How should a school's class size factor into my choice of college?

How should a school's class size factor into my choice of college?

There's a bit of self-reflection that's involved considering class sizes at a college, simply because people really have to get to know themselves and how they learn best. Some students are fine walking into a lecture hall that has three or four hundred people in it, and other students prefer having discussion-oriented classes. It's really a pretty important distinction. If students tend to fall asleep in lectures with large class sizes, and tune professors out, or don't become as involved in the course that way, then large universities may not be the answer for them. They may want smaller classes that have a better ratio.