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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If UVA grew to be the size of a mega state university, it wouldn't be the same school. The size is part of the attraction. [/quote]

[b]This is true. I hear many people on this board saying UVA is a great school option because it's "the quality of education at Michigan or UCB, but half the size." Suddenly that's an issue?[/quote][/b]

It can be, depending on the student.  I certainly didn't want to go to a school as large as UCLA back when I applied so I went to a SLAC.  You get much more teacher attention and better faculty contact with fewer students which turns into better letters of recommendations and help in gettting summer internships.  Here are the student numbers, both undergrad and grad:

Berkeley          30,574 undergrad          11,336 grad
Michigan          28,983                         16,000
UCLA               30,873                          12,600
UVA                 15,891                           6,500 grad

As a further note of comparison, the undergrad classes at Harvard, Yale and Princeton are about 6K 6K and 5K.   My SLAC was only about 2K total, so it was easy to stand out and probably helped me get into a top law school.  I doubt that would have happened if I had attended UCLA or Berkeley.[/quote]

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