Athletically approaching parity, but Middlebury will always be more of a jock school. Academically a wash. I had three friends who were transfers from Middlebury and base my assessment solely on that. Socially, Middlebury’s way more “bro,” but that too seems to have shifted somewhat in the years since I’ve left. I went to Bowdoin before Wesleyan and the culture at Midd and Bowdoin at that time sounded nearly indistinguishable except for a strong but oddly unspoken left-wing slant at Bowdoin (which I appreciated, the slant, not the unspokenness), whereas Middlebury seems to graduate more…pardon the word…tools.