<p>Hey all, just wanted to throw my two cents in. As a student who is looking at LACs and loves physics (and will be taking AP this school year), I’ve seen far more opportunities available for research at the smaller private colleges. I believe it’s because of the smaller physics programs in comparison to the mighty few hundred strong programs available at larger research universities.</p>
<p>And in terms of graduate classes if you are sufficiently advanced, I’ve heard that some LACs have connections to larger research universities if they are in the same city. This connection allows students to take graduate level courses or even conduct research.</p>
<p>And on a personal note, sometimes people want to attend an LAC in order to get a strong base in many fields, or even find that the goal they’ve had their whole life was in a field they actually didn’t enjoy, allowing them to try other fields of study without having to jump to another college in the University.</p>