Transferring from a small school to SU finally helped me flourish Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. As a senior in high school, I thought I wanted one thing: a small school. It needed to have less than 3,000 students and a campus I could walk across in less than 20 minutes. I was wrong. There were other aspects I wanted then, too: a law program, a musical theater program and the option to have my car freshman year. I also hoped to be out of my hometown in Syracuse but still close enough where I could visit for the weekend.