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[quote=Anonymous]Another professor here. Both profs above are spot-on correct. I would also like to add for the PP's son who wants to go to a large uni:

1) If your son wants to go to to a large school and expects to be taught to TAs (however good they are), they will not be able to write good letters of recommendation for him when he is ready to apply to grad school. He needs access to real, tenured or tenure-track professors who have legitimacy in the eyes of those who are evaluating prospective graduate students. In fact, your son might not even be able to track his old TAs down--they may be off doing a post-doc or teaching somewhere else by the time DS is a senior.

2) If you son INSISTS on going to a large school, be sure to look for smaller colleges within the university that offer a liberal-arts type feel within the larger school.

I am the product of a small, liberal arts college, and while I did go to a large research university for graduate school, I can honestly say that there is nothing comparable to the one-on-one attention that a student will get during those crucial, formative years.  Good luck![/quote]

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