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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd absolutely leave Sidwelll (or any private HS) if they doubled or tripled the size.

I pay primarily for the small class size. Size matters. Research is pretty clear that the ideal learning environment is less than 16 students per class.[/quote]

Ok small sizes in high school is understandable, but super small class sizes in COLLEGE? That is unappealing to many.   Part of the college experience is being in a larger environment. [/quote]

It's not unappealing to everyone. I chose a SLAC, in part, for that reason. My best classes were seminars with just a handful of students.[/quote]

I cannot understand how some people can't see any value of small classes. It is not about handholding, as one PP claimed. It is about the ability to have meaningful discussions in class. It is also nice to get detailed feedback on your work directly from an experienced professor rather than an inexperienced grad TA. I took a small writing course from a famous author my freshman year and her feedback was on my work was tremendously valuable to me. Some of my favorite classes were the small seminar style philosophy courses where we would debate ideas in case. My major was in the sciences, so usually large classes, and while some of those lectures were great, in the present day with YouTube and opencourseware, your kid could just watch some great lectures online for fee. [/quote]

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