re: What are enrollment figures looking like this year?

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I would have been miserable at a school with the enrollment figures some of you are listing. You all seem to have loved it so, I guess it was fine for you. Would have been living hell for me.

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I can see that. I don't know if the jump between say 18k and 26k is really all that huge for Arkansas. It has increased the on-campus living population by maybe 1500-2000, and it has limited on-campus living options almost exclusively to freshmen due to lack of space, and the apparent inability of the school to build more dorms. Greek Life is booming, and there has been a lot of construction although most of that seems over.

I think its been good for the bars and local business community for sure, though. It makes a big difference in a real college town when you increase the number of 18-22 year olds by 8,000 kids.

In reference to your size preference, I couldn't imagine having my undergrad experience in a large city rather than a college town. A campus of 25-30k kids in a town of 40-80k people still sounds more manageable and easy than a campus of 10k in the middle of a city of 500k.