I don’t always think smaller is better. If he’s at a small school in the middle of nowhere (McDaniel, Kenyon) and doesn’t find a group to click with, what will he do? If a professor isn’t understanding of his issues, is there another to teach that same class?
I admit I like a larger school for lots of reasons, but have read a lot of stories about kids not fitting in and when the pool of available friends is small to begin with, what do you do?