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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we went to the admitted students day at UVA 2 professors spoke who had classes with 500 plus people (one was a data science class and another was in the history dept I think). One of these classes had a waitlist of over 800 people. I'm not sure this is something to brag about. Parents are paying thousands of dollars for their kids to take this class and likely never get to interact with the superstar professor in a meaningful way. If the professor is a great lecturer, why not have them do a ted talk.[/quote]

This is exactly why liberal arts colleges with small classes even in freshman year, even in subjects like STEM, are good for many kids. Our DC's profs all knew who DC was, and who every other student was, right away. No grad student TAs between the professors and the students. Not knocking UVA specifically, just noting that for some students, smaller is better. Parents concerned about gigantic classes for freshmen should ask their kids to take a look at LACs in addition to the big flagships. [/quote]

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