<p>Hi I posted this in the summer program thread as well, but I have a quick question about the language schools from Middlebury students who have experienced this program.</p>
<p>My daughter in very interested in attending, however she will be 18. I realize that there will be students from ages 20 to 40 to 60. Would this age difference be appropriate? Are there typically students 50+? And how is housing sorted? </p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>Most of the students are sophomores in College. Most of the older students are in the military and very busy studying.
Housing is by language studied, dorms are co-ed.
There is probably about the same amount of underage drinking and shenanigans as during the regular school years, except that for the rigorous programs, one has to study a lot to get a decent grade.
Depends on your daughter’s level of maturity, but you are sending her off in the fall anyway, yes?</p>
<p>yes, I plan to. I just can’t tell how many students will be her age, like 18-20?</p>
<p>Most of them…</p>
<p>OB: I believe the mom is asking about the summer Language Schools. The 1500 students span a wide range of ages. The 7 or so languages that have graduate degree programs have a greater share of older students than the ones without the graduate programs. Overall, there are 18-20 year olds enrolled, especially those who are rising juniors studying the less commonly taught languages (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian) and planning to study abroad. But even in these schools there are many adult students–those pursuing Ph.Ds, journalists, and other professionals preparing for living abroad. The “MMLA” program, which is geared from kids grades 7-12 have of course all younger kids, but the 100-year old Language Schools programs have more older students than 18-20 year olds. That said, it is an excellent program, even for 18-20 year olds, though it is very, very intensive (24/7 language). Multiple generations work and study well together with faculty involvement in all meals and the rich (and necessary for language learning) co-curricular programming (movies, lectures, clubs, choirs, etc.). Hope this helps.</p>