Middlebury
Liberal arts school
Middlebury is a town in Vermont known for Middlebury College, a prestigious liberal arts institution.
The college name has become shorthand for a certain type of elite New England education: She went to Middlebury.
The town itself is a small community in the Champlain Valley, typical of picturesque Vermont villages.
Northeastern state, small population
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- language schoolsInstitutions teaching foreign tongues
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
Green Mountains · academics · immersion · study abroad · semester · tuition · dormitory · admissions
Mid-sized settlement
- villageSmall rural community
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- ruralOf the countryside
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
dairy · maple syrup · covered bridge · historic · quaint · Main Street · community · snowfall
Vermont
Northeastern state, small population
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- language schoolsInstitutions teaching foreign tongues
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
campus · Green Mountains · academics · immersion · study abroad · semester · tuition · dormitory · admissions · fellowship
town
Mid-sized settlement
- villageSmall rural community
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- ruralOf the countryside
countryside · dairy · maple syrup · covered bridge · historic · quaint · Main Street · community · snowfall · foliage
immersion
State of being submerged
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- summer programStructured warm-season activities
- pledgeBinding promise given
fluency · French · Spanish · German · Arabic · Chinese · Japanese · Russian · Portuguese · conversation
slopes
Angled ground surfaces
chairlift · mountain · downhill · ski team · racing · moguls · powder · collegiate · competition · carving
- ConnecticutHartford, New Haven, Stamford, Bridgeport, Norwalk
- East Coast CollegesHarvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown
- Liberal Arts CollegesAmherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, Wellesley
- Midwest GetawaysMackinac Island, Lake Geneva, Galena, Ephraim, Stillwater
- VermontMontpelier, Burlington, maple syrup, covered bridges, fall foliage
- MichianaSouth Bend, Niles, St. Joseph, Notre Dame, Goshen
Middleburystate university
Government-funded higher education institution
Harvard · Ohio State · UCLA · community college · trade school
MiddleburyColumbia
America personified, or its namesakes
commuter school · USC · Boston University · University of Miami
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