness towards strangers that’s representative of old-time yankee culture. I don’t know why people would make fun of you for being 5’4". That’s really not that short.</p>