<p>First of all i wanted to say hey... i've been reading the forums for a couple of days now and finally figured i'd say something. but anyways I'm going to be starting college soon like many of you but i believe there is a slight difference in my case that i havent really read in any of the other postsand i wanted to know if there was anyone that might know what i should expect you see i'm goin to be attending a small christian college in the tampa bay area called Clearwater Christian College. Now when i say small I mean SMALL last year the college had like 530 students total. I did a lot of searching and after a lot of potential colleges i narrowed it down to this one for several reasons. The biggest one was that its a christian college and my faith is extremely important to me. i also like the small size because the college is like a family, each student is actually assigned one of the professors as a sort of campus parent and that professor will go above and beyond to make the students feel welcome. From talking to other students ive found its not uncommon for professors to invite large groups of students over to their houses for dinner or cookies or just to hang out. also the campus is extremely small which is a good thing because i can walk to all my classes easily.... is there anyone else out there in a similar tye of coolege maybe not necesarily Christian but small and "family style" like this and can tell me how it is... thanks.</p>
<p>Sorry, to hear that.
Atleast, you will be without all those normal temptations.
Have fun anyway.</p>
<p>Well I haven't started school yet i too am going to a small school (pop. 450 about). I know people who go there and they say that its not awful. You just know everyone else.</p>
<p>I personally like a large school, only because they usually have more programs and you get to meet more people.</p>
<p>I think it would be strange to attend a college smaller than your HS.</p>
<p>Yeah, my HS is about 1200 people and I feel like even THAT is too small. I don't want to know everyone, gossiping about the popular kids/jocks drives me nuts. I'd rather not know who they are. I would love to be at a huge school, so I guess I can't really help the OP on this one.</p>
<p>o i think you guys got the wrong idea im psyched to be going to this school I oicked this one over a lot of others, I picked this school cuz its goingto help me to grow spiritually and in my knowledge plus unlike most christian colleges it is fully acredited so ill have the option to go to grad school afterwards. but yea i had a full ride to FSU which is only like 20 minutes from home, has a ton of students, and a huge party school, thats just not what im into, i was just asking if anybody had some special pointers for going to a small college</p>
<p>no offence but i would take the fsu but i truly thnink thats a good choice if thats what u want...Im catholic but nobody ever sees me going to church..like i should be going to church in a hour and a half(when we used to go when we did) but im not going...but i respect u.</p>
<p>I went to a large University for undergrad and we had like 22 christian organizations. I actually met some really good people who were part of an interdenominational and progressive church. They were very spiritual and they never preached against the normal and numerous college vices.</p>
<p>I hope your new school doesn't outlaw pre-marital sex, so you can get l@#d.</p>
<p>actually it does and if it didnt i'd be pretty worried. but im not interested in that or the party scene if i was id would definitely be going to FSU it has been rated one of the top party schools for years. but im not going to my school over FSE because i condemn you guys or any of the stuff that you do ie. have sex, party, drink.... and want to go to a christian college to seperate myself from that stuff but you see im wanting to go into the ministry im actually wanting to do youth and college age ministry and this is where im going to be able to get that training.. i actually hate that most christians are so openly against things like that and homosexuality, now dont get me wrong i dont approve of any of that stuff and according to the bible it is all sin but so is lieing or thinking about a girl in the wrong way, WE ALL SIN, so i think its stupid that supposed "christians" hate and condemn those people, if they were truely following Jesus they would love that kind of people more... if ya know what i mean</p>
<p>Punctuation and capitalization are your friends.</p>
<p>I'm sorry. I did not know I was writing a term paper. I thought i was making a casual post on an internet message board. lol</p>
<p>expect to be bored out of your mind.</p>
<p>You guys are awfully rude. You should criticise others college choices. While he may not be able to party his head off he will most certainly get a more personal education. Small schools have equal amounts of things to do (It just means that youll be doing them with the same people)</p>
<p>small schools do not have an equal number of things to do. The reason behind this is that there are less people to do said activities. A small school can't have dozens of clubs, etc, b/c there aren't enough students to fill the spots. </p>
<p>Same goes for classes. There aren't as many options b/c there are only a certain number of students. </p>
<p>I speak from experience.</p>
<p>^ i know alot of people from my HS going to near by christian college.. good luck (they seemed to be psyched about it) </p>
<p>but personally i would not go to a christian college... i like big schools but i don't plan on drinking and having sex every other day... There are alot of people @ schools (even if it's a party school) and people'll find people to hang around with that don't do stuff like that XP</p>
<p>I can't believe some of the replies you are getting! It doesn't matter if your college choice appeals to other people; what matters is that it is right for you. My cousin goes to a small Christian college in FL and is having a wonderful experience. She grew up in a very small town and wanted to keep that feeling of living in a close-knit community. She also wants to go into ministry, and I believe that being surrounded by like-minded peers has really helped her grow in her faith.</p>
<p>I'm starting my freshman year at a large metropolitan university this fall, so I can't help you from personal experience, but I wanted to add some positive comments to balance the negative ones here. Good luck with the transition. I'm sure it won't be too difficult to make friends with a student body of that size! :)</p>
<p>@ OP</p>
<p>Bro, I wouldn't have said anything if the way you type didn't make it nearly impossible to read. I seriously had to re-read each of your paragraphs because I had no clue as to what the hell was going on.</p>
<p>its not biggie i realize i kinda suck at the whole typing thing, i just try and type to fast i guess sorry if i sounded like a jerk i was just messin around. but to whoever said that small college means it doesnt offer much thats just not true... this college actually has a ton of course selections more than a lot of big schools ive seen and more than almost all christian colleges i researched. I dont know how they do it being so small, but thwy offer pretty much anything you'd want to take....</p>
<p>^ yup XD I guess it just depends on what kind of environment you want. like if you wanted a small class room environment instead of 500 + people lecture, than this would be definately for you XD have fun!!</p>
<p>Wow, people, stop criticizing the OP. There are both benefits and drawbacks to both small and large schools and the same goes for Christian and secular schools. The OP was not asking, "hey, what do you think of my college choice?" they were asking "what can I expect when I get there?" </p>
<p>Since I will also be starting college in the fall, I can't offer you any personal insights, but, from your previous comments, I expect that you will not be dissapointed by the personal attention and faith-grounded education you will receive.</p>