Nicolas Mendia ’16
Hometown: Chicago, IL
High School:
Major/Minor: Psychology
E-mail: nmendia@middlebury.edu
Activities: Admissions Fellow, Mchaka Mchaka
What is your favorite non-academic activity?
Long distance running
What is the number one thing on your Middlebury Bucket List?
Run the entire trail around Middlebury (16 miles)
Where is the best view on campus?
Conference Room in the Athletic Center
What is your quest?
To bake the softest chocolate chip cookie
Where is your favorite place to hang out with friends?
Someplace we’ve never been before that we can explore
What do you struggle with?
I struggle with names and dates.
Why college? Why Middlebury?
I am going to college because my mom didn’t have the opportunity to. I go to Middlebury because it’s a place of immense change.
One piece of advice you would give prospective students in the admissions process?
Pick just one goal you want out of college, big or small. Then work a little every day to get you a step closer to that goal.
What would you be reincarnated as in your next life?
Two Corgis