Some students prefer to attend a small university

TOEFL Essay 34 with model answer:

Read the question below. You have 30 minutes to plan, write, and revise your essay. You should write at lease 300 words.

 

Some students prefer to attend a small university. Others prefer to attend a big university. Discuss the advantages of each. Then indicate which type of university you prefer?

Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.


Model Answer:

University education helps to explore the life to the fullest extent. So everyone tries to get admitted in universities while some of the students prefer small universities, and the rest others want to be in larger universities. A comparative discussion here will help to get some ideas about both types of universities.

A small university student gets some advantages. First of all, the university being small, everyone becomes familiar with each other and the communication with teachers and professors become easier. The classrooms are smaller and the teachers can focus on every student. Besides, the smaller universities are free of bureaucracy. For instance, you need to get an important document (such as your academic transcript) and you can get that easily from a small university. Moreover, your assignments and other works will be more focused in such universities. The professors can have much time to concentrate on your works.

A small university student is proud for having a very strong advising system. Since s/ he is closely interconnected with the professors (not teaching assistants), s/ he can have the chances to get the right advice at the right moment for academic excellence.

On the other side, a student in a big university enjoys more other freedoms. Firstly, the students of a large university have options to pick their courses from a wide arena. They can also customize their curriculum in the case of necessity. A large university means a large classroom and the chances to form a large community.

Further, a large university usually comes with features like accommodation, library, medical facilities, gymnasium and much more. Such facilities are helping to grow the students to the desired level. In fact, such facilities are necessary to expand their mental faculty. If you consider yourself a big fish, you cannot live in a small pond. Similarly, if you consider yourself intelligent and smart, you would not be able to get real satisfaction without studying at a large university. Besides, you will also get financial advantages from a large university.    

Basically, being an extrovert nature, it is impossible for me to study in a small university. I want to be with more people and participate in extracurricular activities. Therefore, I prefer a big university.