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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friends at private schools tended to have a smaller, more personal experience.  I wanted to go somewhere that had lots of choice and lots of people, so I went to a big public.

I endured 600 person lectures, but I think that was ok for me.  I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17, so it was best to have lots of decent quality options for courses of study.  [/quote]

That perspective has always confused me.  In the long run, would having access to 2000 courses at Yale for undergrad vs. 4000 at UCLA make a major difference? Even small LACs offer 500-1000 courses annually, which rotate around each year. One only takes 30-50 courses to graduate, depending on the school. Isn't there a threshold where each additional class offered means less and less? [/quote]

PP here. My older sister pigeon-holed herself into a major at a smaller school and turned out hating the major, so that assuredly colors my viewpoint.  When she wanted to use her earned credits to pursue something else, the options were really limited.  [/quote]

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