Another data point: I graduated HS in the late 80’s, my dh in the mid 80’s and we both visited schools. It was much later then now since it seems that everything post HS related took place ONLY senior year back then. I took a 10 day college road trip with my girlfriends. We were certainly not the only ones touring and visiting. Maybe a shift between the 70s and 80s?
@simba9 wrote: I disagree. If you go to a big state school, you’ll almost inevitably be sitting in huge lecture halls with hundreds of other students for introductory freshman classes.
I must disagree and perhaps this is something people can learn about on a tour. First hand knowledge of my DD’s huge state school experience is that she has not had any classes in huge lecture halls. She is in upper division classes now but has not yet had a class over 80. Most are in the 25-30 student range and a few much less. This is an honors college perk. Are there “huge lecture halls with hundreds of other students”? I’m sure, but that is not a given. To contrast that, I went to a very small LA college and had multiple class lectures of over 100. Broad generalizations about the quality and experiences at large or small schools just don’t match reality.