Hometown: Darien, CT

High School: 

Major/Minor: Political Science (Minor in Philosophy)

E-mail: ctreesh@middlebury.edu

Activities: Swimming and Diving Team, The Campus News staff writer and MiddCAM mentor

What is your favorite non-academic activity?

What is the number one thing on your Middlebury Bucket List?

Swim across Lake Dunmore

Where is the best view on campus?

Bi Hall rooftop

What is your quest?

To seek the holy grail

Where is your favorite place to hang out with friends?

Picnic tables of COOP (in the few months when they aren’t covered in snow)

What do you struggle with?

Not judging a book by its cover

Why college? Why Middlebury?

The location, the size, the community, the people. Midd all at once felt like home and somewhere completely new to explore.

One piece of advice you would give prospective students in the admissions process?

College is still life—there will be good and bad things anywhere you go. The best thing you can do is go somewhere you think you can excel and find your people.

What would you be reincarnated as in your next life?

A campus squirrel