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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious if those who would prefer small LACs are more shy or perhaps less confident?

Going to a school with equal or less students than their high school, especially in the middle of nowhere like some LACs - is not appealing to my social kid. [/quote]

OP here.  My kid is quite social but is just chronically socially exhausted at the large public.  Every meal with a friend needs to be pre-arranged.  There is no just running into friends at a dining hall. They can go an entire day without running into their half dozen close friends. They were in lectures of 200-500 kids this fall in most classes. The smallest class was 75 kids, I believe. 
It's fun--university sports, activities all the time, school spirit-but also tiring and they feel chronically unmoored. We'll see how spring goes.  [/quote]

OP, I was your kid a billion years ago. I went to Penn which is not crazy huge but with 10k undergrads, no weekend meals, and an interdisciplinary major, I was super lonely and could not get into a small seminar course. After visiting my sibling who was at a much less prestigious LAC where weekend brunches in the sole cafeteria were a full-day party, I was determined to leave. In the end I found an EC that became my home base and I stayed. I made great friends and developed really useful skills. I owe my career to the one very very niche small seminar that I was able to get into. But my kids are at SLACs with unlimited swipes in the cafeteria and a sense of community. [/quote]

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