1. The professors know your first & last name, how old you are, when your birthday is, where you live & your phone number.
2. There are no lecture halls or teacher assistants.
If you were expecting to hide in the back of the lecture hall surprise the biggest class size on average is 30 people. There's nowhere to hide. The classroom is your spotlight and it's constantly on. Teacher assistants? There are none of those either. We get the real deal here.
3. You've been to the president's house with an open invitation.
You could say President Docking and I are basically best friends. Sure, he probably doesn't remember what my name is but eating dinner at his house is a nice second. The most important part is he's present; at both sporting and academic events. He even teaches a leadership course for credit. How cool is it to say one of your professors is the president of the school. At most state schools you meet your president at graduation, by that time that's when your on your merry way with a degree into the working world.
4. No one has heard of your school.
I go to Adrian College; it's a private liberal arts school. Because no one has heard of it before, I stick with landmarks. Most popular, it's about 45 minutes south of University of Michigan. After I say that, the response is always, "Ohh yeah I think I've heard of that before." It's ok, you don't have to lie to me I know you haven't.
5. You choose to meet with professors outside of school.
Truth is I have some pretty cool professors both in the classroom and even better yet outside. Professors most often put on the 'their job is sticky business' face, but 9/10 of the time they really do want to get to know you. Just like you always wanted to know how they act in the outside world. Keep in mind not every professor will invite you to dinner at their house. Some will, and while it may sound weird it's really not. If college has taught you anything, go to the dinner even if it's for the free food. They'll be happy you came.
6. It takes 7 minutes to get to one point of campus to the other.
It may only take 7-minutes but that doesn't stop me from complaining. To most of my friends' amazement who attend state school, they wish they had this luxury. While I'm soaking up that last hour of sleep, they're headed to their first bus of three in order to get to class on time.
7. You're in at least 2 on-campus organizations.
From Greek life to student government students you are in at least 2 on-campus organizations. Chances are it's a requirement for another one of your organizations or because it simply gives you something to do from living in the middle of nowhere.
