i feel for you. i was offered a full scholarship to ucla and turned it down because it was simply too far from my family. i was worried about getting home for holidays or making it back in the event something happened to someone.
i finally decided on pitt. it was only a few hours from home and i loved the campus. some people want a campus that is all together, i really liked having it spread around through the city. it was also close (about an hour) to morgantown (wvu) where i had friends going. and it was less than 3 hours to columbus where i had other friends. all in all, the perfect choice for me and i've never regretted it for a second.
if you want a really small school, you might take a look at fairmont college in wv. it's just outside of morgantown and only about an hour from pittsburgh. had several friends who went there, but it was a lot smaller than i wanted.
have you looked at wvu (morgantown) or marshall university (huntington)? i'm in wv and those are the two most popular choices around here. wvu is similar to pitt in student body size i believe. marshall is smaller.
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