Colleges

If you want to come to upstate NY I can give you plenty of advice and tell you all about the SUNY system. ;)

As for the living situation, at a new school I would definitely suggest living in the dorms initially if you want to meet a bunch of new people. As much as it can suck at times, overall it's worth it for the social part. I always had a blast in the dorms.

After a couple of semesters in the dorms then I would look to get an apartment, but at least then you already know a bunch of people. If you go skip the dorm and move in to an apartment right off the bat, it will be much harder to meet new people. You tend to get stuck in your own little world off campus.


Hey Matty, Which SUNY School did you go too? I'm proboly going to SUNY Brockport next year.

There is +'s and -'s about living on campus. I would recommend living on campus for at least a year. I believe you could ask for a roommate more your age also. The advantages that I rembember are easy walking distance to classes, dont have to worry about cooking-although most are not great, the food is not bad. It sounds like you will be going somewhere where you will not know anyone so you can meet people easier living on campus. I was lucky and got good roomates. The bad side to living on campus is a little lack of privacy, other roomates or people in the next room talking or playing music, while you are trying to sleep-but you can get them back in the early morning.
As far a picking a college what is more important partying or education? Do your research and make sure that the program you want is good on campus then check for the parties and other activities. As far as joining a fraturnity, I never did but if I had it to do all over again, I might of joined. I was a manager on the football team, which paid for my tuition. I dont know if the bigger schools would pay all the way or not. You would probably have to work for free for a while-a semester or two, but would be worth it in the long run. The travel was really fun too.

I definitely concur with the opinion that it's beneficial to live on-campus for at least a couple semesters. It's the best way to make a diverse group of friends as you adjust to college life, and it really can be a lot of fun.

I also agree that it makes life a lot less complicated, especially in terms of avoiding the whole commuting mess.

It's definitely best to live on-campus for at least a portion of your college career, but once you establish a solid group of friends, you'll definitely want to live off-campus and enjoy the freedom of having your own room to crash and hookup in, without having to worry about a roommate being there all the time.

Plus, living in an apartment prepares you somewhat for the responsibilities you'll have once you're out of school-- rent, utilities, bills, managing your finances.

But I would recommend starting out on-campus your first semester or two.

My first semester i was in a dorm and with in two weeks my roommate had been arrested for not only draining my bank account but also when they came to arrest him they found a pound of weed in the closet. so I was not allowed in my room for a week because it was a crime scene. After that it was pretty good, if you can get a private room.

Hey Matty, Which SUNY School did you go too? I'm proboly going to SUNY Brockport next year.

Cobleskill and Oneonta.

Brockport is a good school, what are you going for? I looked at their business program but there was no way they would let me in with the GPA I had at that time, LOL

Cobleskill and Oneonta.

Brockport is a good school, what are you going for? I looked at their business program but there was no way they would let me in with the GPA I had at that time, LOL


Hey Matty, don't you mean "stonyonta"...lol. I am from there better known as a townie. Remember the good old days when Oneonta was the home office for Letterman's Top Ten List and when Oneonta was rated #1 for having the most bars per capita.

Hey Matty, don't you mean "stonyonta"...lol. I am from there better known as a townie. Remember the good old days when Oneonta was the home office for Letterman's Top Ten List and when Oneonta was rated #1 for having the most bars per capita.

oh yeah definitely stonyonta

I can definitely account for all the bars they have there, I think it's water street that has bar after bar after bar. Good times.

Thanks a lot guys, it's been very helpfull. Keep the comments coming!

JoeCrisp - could you give me a little more information about Auburn if you have it? I'm very interested in it so far!

BDBohnzie - could certainly be interested. I'll let you know!

Cobleskill and Oneonta.

Brockport is a good school, what are you going for? I looked at their business program but there was no way they would let me in with the GPA I had at that time, LOL

I'm going in for communications and minoring in business, most likley marketing. I got declined out of high school but I got my GPA up enough to get in there at community college.

I go to Averett University in Danville, Virginia. It's a private school so certainly cost is going to be a factor. To cut down on the cost of living, I communte about an hour a day to school. Yes, it does get expensive to do even that, but it's somewhere around an extra $5,000 at least a year (or maybe just a semester) to live on campus. Of course if you're planning on going out of state, you'll probably have to deal with the cost of out-of-state tuition anyway. Averett is a rather small school, small campus. I feel more comfortable in a smaller school myself just for the fact that you can get to know your professors better and you're not considered just a number.