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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 4277314, member: 153"] Something to consider about Liberal Arts colleges: since most of the curricular offerings are, indeed, Liberal Arts and Humanities, the size of classes doesn't matter as much as it used to. At many large schools, Liberal Arts and Humanities classes are just as small as they are at LACs. The numbers have cratered in these fields from 50% of all students 20 years ago to about 15% now. I hear this argument being made by NY parents all the time regarding our public LAC, Geneseo. Buffalo's classes in many majors are smaller than Geneseo's! Off topic: as a parent of a high schooler I was fairly shocked when I was told that 40% of the admits at many schools this year did not submit standardized tests. Later in the same talk, our guidance counselors told us that students who do not submit tests are not eligible for aid. I heard a 5 alarm fire go off in my head but the rest of the parents did not seem to make the connection. Somehow, colleges have succeeded in making matters worse during the pandemic. [/QUOTE]