Aside from the research part, the LAC did start feeling small, but the University hasn’t felt too big for our Junior. What appealed to us about the LAC, smaller class sizes, and more individual attention has not been that much different at the University. But, again, this is a mid-size school, not a Penn State.
Our veteran college counselor said as a 17-year-old high school senior for some students a LAC seems like much less of a giant step but when you are a 19-year-old sophomore and have been away from home for a year you might be wishing you picked an NYU.