Small LAC to large university

TransferStalker
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:28:15 +0000

Have you visited the university? If not, you really should.

The overall undergrad experience at tiny schools (such as your current institution) and gigantic schools (such as the one you’re looking at) offer are so different, I think that you should seriously research and/or at least dip your toes in the type of campus community you’ll be jumping into.

I currently attend a huge (~20k-30k undergrad enrollment) school. Some people adore the size, some can’t stand it. People from all manner of dispositions have varying opinions on the massive headcount, so I couldn’t say whether you’d have a genuinely great time if you were an introvert/extrovert, etc.

However, as one professor of mine said, “Opportunity is a function of population.” The more students at a school, the more it’ll have going on. It’ll simply be up to you whether you take advantage of all the stuff going on around you.

If you have any questions about attending a big school, don’t hesitate to ask me! Best of luck.