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Originally Posted by 33girl
The only problem is that neither of those things are a sure thing. Penn State is a...
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True. Finding those sub-groups would turn a Penn State into a merely LARGE school. If she went to an Iowa State or OU (I don't think it's UT, Penn State, Ohio State sized) it would take a merely large school and turn it mid-sized. But remember, with those additional students comes more options for classes, extra-curriculars, etc., which means she could fine tune her experience to suit her needs and goals.
But there are some great small schools out there if she wants a truly intimate setting.
You're probably already fully aware of this site, but I found it enlightening. Unfortunately, most of them are large flagship schools, but there are a few smaller schools on the list.
http://www.nwas.org/links/universities.php#mo
On the list (and who knew?) is UNI, where I spent WAY too much time and drank too much beer. But it is a nice smallish school, confined campus, nice little Greek system, and a vastly more personal experience than at Iowa and smaller than Iowa State. UNI (NEVER called Northern Iowa, as it is whenever UNI makes it to the NCAA's). I had several friends who went there and spent my holidays/summers at the Alpha Xi house there so it really felt like a satellite chapter house for me.
It is 4 hours drive to Minneapolis, 4 1/2 hours to Chicago and 5 hours to Kansas City. At holidays there would always be someone driving to Chicago to fly out, or Cedar Rapids is about 45 minutes away and has more flight options than Waterloo, which is convenient but with limited options and usually not price-competitive.
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