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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both my kid and I chose the 5-10K size and liked it, while my dh had a great experience at a huge state school. We live in a small town and a LOT of kids end up going to small liberal arts colleges. Anecdotally what I hear from parents is the transition is much easier for those kids and maybe they are[b] happier in the first year or two than the ones who land in larger campuses, but by junior/senior year those schools (especially the remote ones) can feel very small and stifling. [/b]But again as everybody has said, it really depends on the kid.[/quote]

I can see this potetially being the case but most of the kids I know who go to these small schools spend junior year on study abroad and then senior year they enjoy being back on campus to reconnect with friends but are really focused on working with faculty on senior research projects and grad school applications.

My DD is attracted to small schools and one of her favored options right now is closer to 1K which seems really small to me. However, one of the programs she likes there would have her off campus for a full semester and she also likes it for a guaranteed 3-2 master's program at a much larger university (and they do have a good track record of students actually participating in this transfer program which I know is not always the case). So, really she'd only be on campus for 2.5 years. 
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