<p>My daughter is a freshman at RPI this year. Her Chemistry class (and the other entry science classes) work something like this. The actual lectures are BIG- like the 100 plus students. They meet maybe 2 x week. Then they have what they call a recitation class that meets once or twice a week. That is a small group- 20 or 30 kids - they meet with a TA (teaching assistant). According to my daughter she’s had some TA’s that she learns from better than the Professors so it’s not such a bad thing. Then once a week they a really long lab - another small group but the labs can be 2 or 3 hours long.</p>
<p>Does that help some? Now that my daughter is almost done with her 1st year I’m sort of understanding it now. 
kgrmom</p>