<p>I agree with gadad. There's really no disagreement over whether or not Geneseo is the best SUNY LAC. I'm from out-of-state, and I might be applying. I'm going to visit in October, in fact. It's only about 5,500 large, including grad students, so I say you should strongly consider it.</p>
<p>My GC said look at the COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges):
College of Charleston
The Evergreen State College
Fort Lewis College
Georgia College & State University
Henderson State University
Keene State College
Mary Washington College
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
New College of Florida
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Sonoma State University
St. Marys College of Maryland
State University of New York at Geneseo
Truman State University
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Minnesota, Morris
University of Montevallo
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of WisconsinSuperior</p>
<p>wow there have been lots of responses since I got home! Thanks for the help everyone. The reason I said "smallish" was that I know many public schools have over 10,000 students, and i just don't want to be in an environment where I'm just going to be a number. The reason I'm looking into public schools is that it would obviously be better in general if I could go to a public school and then not have ridiculous amounts of debt after college, as many public schools have fantastic programs, some better than many privates. Also, I'm looking into honors programs and possible merit money, and in some cases <em>I do stress NOT all</em> it may be easier to get money from a public school, or I could apply to an honors program. I'm just investigating options.
Does this seem like the right type of thinking, or am I way off base regarding some of my information?</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way, thanks for the reccommendations regarding Geneseo. I'll definitely look at it. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Check out the honors program at SUNY Binghamton. Small classes within the larger university, but depending on your major, you could get very individual attention.</p>
<p>i'm confused about honors programs. is it that you have regular everybody else classes, and then you go to a special honors college for other, smaller "honors" classes?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Most honors programs have a number of courses that are designated "honors". These tend to be smaller classes, often seminar type, where the expectations and workload are higher than found in the typical courses offerred in the college. Different colleges have different numbers and levels of honors courses. Some only offer honors courses in the first two years figuring that classes get smaller in junior and senior years. some schools, like Villanova, have more extensive honors offerings and you can even graduate with a major in "honors". You will generally do a good deal of coursework in your major area outside of the honors curriculium at most colleges.</p>