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Students learn to choose their professors with care after their first summer. The acceptance rate is high, driving less able students into courses with less rigorous instructors and less than worthwhile instruction. Avoid instructors who simply want to kick ideas around. They may act out inappropriately with students who take their courses more seriously than they themselves do, and who thus pose a threat to their summer sinecures. Creative writing classes are, generally speaking, not worth the tuition. Creative... Read More writing course instructors may have little to no classroom experience beyond Bread Loaf and are ill prepared address the vagaries in student work made public by the nature of their courses. Students can attend the Oxford campus for four of their five required summers and are, inexplicably, required to take one rather than the two courses each summer as is required in Vermont. The Vermont campus is isolated and late in the summer, it is not uncommon to encounter someone sheddding tears in the dining hall. Good things can be said about Vermont's summer theater, kitchen staff, groundskeepers, maintenance, and front desk staffers, but the administrative faculty is ineffectual when it comes to fairly distributing financial aid, housing assignments, or when dealing with students who threaten other students. If you are able to afford the air fare, take your courses at the Oxford campus.

The Middlebury College School in Paris is one of the best investments one can make if a career in teaching or translation is sought. The intensive preparatory summer program on the Vermont Campus is excellent. Your grammar and conversational skills will increase and you will perfect your pronunciation. The experience in Paris is a full immersion. The opportunities to take courses at a variety of French institutions gives you an insider's perspective on the culture. Middlebury also opens doors for you. When... Read More seeking employment or admission to a PhD program recruiters and admissions officials understand what a Middlebury education means. It is simply the best language training program in the country.