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Life at a Large State School
Life at a Large State School
Like many students across the country, you may be planning to head just a short distance down the road to a large state school. Perhaps it's a financial decision (in-state tuition and all that), perhaps you love the football team, or maybe you just don't want to stray far from mom and dad. Whatever the reason, attending a large state school is a great experience and a fantastic way to get a college education.
Large state schools typically enroll 7,000 or more students, are publicly funded, and offer both undergraduate and graduate work. Sure, they're big — and it's that size that provides an environment that just plain feels different than that of a smaller private school. Not better, not worse. Just different.
A diverse student body
Simply put, at a large state school, there's more of everything. Some of the largest schools enroll far more than 7,000 students and a few even have student bodies numbering in the tens of thousands. But we're not just talking about numbers. On the campus of a large state school, you'll find more kinds of students — in other words, diversity. Diversity is part of what makes large state schools great. You can meet and make friends with students from all over the world, from all different backgrounds, and from all different lifestyles. At a large state school, you have great opportunities to learn outside the classroom and to gain perspectives that will prove invaluable in today's increasingly globalizetion.
Author: Amy Ambler
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