What are the advantages, if any, offered by smaller universities over larger ones?
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If price is no object, tour a variety of universities that are respected in your major, and decide where you would be the most comfortable. If costs are a concern, you might want to consider getting some of the basic, necessary credits at a community college, and transferring into another university at a later date. That strategy may also give you time to further evaluate engineering and biology schools, and/or decide if you really want to stay with your major.
Best of luck!
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overall it really depends on what you are studying and where you would like to work. in general you will make many connections with students and faculty in your college experience. so you might consider going to a school in an area you wouldn't mind end working in.
i would check and see how many of your undergraduate classes will be taught by grad students and have large classes sizes (50+students).
it doesn't make much of a difference how great the professors are if you never get to take classes with them. unfortunately many universities (and even smaller private schools) engage in this bait and switch mentality.
also, don't take the admissions departments word for this. get on message boards and ask current freshman and sophomores about class size and the faculty.
i teach at a 4 year college.
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M$for you to be near the top of the game. Also its easier to get more attention from professiors.
The downside is the budget of the departments may be smaller. Typically even large university have money problems too. So to some degree this evens out.
Of your studying at any university, look at the prof's and teachers.
My advisor in my small college was also head of the department,
and so super intellegent. I could have skipped his class, and
still made a A, but I learned deep insight just being there.
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M$smaller = get to know your classmates better
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M$Depending on your learning style, a small University may be the perfect place for your education.
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For example, you will have less students at the library and at the communication room. You will probably have very good teachers that by having less students at their classes will be able to give you more attention. You would also have a smaller account to pay since smaller universities have smaller budgets. I believe that those are the main example I can recall, but you can also think that smaller universities have more interested students that are there to actually learn and not only get a degree...
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Thanks for the good advice, I will take these things in consideration!