<p>My youngest, attended a high school (approx 1600)which was larger than her sisters college. (Approx 1200)
Very different experience as freshmen in college, not so different as upper class men ( except for the publish thesis & defending to an orals board part. Youngest attended a masters university, which does have senior projects in the small college that gave her diploma)
So I will agree that a student who is determined to make the most out of their education, can work as hard as they want, and have enough attention from faculty that they need.</p>
<p>But one of the complaints about Reed was that for humanities majors, there were no " gut" courses in the sciences. They were taking the same science courses as students majoring in chem, bio or physics.
Science majors still needed to take the pretty intense Hum110, but they also found if they took a studio or performance class, many hours were required for rehearsal or to complete art assignments, so it was really a wash as to which was the more difficult path.</p>
<p>Another thing about comparing expensive schools which offer only need based aid, to schools with lower EFC.
The need only schools, . oNLY offer aid for four years.
If you need longer, because of changing majors, poor grades or a need to take a lighter load because of health or family concerns, you are as they say, “SOOL”.
Its good to come to terms with that up front, and if your kid might need 5 years, because every winter they get strep throat or are hit hard with seasonal depression, or they need to work more than 10hrs a week to pay for school, you might want to admit that they may not have a diploma in 4 years.</p>