9 Pros And Cons To Attending A Small College
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9 Pros And Cons To Attending A Small College

Smaller colleges can offer opportunities that larger universities cannot offer.

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9 Pros And Cons To Attending A Small College
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Large, well-known colleges are not the best option for everyone. By going to a small college, you get to know other students and professors who care about your success. Sure, we don't have the hype that is division one athletics and having enough students to create their own city, but there are many benefits to attending a small college. The following are many pros and cons that everyone attending a small college knows to be true.

1. Your professors know you personally.

They get to know you and care about your success. They do, however, notice when you're not in class.

2. Not understanding what a lecture hall is because of your small class sizes.

While some schools have classes with hundreds of people and multiple teacher's assistants alongside the professor, your classes consist of 20-30 people and one professor.

3. When you walk around campus, odds are you'll see someone you know.

4. Speaking of walking around campus, it takes roughly 10 minutes to make your way across campus.

You have more than enough time to get to and from class and grab a bite to eat on the way.

5. When you tell people where you go to school, you have to explain where/what it is.

"Where do you go to school?"

"Where is that?"

"Never heard of it."

6. Greek life is practically nonexistent.

Your school has maybe two or three well-known sororities and fraternities and a small portion of students actually join them.

7. The athletic teams are the main cliques on campus.

8. Campus is dead on the weekends when people go home.

The majority of people on your campus are commuters or people who live nearby, so they go home on the weekends.

9. You will always remember your small college as being a close-knit community.

You come to love the people you meet, the campus, and the memories you make at your school.

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