Vermont - Great College Advice https://greatcollegeadvice.com College Admission Counseling Thu, 07 May 2026 16:46:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/758df36141c47d1f8f375b9cc39a9095.png Vermont - Great College Advice https://greatcollegeadvice.com 32 32 Marlboro: Quirky & Intellectually Serious https://greatcollegeadvice.com/blog/marlboro-quirky-offbeat-intellectually-serious-community/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:10:05 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=2077 I recently visited Marlboro College in southern Vermont.  Many colleges claim to be unique.  Marlboro merits the label. With only 320 students, Marlboro attracts students who want to take charge of their own intellectual development, who want to live in a quiet, rustic environment, and who are serious about getting involved in a tight-knit community. […]

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]]> I recently visited Marlboro College in southern Vermont.  Many colleges claim to be unique.  Marlboro merits the label.

With only 320 students, Marlboro attracts students who want to take charge of their own intellectual development, who want to live in a quiet, rustic environment, and who are serious about getting involved in a tight-knit community.

Unfortunately, Marlboro closed its doors in 2020.

Read more from the Wikipedia post:

Marlboro College was a private college located in Marlboro, Vermont. Established in 1946, the institution maintained a deliberately small enrollment and operated as a self-governing academic community. Its educational model emphasized individualized learning, allowing students to design their own degree plans, typically culminating in a senior thesis. In 1998, the college expanded its offerings by establishing a graduate school.

Marlboro College ceased operations at the end of the 2019–2020 academic year. Its remaining endowment and academic legacy were transferred to Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, leading to the creation of the Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson.

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]]> Bennington: Creative, Self-Directed Alternative https://greatcollegeadvice.com/blog/bennington-college-creative-self-directed-intellectually-serious-alternative/ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:14:19 +0000 https://greatcollegeadvice.com/?p=2079 I recently spent a gorgeous spring afternoon on the campus of Bennington College in southern Vermont.  The campus is a lovely mixture of colonial architecture and internationalist modern styles, and 650 students are proud to be known as a relatively off-beat, alternative, and artistic bunch.  Like Marlboro, Bennington does not offer traditional majors, but requires […]

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]]> I recently spent a gorgeous spring afternoon on the campus of Bennington College in southern Vermont.  The campus is a lovely mixture of colonial architecture and internationalist modern styles, and 650 students are proud to be known as a relatively off-beat, alternative, and artistic bunch.  Like Marlboro, Bennington does not offer traditional majors, but requires students to develop their own plan of study that is closely supervised by the faculty.

This video offers a brief summary of my visit to Bennington.

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