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Life on Campus

You just finished your microeconomics test. Now what? You could head over to the student center and celebrate over a game of pool, ping-pong, or foosball. Need to re-energize after some pick-up hoops in the gym? Grab a smoothie at the grill, plunk down on a comfy couch, and wait for the protein and glucose to kick in. If you prefer peace and quiet, take a stroll in the woods past the turf fields or visit the dock at Bateman’s Pond to catch some sun (or maybe a largemouth bass).
Our chapels and assemblies bring us together as a whole.  Our dorms, the many common spaces around campus, and even the way we sit in the dining hall constantly collects and shuffles smaller groups. The energy of students spills out of our spaces and into our programs. We have over 60 extracurricular organizations, from community service projects like Open Table to academic groups like The Short Story Society to some less scholarly gatherings (that’s you, “Cute Small Animal Club”).
We want campus life to be satisfying, healthy and well-supported within our boundaries.  Our dorms, our advising system, and our community life program see to that.  And, of course, your life at Middlesex can and will extend beyond our 350 acres. An afternoon off campus can complement a week on campus smartly:  Concord, Cambridge, Boston, and points beyond are only a shuttle and a plane away.

Day Students 
One often hears day students say they enjoy “the best of both worlds.” Apparently, this phrase means that they enjoy all of the benefits of the Middlesex program while sleeping at home with the family dog under the bed.  While it would be wrong to maintain that one world is superior to the other, we can say that the gravitational pull of Middlesex for day students is both significant and benevolent.  We want day students to be here to profit from the full experience of a residential school, and we part with them grudgingly.

Though Middlesex is oriented towards a 24-hour-a-day living experience, day students form a critical mass crucial to the School’s strength.  They participate in the life of the School through our four-day houses: Winsor, Bateman, Estabrook, and Lowell. These houses organize day students into groups approximately the size of boarding houses (25-30) for the purpose of community life programming, student activities, and pure bonding.

Day students participate in all areas of school life. At night you’ll find day students huddled with boarders in the library for a group study session. On Saturday afternoons day students and boarders alike fill the stands of the hockey rink as they cheer for the Zebras. Afterwards, they’ll all head to the dining hall for some dinner before the school-wide dance.

Day students come from many surrounding communities and from varying distances, all adding significantly to the diversity of talent, background, and character of the school.  Our day students are a crucial part of the school’s present and past, and we profit from the distinctive features of their universe just as we hope they will profit from the distinctive features of ours.

Residential Life 

When a senior proctor stops by your room at night to check on you, it’s not necessarily time for bed. It’s time to catch up and chat about how your basketball game went. It’s a chance to continue a friendly debate that started on the common room couches. It’s an opportunity to share excitement about the weekend and get some advice on what to wear to the upcoming dance. Sometimes check-in is an occasion for freshly baked cookies, the aroma wafting down from the faculty residence down the hall.

Check-in is more than a headcount because our dorms are more than just bedrooms and common areas. They’re closely knit communities of approximately 25-30 students, two or three resident faculty members, their families, and the occasional lovable pooch or indifferent cat. Your dorm is a team, a social club, a study group, and a sanctuary. Most of all, it’s home. Eventually, it will be time for the lights to go out; home is about healthy habits as well.  But for now, a moment with a trusted adult or proctor or friend might be just what you need for a good night’s sleep.

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