<p>IF YOU HAVE A PULSE, the answer is clear</p>
<p>This is why I am choosing Pomona over Berkeley, one of the two has a heart, the other one gets beautiful Telegraph Avenue
P.S. Those massive lectures where they let 800 people enroll for 500 seats sound very very appealing</p>
<p>They're few and far between, and it's fine to go elswhere, but there's no reason to slander another place you're not really familiar with.</p>
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<p>It's been my experience that it's easy to hide in a big campus - easier to be a passive learner when your prof doesn't know you and you can slide into your seat unnoticed. The smaller schools actually challenge the student more. You need to be prepared for class, every day. You have to have done the reading. You can't disappear into the crowd. You will be known, like it or not.
There are always the exceptional students who will go after their education aggressively, make themselves known wherever they are, and not let the fact that no one notices lull themselves into procrastination.<br>
Knowing in which environment you'll thrive will make your decision easier.</p>