UC vs. Private California colleges

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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<p>I am attracted to the small learning environment LAC’s in California offer. I hear that in the big UC’s you don’t get that-classes are big, impersonal and you spend much time with TA’s. I am most likely not getting into my top choce school (Pomona College), and even if i do get in its 40,000 and I don’t think I will get enough financial aide. UCs appear to be my only option and I certainly don’t won’t to go to Cal States even if they are smaller.</p>

<p>What are the benefits of a gigantic university vs. that of a small LAC, other than the price difference?</p>

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<p>Check the main boards searching for past threads on related topics, or start a new thread asking for the benefits (and only the benefits) of attending a large research university.</p>

<p>Pomona is an amazing school, but it is amazingly hard to gain admissions there. Hopefully you applied to places like Occidental and Pitzer that are similar in many ways. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Smooth Jerome,</p>

<p>This might put your mind at ease a bit...</p>

<p><a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class50.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class50.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class20.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/research_intensive/class20.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Basically, this shows how UCs stack up to other universities in terms of class size. The top two don't do that badly.</p>

<p>And as a TA, I can assure you that many of us teach classes very well. I learned a lot from my TAs as an undergrad.</p>