<p>Does anyone go to a really small college? I'm looking at schools to transfer to, and one that I really like only has 1500 students. I'm worried that it's going to be too small and that there might not be much to do/many opportunities. It seems like it would be boring.</p>
<p>That's not a really small college. That's a typical liberal arts college.</p>
<p>Well it seems really small to me considering the college I'm currently at has about 28,000 students.</p>
<p>Really</a> small colleges?</p>
<p>Well it still is a typical size for a liberal arts college. I'm not in one but I can guess it the people would be very familiar with each others' affairs. It could possibly make everyone closer too because you can't just 'get lost' in a campus that size</p>
<p>Very small would be <1000 students, such as Hiram (OH) or Ripon (WI).</p>
<p>Okay. It is a small college then, not a very small college. Still, it seems very small to me. So, if anyone goes to a small college and could tell me how they feel about it/what their experience has been that would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>I went to a college of 1400. I did not know everyone on campus, or anything even faintly close to it, nor did I know everyone's business, or anything even faintly close to it. I'd be surprised if most of us knew more than about a third of the student body by sight, and many fewer by name.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it was outside a major city, and it was a women's college, so most of us were not dating each other. (Nor, I would add, is it true that women at women's colleges are rampaging around the dorms being "*****y" to each other. Quite the reverse, in fact)</p>
<p>I can imagine that the situation is more insular at a coed school of 1400 in an isolated location.</p>
<p>I once visited a very small college. I was not impressed. I talked to the school's transfer representative, saying something along the lines of:</p>
<p>"What is this? A college for ants? How can we be expected to teach students liberal arts... if they can't even fit inside the building?"</p>
<p><em>doh</em></p>
<p>A significant consideration should be whether the small college's location is rural, suburban or urban as a rural location will heighten the feeling & awareness of "smallness".
Several small LACs are in close proximity of other small LACs, such as the Claremont Colleges, Haverford-Swarthmore-Bryn Mawr, and Amherst-Smith-Mt. Holyoke-UMass (Amherst)-Hampshire.
OP: It would help to know your current university & the small college that you are considering.</p>
<p>I wouldn't attend a small university/ college.
This seems to be a list of small universities/ colleges: Liberal</a> Arts Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report</p>
<p><i>I'm worried that it's going to be too small and that there might not be much to do/many opportunities.</i></p>
<p>The latter is most definitely untrue. LACs (liberal arts colleges, as such small schools are called) often have a bustling campus life and more academic opportunities because you will receive more personal attention from professors. However, they are not for everyone, and specific schools do tend toward specific "types," unlike the unlimited niches of a large university. Regarding the former: is it too small? Only you can decide that. Visit overnight during the school year, talk to students, and go with your gut.</p>