I chose University of Illinois, but, thinking back, if I had it to do over I would have picked a smaller, more intimate school. U of I is big like UT. And I came from a class of 100 in my high school. It was about 12 hours by bus from St. Louis. I had *no chance* to make either the basketball or track team at U of I. At a small school, I may have had a chance to participate in sports. But I did get some great exposure to computers and programming which has been useful to me. I slipped in, this is more "who went where" that "who goes where" now. And I'm an alum, not a current student.

What would classify as a "smaller, more intimate school?" Personally, I think UT has everything that you could possibly want. I like the way that you can make UT seem as big or as small as you want. The only thing that I would change about UT is to make the buildings closer together. I have a hard time getting to some of my classes on time if I have to walk from one end of campus to the other due to a previous class. Other than that (and the fact it's too close to home) I love UT.

My son, Philip, is going to University of Memphis. He initially took a look at the school because they offered him a good scholarship, but we have all been quite impressed with it. This is his second year. It's a large university (something like 20,000 students, I think) and has many of the advantages of a large school, but because less than 5,000 stay on capus, it has the feel of a small school. (It's also 2.5 hr from our home in Little Rock.) The administration seems very "student oriented".

Isn't the Univ of Arkansas in Faytetteville, the fabled "hogs", what made him decide not to go to this school? Are there colleges/universities in Little Rock?

You are right. UALR is here in Little Rock and UA is in Fayetteville. He wouldn't have considered staying "at home" :-) and I think most of his reasons for choosing Memphis were pretty subjective. Nonetheless, he seems to be getting a good education there, as well as enjoying it.

BTW, Hogs beat Bama today.

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