<p>Someone who's considering Northwestern and Michigan/Berkeley thought NU's 200 people in chem/orgo lectures as too big when I told him. But I don't think it's big when it's compared to those in some public ones. But I need confirmation just to make sure I am not giving false info.</p>
<p>Michigan intro classes have between 150 and 400 students, depending on the professor and the subject. However, once a class has over 80 students it makes no difference. Whether a class has 80 students or 400 students, you are still not going to have the benefits associated with a small class. Most research universities, like Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, Penn, Cal, Michigan, MIT, Northwestern etc... will have classes with over 100 students at the intro levels.</p>
<p>Hi Alexandre,</p>
<p>Thanks for your info. Are those numbers also for intro engineering classes? At NU, the 180-200 is really just for intro sciences (bio/orgo/chem) which are taken by many premeds also. The calculus and basic engineering ones have usually just around 40-50. The biggest is the EA (engineering analysis), I believe, and that has about 70-80. Oh..this person's intended major is some engineering; that's why I ask.</p>
<p>No, I was referring to classes like Psych, Econo, History, Anthro, Chem and Physics. Engineering claases are never over 100 and usually have fewer than 60 students.</p>