Pitt has rolling admissions. Apply early and you will have an admission decision quickly.
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Applying does not mean that you have to attend. If there is a chance you would go, then apply.
If you are looking for a small school then there are a few you may want to remove.
I think Iām going to take off all the really big schools
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@rosechild i think you would benefit by starting a Chance Me thread. Here is how:
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Iāll do this when I get more of my stats in order and Iāll do a match me.
I think applying to Pitt is a good idea. It has a lot of what you seem to want. The rolling admissions means you will know the admission results quicklyā¦and this could help drive the rest of your applications.
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Do it when you can answer most of the questions.
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I know but I searched up peoples experiences and they were in 100-400 sized lectures 
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Sample of one. Freshman year, I went to a college with 900 total students. But almost everyone needed to take psych 101/102. My class was probably 100 or more.
I transferred to a college with 30,000 studentsā¦but had chosen my major by that time, and never had a class larger than 20.
In grad school, everyoneā¦and I mean everyone took statistics. Classes were in excess of 200.
I had fabulous teachers in those large classes, and learned a LOT.
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I genuinely donāt feel comfortable with a class size thatās enormous. I know myself and how I learn
I know office hours are a thing but still at that point I might as well self teach the class.
Are the class sizes college things like a lie?
Like the 10:1 ratio and stuff?
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Unless the college says all of their classes have this ratio (I personally have never seen this), I would think this is an average,
@MYOS1634 what do you think?
I seriously doubt you will find a college where all classes have 10 students.
Some colleges do have smaller classesā¦ @momsearcheng gave Rhodes as an example.
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Yeah Rhodes on the list. I think most of my list is like LACs
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Wake Forest has a few classes that have under 15. Everybody sits around a table.
Many colleges are going to have a lot more.
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At medium large and larger universities (5,000 and more students) to avoid large lectures you would need a comprehensive Honors College.
Unc Asheville, App State (I told you to look into Waukesha there=small classes), unc Charlotteā¦ all offer merit. As do CNU, JMU,VCU, UMW in VA. You must 1Ā° apply as soon as the app opens (generally in August, sometimes in July if they have their own app) and 2Ā° apply to the Honors college.
For Agnes Scott complete all the possible essays - you can create your commonapp account right now to look at the topics. (And whatever you complete between now and August will āroll overā). Thatās rhe best way to get a scholarship. You would certainly qualify for good scholarships there and itās a fantastic college. All your classes there will be small.
If youāre considered a PA resident, youād automatically get a state grant if you study in pA.
West Chester (public university in PA, safety/likely)
https://www.wcupa.edu/programs/undergrad/politicalScience/
Private colleges worth considering -all have small classes.
Elizabethtown, Juniata, Chatham =safety
Susquehanna, Allegheny =likely
Muhlenberg =match
Dickinson, Lafayette = reach
Pitt and Penn State are matches not safeties. Youād need Honors to get into smaller classes (or Paterno fellows at Penn State, for which you nominate yourself and take up the challenge of staying in, a process I find very smart).
- At Pitt (match) thereās a new Public Health major.
https://www.sph.pitt.edu/academics/bachelors-program
https://www.frederickhonors.pitt.edu/ - At Penn State (=match) you can apply to Schreyer (one of the top Honors colleges in the US=high reach), rigor matters a lot and quality of essays is paramount, test scores donāt.
One possible major:
Major in Health Policy and Administration | Penn State College of Health and Human Development
If you apply for Poli sci or any major in the college of liberal arts, you can declare yourself a Paterno fellow Aspirant and have a lot of small classes. Otherwise your classes will be big.
https://la.psu.edu/future-students/academics/degrees/political-science/
https://la.psu.edu/future-students/academics/degrees/labor-and-human-resources/
https://la.psu.edu/future-students/academics/degrees/criminal-justice-policy-and-administration-m-p-s-and-criminology-b-a-b-s/
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oh wait itās already opened? I thoguht I had to wait till August. Thank you.
Thanks Iāll look at this
I think Iām actually cooked
Iām def looking through all the links thanks for the thourough input
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@MYOS1634 said you can open a common ap now and everything will roll over when the one you need to submit comes out.
@MYOS1634 am I correct?
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Yup you can start opening your CommonApp account, fill out the basics (your name etc), click around to see what colleges require supplements, etc.
Only college specific-apps and supplements are likely to change. We already know the commonApp essay topics arenāt changing.
Whatever you fill out will roll over when the new application cycle opens in August (nothing will be lost and youāll be ahead on the basics - a good way to keep control over your stress.)
Bookmark my post with the links to grt back to it when your brainās less fried.
Time to go read or watch something!
Stusent faculty ratio: some LACs have 12:1, 11:1, 10:1. It doesnāt mean all classes have, say, 10 students, but that there are advanced classes with 5-6 seniors, lots of seminars with 15-18 students, and general education classes with 25-30 freshmen.
You want to stay at 13:1 max to guarantee lots of small classes. 1:14-1:16 means some classes under 20 students and many classes 20-30 or 30-40 with a bunch that are 50, 60, 75ā¦
Honors colleges typically have caps at 18, 22, or 24 for their Humanities/Social science courses.
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Please not the mental health reminder
Once I narrow it down to 20 I will. Hopefully I donāt end up applying to all of them because
Iām just lost. Thank you for your help. Iām sorry for the constant back and forth
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You can add 20 into your dashboard and switch them around all you like for now
Some will not require any extra work, you will add/send the common app because thatās all they need - some will just want a small 100 word essay.
Playing around the CommonApp will actually help you I think.
Sorry if Iām annoying about the distractions but I find it helps 
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No youāre never annoying. I need all the help I can get. Okay, Iāll try and move them around. Iām going to try and find no application fee safeties too that hopefully also donāt have essays
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