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Great points, FuzzieAlum.
I could have gone to University of Wisconsin at Madison. It would have been very inexpensive for me, and it has a good reputation -- but I would have been completely lost in that environment, even though Madison had been home for me for the six years before college.
For someone in my situation, it was very fortunate that I was able to consider looking at the smaller private schools. I found a place that challenged me me intellectually (I probably had more opportunities for intellectual growth, since classes were usually discussions taught directly by the professor, and my average class size was about 12-15 students), and where I could more easily get to know people and participate in things happening on campus.
Yeah, that kind of environment has its "down sides," too, but I chose somewhere that had the right balance of personality for me at that time in my life.
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