MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE H-3

Middlebury, VT 05753-6002
Tel: (802)443-5000
Admissions: (802)443-3000
Fax: (802)443-2056
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.middlebury.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1800. Setting: 350-acre small town campus. Endowment: $684.2 million. Research spending 2003-04: $3.5 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $18,280 per student. Total enrollment: 2,357. Faculty: 242 (231 full-time, 11 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 5,122 applied, 26% were admitted. 77% from top 10% of their high school class, 96% from top quarter, 99% from top half. 57 class presidents. Full-time: 2,331 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 26 students, 42% women, 58% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 67 other countries, 93% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% black, 7% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 0% 25 or older, 97% live on campus, 0.1% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; foreign language/literature; English. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Swarthmore College, Berea College, Bucknell University, Eckerd College, St. Olaf College, American University, Williams College (Mystic Seaport Program), Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, three tests to include: a writing test, a quantitative test, and an area of the applicant's choice. Recommended: interview. Entrance: most difficult. Application deadlines: 1/1, 11/15 for early decision plan 1, 12/15 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/15 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. Comprehensive fee: $40,400. Part-time tuition: $3900 per credit. Tuition: $3900 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 95 open to all; social houses, commons system. Most popular organizations: Volunteer Service Organization, International Students Organization, Mountain Club, Activities Board, WRMC radio. Major annual events: Senior Week, Winter Carnival, Student Concert Series. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 2,350 college housing spaces available; 2,290 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Option: coed housing available. Main Library plus 3 others with 853,000 books, 386,576 microform titles, 2,908 serials, 33,288 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $5.6 million. 494 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Middlebury, population 8,000, is located between Burlington and Rutland. Churches, libraries, and various civic and service organizations serve the community. The college's Bread Loaf Mountain is nearby and has facilities for skiing and other winter sports. The College owns and operates an 18-hole golf course, an alpine ski area, and 2 cross-country ski areas. Other sports facilities in the area provide for tennis and horseback riding. Lake Champlain and Green Mountain National Forest are nearby and provide numerous additional facilities.