<p>mint: My DD is going to be a junior at UD (same name as you, same spelling, also from Long Island). She is not in honors. She has had a few larger classes (intro classes), but she usually sits up front so gets noticed by profs. Most of her classes are small though 9-40. Has had personal attention from profs whenever she wants. Advisement has been great. It definitely does not feel like a large school.</p>
<p>RE: Art conservation, DD was considering but is not pursuing. I did, however, meet someone this weekend who owns a company in Chicago in this field (he had fascinating stories). He said that UD is one of only four colleges in the U.S. that they recruit from. Spoke very highly of the program.</p>
<p>RE: JMU - just one anecdote from a friend of DD. She just finished freshman year there and I’m not sure she is going back. Said it is very difficult to go back and forth from Long Island. I don’t know what her other issues were with the school, but she was considering transferring to SUNY Albany. DD has been away all summer so I don’t have the latest. I’m sure there are a ton of happy students there. Just wanted to share one issue from another LI student. (As you probably know, there are many ways to get back and forth from LI to UD; very easy.)</p>
<p>mint: feel free to PM me if you want more info.</p>