tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post8872074647513484019..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: College Trip to a UniversityGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-83875507396260108802011-04-11T10:40:50.584-04:002011-04-11T10:40:50.584-04:00Of course it seems like the small colleges are a g...Of course it seems like the small colleges are a good bit larger than they used to be.<br /><br />When I was looking at colleges in the mid 70's the "standard" size for a small competitive liberal arts school was around 1000 students. Now it seems like those same schools are more in the 1200-1500 rangeceemacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-6867056172505389202011-04-10T12:10:48.419-04:002011-04-10T12:10:48.419-04:00Shanna - could you elaborate?Shanna - could you elaborate?Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-82868520837409803252011-04-10T12:03:01.287-04:002011-04-10T12:03:01.287-04:00How about a community college?How about a community college?Shannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-22610115596110131262011-04-09T10:07:15.808-04:002011-04-09T10:07:15.808-04:00Vandy was my first choice as a high school senior,...Vandy was my first choice as a high school senior, and, yes, I had a very specific path in mind--documentary film production and history--with the intention of taking over Ken Burns' empire. The acceptance came but financial support didn't.<br /><br />Still, I am oh so glad that I ended up at Centre. Everything turned out just fine....as it will for Number 3. :)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08401939214993567704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-35074301768164504012011-04-08T20:30:09.653-04:002011-04-08T20:30:09.653-04:00Yes, I think a medium-sized institution, such as t...Yes, I think a medium-sized institution, such as the ones you mention or the Ivy League, are much more manageable than a enormous state university.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1918870970001871652011-04-08T19:58:37.144-04:002011-04-08T19:58:37.144-04:00Well it does sound like he is looking at a small u...Well it does sound like he is looking at a small university. It's not like he's looking at one of the public Big 10 schools with 50K students. <br /><br />I have always thought of Vandy, Duke, Tulane, Emory etc as really big or overgrown liberal arts schools more than universitiesceemacnoreply@blogger.com