I grew up near Marlboro College (my parents had a second home in South Newfane), and came to theater and music performances at Marlboro a lot when I was younger. I applied to Marlboro, and I got in, but it was a bit lower on my list, because of it's extremely SMALL size and geographical isolation. As beautiful and bucolic and charming as the area and Marlboro's campus itself is -- I ended up at Hampshire College (similar in academic structure to Marlboro, but MUCH larger in size, and less isolated) in the Five College consortium down in Western Massachusetts; about an hour and a half away to the south.
Ironically, I met more than one Marlboro transfer student who ended up at Hampshire for those exact reasons. Marlboro is a school that isn't for everyone, but it was just a bit TOO SMALL for me. Marlboro's academics are rigorous and exceptionally individualized, which did appeal to me, but I needed a bigger campus with less geographical isolation and more culture around it. I will always be tied to the area, because I used to spend all my summers in summer camp in Newfane and good portions of my year during school holidays in South Newfane. I was part of a downhill racing league at Mt. Snow/Haystack, and I loved hanging out in Brattleboro. Back when I applied to Marlboro, the Graduate Studies Program was still located in downtown Brattleboro and so, Brattleboro is really Marlboro's "college" town.