<p>I don't have a car, so it will need to be within walking distance. Also, does anyone know if they let you roam the area (outside the College) on your own while you're attending open house?</p>
<p>No, they chain you to the admissions office door.</p>
<p>^ Fair enough. :P</p>
<p>The bookstore might have it. There is an awesome bakery(Otter Creek)just down the hill that has local stuff-they might have some. The cafeteria serves real maple syrup with Sunday Breakfast(says DS joyfully).Other wise, there is a coop in town a bit of a walk away, but a local should be able to point you there.</p>
<p>there’s a shop in town that has almost exclusively vermont stuff…forget the name, but “vermont” is in it. It’s right on the main street across from ben franklin’s. they have all varieties of maple syrup, including sampler packs with 4 different grades so you can try all of them.</p>
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Vermont’s Own Products–64 Main-- (802) 388-7711</p>
<p>Buy some Lake Champlain chocolate too. Unbelievable!</p>
<p>So how was the visit, and did you get your syrup?</p>
<p>Loved Vermont, the quaintness of the town, and the camel on that one farm, towering over a flock of sheep. Midd was great too, but not necessarily for me. That’s not to say I can’t see myself there at all, and there were actually a lot of things I loved about Midd (engaging classes, athletic facilities, the accommodating staff, the Grille, the open dining system). Everyone was incredibly friendly, but I felt quite out of place there, and I’m not sure whether that was due to my personality (slow to warm up to, I guess) or because of the homogeneity. Despite the fact that it’s a small school in terms of population, it didn’t feel as cozy as I’d hoped, since the campus is huge.</p>
<p>I got maple sugar and postcards from Ben Franklin’s, and three packages of maple-sugared walnuts from Vermont’s Own Products. I forgot to look for the co-op, but Main Street was great. Thanks for the recommendations!!</p>
<p>Huge? I’d say “expansive, with sweeping vistas”. Now Cornell is HUGE.</p>
<p>We had a great visit-beautiful spring weather, sunshine, and the 10 minute walk from the bottom to the top was just a little cardio worked into one’s day…</p>
<p>Admittedly, there have been some comments made that it can be a hike to get around campus, but speaking from my own very small LAC experience, the very real flip side of that is: what feels “cozy” freshman year can be down right suffocating come junior year. Just saying… </p>
<p>But I hear you about homogeneous. Thing is, on visiting students days you’ve got an influx of the majority “homogenous” that might visually overshadow the true make up of the school on any given Tuesday. Plus, you have nearly 7%-10% of the class of 2014’s international population that is unlikely to attend such an event. I am not a huge fan of student days for decision-making. Yes, it makes a for a great “we could be friends in college” moment, but to get the true test of what life there is like? I think the concept as a whole misses the mark.</p>