28 Years old, I started off going to Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) and after a year in their computer science program transfered to the University of Connecticut (UCONN). I have to say that it was a pretty big transition, ECSU definitely was easier to learn in alot of ways because; for instance the majority of the classes I took at UCONN, I changed major after a terrible orientation for computer science (the department head literally stood in front of us and told us to not even bother because they were so full it didn't matter if they failed half of us) so I did a dual degree in business and engineering called Management for Engineering and Manufacturing (MEM). In UCONN the majority of my classes were taught by teachers assistants, and it wasnt uncommon to be in a lecture hall with hundreds of students versus like 20 students at ECSU. The atmosphere at UCONN was very much more, official? It was as if it was normal for the student to have been marginalized and that the sheer volume of people and massiveness of the school had made it OK to sort of become an assembly line for people with degrees. In all my classes what I put into them was very much what I got out of them, there wasn't a lot of help and I quickly found that joining study groups with other students was going to be an important part of passing my classes. I definitely feel like going to UCONN gave me more pride as a student than going to ECSU, and the parties were insane there. If I had to recommend either school I would say that any extrovert would be well suited to UCONN as you'll quickly adapt to having so many people in your classes and easily make working relationships with other students. For my self I tend to be more of an introvert and I don't normally go outside of my normal routine to find people to partner with for help. The smaller class sizes and one on one time with the professors definitely would of helped me in ECSU and I think I could of graduated there much more quickly (4 years versus 5 and a half) versus UCONN, where I ended up retaking some of my engineering classes because I didn't join study groups quickly enough.