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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what the original point of this post is at this point.

Yes, there are large classes, housing issues, use of TAs, etc at public universities. There are also large classes, housing issues, and use of TAs at private universities. There have been citations for both sides.

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Only my second post to this thread, but I  imagine it’s popular partly because parents new to the college search process wish to educate themselves on the trade-offs of bigger vs smaller schools. Bigger schools might be better known and cheaper (in the case of publics), but will have more of these issues than, say, a liberal arts college. [/quote]

You probably haven’t read through the entire 18 pages, but smaller private liberal art colleges have issues too.

Example Middlebury housing issues—->
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2023/08/02/tight-housing-middlebury-offers-students-10k-stay-away

Issues exist at all the colleges. Some smalls are closing their doors.  It’s unfair to lump it a small vs large or even public vs private issue. Do your due diligence in selecting a university as best you can.[/quote]

The Middlebury problems stemmed from too many students who took time off during Covid coming back at once.  That seems like a one off. There are indeed “issues” at all schools, but this thread is about overcrowding issues. There’s more overcrowding at larger schools than at smaller ones. There are different problems at small schools. Hence the aforementioned “trade offs.”[/quote]

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