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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone want to go to a college the size of a high school.

Just as your intellectual capacity increases and you can see this progression: day cares tend to be very small, elementary a little bigger, middle schools much bigger and high schools are even more so. Why do you then suddenly want to be among less number of students?
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That progression is not about intellecutal capaicty -- its about economy of scale, particularly in public shcools. You don't have that size progression everywhere. The smllest school my kids attended was their high school -- literally half the number of students in the classroom compared to their preschool.

A small college provides a good intellectual environment for small class discussions, a close knit commmunity, and overall access to professors and research opportunities. At a big school, some kids will get that access, but the vast majority will not as there simply isn't enough time in the day or researchposiions available. Big schools have more course variety because they have more students schedules to fill (but you might not get the courses you want if htey are popular), more people to meet, and bigger parties.

Different people want different environments; some like big schools, some like small. It's OK. Both can be superior, both ca be terrible.[/quote]

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