Since the sixth grade, I attended a fairly small school. It consisted of maybe 700 kids at the most with grades K-12. I attended the J. Graham Brown School. Pause. Go ahead and take a minute, I already know you're waiting for some bells to ring. However, that most likely isn't going to happen. Brown was a very little school smack dab in the middle of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Although we may have been very well-known for our academics, still no one knew about us. Perhaps it was because we weren't as successful at sports like the other "real schools" were, or maybe it was because a football team never existed for us. Nevertheless, I don't regret attending.

Fast-forward to my now freshman year of college. I'm attending Indiana University Southeast, which is a smaller branch of IU. As you can tell, I've become quite fond of the small campus experience. There's just something about the size that gives me a home-ish feeling. To me, it's way more reassuring seeing the same landmarks repeatedly, rather than feeling everyday like I'm lost in an ever-changing environment, buuut that's just me.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm so closed into myself and not the type of person to want to go out and venture into new places all alone. I don't think its wrong to feel this way, it's just a thought. I think it may be because I'm an only child. Growing up with no other siblings around did sometimes suck, but I learned to develop an amazing imagination and adopt my friends as my siblings.

Attending a small school has its advantages. Since it is a smaller campus, people are closer and form little families. I feel like that's really important, especially when you're away from your real family. Having that closeness with others is super important, especially during this transitioning period, it teaches you how to be independent. It also gives you that sense of knowing that you even have a little support system to lean on when times get hard and your real family isn't there.

Small schools lower the chance of you feeling like "another number." Because there's less people faculty can get to know you more personally and I feel like that may give you a bit of leeway for them to sympathize more and learn your character.

It's all preference, though, I just really feel like attending small schools definitely served me well and I'll be forever grateful for it.