I grew up in between NYC & southern Vermont (in South Newfane about 20 minutes from Marlboro's…read morecampus actually) so I decided I wanted to attend college in New England when the time came for me to look at colleges and universities. Ok, so, I had spent a fair amount of time on Marlboro's campus growing up: my parents (who were both CUNY Professors) had friends and colleagues who taught at Marlboro, I'd attended the Marlboro Music Festival growing up, I'd toured the campus numerous times, and had my admissions interview. I got in. I NEVER would have gone there. It's INSANELY small. Bordering on incestuously TINY. ALL the students knew each other and were up in each other's business. Brattleboro (a town I LOVE) is 20 minutes away by car, and there is literally NOTHING around Marlboro itself. I would have gone stir-crazy there. Even Bennington College was better (although not by much either), but Bennington seemed more academically credible and at least was IN the town of Bennington itself and had civilization around it. Amherst/Northampton was a BUSTLING METROPOLIS comparatively. Ergo, I chose Hampshire over Marlboro. I sometimes even found Hampshire too small and insular at 1,400+ students, so I would have found Marlboro COMPLETELY intolerable at 300. However, all that said, there were components of Marlboro's academic structure I found interesting. And the location of Marlboro is gorgeous. Vermont is gorgeous. However, Marlboro was TOO SMALL and isolated for me. Years later, a neighbor of mine in Brooklyn told me her son had gone to Marlboro and LOVED it. So, I guess it ALL depends on what you can individually put up with. I can't deal with not having culture and civilization around me, balanced out by beauty and nature and being outdoors. I need both.

here for the semester with awesome people. friendliness abounds. the place is just classic new…read moreEngland charme

The Putney School is a great place to experience high school! The students are from all over the…read moreworld, which adds so much to life and just to the way one learns about everything. From working in the barns and the dining room, and living in the dorms one learns about oneself AND about others. I love the mentoring experience, and that dozens of kids are from international backgrounds which lets me learn in new ways from both the faculty AND the students. A terrific place!

hello i had dinner at the KDU last night. Terrible service. Danny O'Brian was our waiter, he LIED…read moreto us about the origin of all the food. He told one of our dinner mates that the chicken was full of gluten and she could not eat the chicken. But later he revealed that it was in fact not glutenous. disappointed to say the least.

High Mowing is a place that does its best to educate the whole person. How unusual is that? In an…read moreage where schools just seem to care about test scores, High Mowing sends kids out on survival camping trips, gets boys to Morris Dance around a May Pole, and has as high status accomplishments, hosting the 3 or 4 coffeehouses or designing the school's year book. Yea, some kids get into Wellsley or Cornell, and they did win the basketball championship 3 years in a row, but the school is really about the arts, being yourself, and doing your best. My two kids go there and love it. We're lucky the place exists and incredibly lucky it is down the street.

HIlltop is SUCH a great school--on target, with the kindest teaching staff! This is our last year;…read morewe will miss everyone...

Excellent school with loving and caring teachers. children are often ahead of their peers…read moreacademically. Our children have been at the school for going on 5 years. The campus in breathtaking, there is an emphasis on art, nature, music, and fostering creativity. We feel supported and our children love to go to school at pre-k they already know the skeletal system. We love the teachers and can't say enough about them. I often see them working with children on big feelings. they continually train as teachers and love children. it's more than a school, it's a really great community. Reading the other review I'm wondering if they got the wrong hilltop Montessori as there are several in the country. It also seems unusual that a child that young could describe some of those situations in such detail but I wasn't part of the school until 4 years after it was written and I don't want to discount their reality.

Omg I was there in 1991! It was such an awesome time. Lifelong memories. I cannot judge about…read moretoday's classes, but being there during fall was so cool. Organized parties, Halloween, thanksgiving, Brattleboro cute town. 29 years ago.. waow

Nothing like it for graduate studies in international focus with experiential learning model…read more Foundations here propel graduates in all directions globally but the network is deep and literally changing the world. Check it out for travel education, undergrad exposure to international studies and language immersion but assuredly the graduate programs are where SIT shines.

My wife and I attended every class Nancy offered when we lived in NH; each was a fabulous…read moreexperience and learning opportunity. Nancy was a complete professional who loved her birds like a mother loves her children. Thank you Nancy for such fond memories. Bob & Nina

Nancy is incredibly knowledgeable about falcons but is an abusive teacher with anger issues who…read moredoes not know how to relate to people. She yelled at several people in our class and hit several as well. There is a difference between firm guidance and screaming/hitting. I've worked in EMS and other extremely high stress, high stakes situations, and you still do not behave this way. Read the Google reviews for other people who had similar experiences.

"The cure comes before the illness". Learn how to be a Shiatsu practitioner at the Shiatsu School…read moreof Vermont. The teachers are knowledgeable and use varied modalities to ensure every student, no matter their learning style, can successfully absorb the material info. On site treatment room allows for drop-in or by scheduled appointment for fairly valued services. Come by on the first Friday of every month for 20 minute trial sessions!

My three brothers, dad and I just finished up a week long timber framing course here at Heartwood…read more It was a pretty good experience. Pros: Michelle - She manages the business end and handles meals. She was incredibly helpful and always very pleasant. Dave - He's one of two instructors and most of what I got out of the course came from working with him one-on-one. He's super talented and all of my encounters with him were positive. I (along with most other people in the course) sought Dave out for any questions and help. The food - Michelle put together a great lunch every day. The skill set - I walked away from this week confident that I could handle basic layouts and build a structure using the skills I learned here (which is the whole point of the course). The safety - The instructors take safety very seriously and quickly react to any questionable behaviors. Cons: Class size - There were 26 people enrolled in the course including four "apprentices" which left two instructors who knew what they were doing to teach all of us. Organization - The first half day was spent sitting in a classroom watching minimally helpful overhead sheets and the second half watching demos. It would have been very easy to integrate hands on exercises on scrap wood and mix this information in over time. Barn raising - Friday was dedicated to assembling the frame we built Tuesday through Thursday. There were too many hands for too little work. Dave said you need a max of fourteen people to raise a structure like the one we built. You had to actively fight to participate. The "apprentices" - Really two of the four were actually pretty good and cared about learning. The other two seemed to cause more problems than they fixed. Ultimately I learned a lot from Dave while I was here (and Brad, another instructor who was there for one day was also great). Will was pretty impatient and not particularly helpful. The mix of people who were taking the course was about 50% carpenters (some with timber framing experience and some without) and 50% from random backgrounds (some teachers, a cobbler, some IT folk, a student, etc). Everyone was able to keep up and a carpentry background really isn't necessary. The group instruction wasn't that helpful but if you take the time to seek out knowledgable staff (or peers who have already done a piece you're working on) you can learn a lot here. It's really what you make of it. If you're looking to get a basic crash course in timber framing this is a good place to get it (despite class size and some other kinks). You can make as many mistakes as you need to (and should, this is a great way to learn) and someone will be able to show you how to correct it before you try this on your own.