The college experience can be so different depending on where you go. Last weekend I visited friends who attend a very small university on the east coast. The campus tour took about 10 minutes. In that time I saw every academic building, every statue, every dorm, every dining hall, the library, the campus center, and even the little coffee shop the kids go to. Every classroom only fits about 25 students and the architecture was so beautiful it just made me want to stop stare. The college experience my friends are getting there seems similar to the one I received in high school, very personal and community oriented. But big school have their perks too. They are great for the sports and performing scenes. Our crowds at big games would swallow the entire student body of that small east coast school and there is nothing like hearing a roar of applause at the end of a show. But when I walk to class, I’m lucky if I see one person I know in the sea of 36,000 students.

So big and loud or small and personal? I’m not sure which is better or which one I would really prefer.