<p>UT-Austin is currently my safety for now. I have a school for a match that I feel I can get into. Until I see how bad/good I do next year, I am not going to be so cocky. I want to rethink my safety. </p>
<p>I am looking for a public school with small classes. UT-Austin is awesome. If there is a public school similar, but smaller, I would appreciate it if you would name it for me to research. (I'm not talking about community college either, so don't be funny...)</p>
<p>good small public school - UVM</p>
<p>Almost by definition, public colleges are large. there are a few that are more like LACs, but they don't help you much if you're not in state.</p>
<p>Look in small states.</p>
<p>quitejaded, D is also automatic for UT and A+M but wants smaller schools. All of this is JMO. Look at Truman State,The College of New Jersey,Mary Washington, College of Charleston and for the truly well equipped and well financed The College of William and Mary. And then look at the Honor's programs at Clemson, Ole Miss, Arkansas, U of Maine at Orono , University of South Dakota, University of Wyoming, University of Idaho just for starters . I've got more if you want to PM me. </p>
<p>The jewel though IMO is St. Mary's of Maryland. Just a really pretty Honor's College that rivals the private LAC's in everything except geographic diversity, lots of Md. kids. Best math/science techie small public school is New Mexico Tech and it is super cheap. Best merit out of this bunch is U of Arkansas Honor's , followed by TCNJ. Best program for tip top students , other than the brand new and ultra selective Scholars Program at W&M, that would be Clemson's National Scholars program. Everything paid from soup to nuts, plus money for foreign travel. Arkansas is the biggest school on the list and it is 1/3 to 1/4 the size of UT with most everything else on my list being 10k kids or less. </p>
<p>UVM is really expensive for OOS kids and merit for OOS appears limited, too or it's Honor's College would be a great choice. One great thing about UVM is that it's OOS numbers are very good. I guess all the private schools are so much higher it looks like a bargain. Good luck. There are a lot of great schools out there. You are not limited to Texas. U of Arkansas would be cheaper for D than Texas and she's the Val (we hope)!</p>
<p>P.S. Two more possibilities are the Oklahoma schools,larger than I've mentioned but if you went to OU you wouldn't have to worry about all those invites to family reunions and the like. It could be very freeing. Good hunting!</p>
<p>The college of william and mary, in Va.</p>
<p>Quitejaded, Like you, my son wanted smaller classes possibly in a public university so UT Austin and Texas A&M did not fit the bill. He now attends Texas Tech Honors College (a rising sophomore) and loves it. The Honors College at Texas Tech has approximately 1,000 students in a university of 28,000 (22,000 undergrads). Along with the usual perks of an honors college (honors dorm, first-in-line to select classes, etc.) Tech's Honors College has the following: faculty whose appointments are only in the honors college (one of only four universities in the country); Bachelors programs designed specifically for Honors students only (a general liberal arts degree and a Natural History/Humanities degree); and special admissions criteria for honors students to Tech's medical school and law school. The average honors student has 1330 - 1340 SATs on the old scale.</p>
<p>Along with Curmudgeon's excellent recommendations (such as Truman State in Missouri), New College in Florida comes to mind. It is a very small liberal arts public college with a high quality student body as well.</p>
<p>isn't washington and lee public?</p>
<p>Nope, W and L is very private.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota- Morris is well known in the midwest for offering an LAC experience while attending a public school.</p>
<p>Like Curmudgeon, my personal favorite public school is also St. Mary's College of Maryland--- absolutely beautiful waterfront, total undergraduate focus, great academics. For some other ideas see <a href="http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/06/public-schools-that-feel-like-private.html%5B/url%5D">http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/06/public-schools-that-feel-like-private.html</a> and <a href="http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/06/public-colleges-that-feel-like-private.html%5B/url%5D">http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/06/public-colleges-that-feel-like-private.html</a>. You might also check out the University of South Dakota - good research opportunities but only 5,000 undergraduates. A plus is many of the schools discussed above are either not all that expensive for out of state students or offer solid financial aid/merit scholarships.</p>