<p>Research and internships tend to show up at larger schools more often than smaller schools. In the tech majors, getting into a premier graduate school or landing an entering salary higher than the national median for your major depends on having some prior experience.</p>
<p>Also, provided that you contact the right people, larger schools also tend to have better connections to the outside world. Those contacts, as I’ve been told, are especially important in law and business but will also help in any field you go into. Contacts won’t do everything for you, but in today’s hyper-competitive world, having more things going for you just helps.</p>
<p>The disadvantage is that most LAC’s don’t need a wall to keep the campus safe :P</p>
<p>LAC’s also come in different flavors, most of which have a high emphasis on writing and reasoning skills, but some don’t. There are plenty of reasons to attend USC, but you may also find that a handful of LAC’s have opportunities that may offer you a better match.</p>