<p>Congrats Marny! A decision is wonderful and SUNY Cortland sounds great!!</p>
<p>I just had a conversation with Son. BTW, all of his colleges do have computer science or IT options, that was one of the criteria. Sounds like he's having a hard time giving up his first choice college that offered the game design major even though he was not accepted into the major and they offered no aid. He thinks he saw a lot of people like him there and loved the location. Hard to argue with that and I think he's right (Burlington, VT has the best college town) but bottom line is, he still has four other colleges that would cost him next to nothing to attend and would be great choices. I think "his people" are there but he may have to do a little hunting. Don't you think there are gamers at every college??</p>
<p>kathiep, if there are other males at the college, then there will be gamers. Maybe not serious, make-it-a-career type gamers like your son.... but there will be casual gamers who nonetheless spend about 20 hours a week in front of the game console. :)</p>
<p>Since your son is undecided about major, I have one more objective criteria to suggest: look at each colleges program and policies in terms of how well it might accommodate changes in focus along the way. Some things to consider:</p>
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<li><p>When is the student required to declare a major? (for your son, the later the better)</p></li>
<li><p>Are interdisciplinary or individualized majors allowed or encouraged? (sometimes when you can't decide, the best thing to do is create your own)</p></li>
<li><p>Will the college allow students to take extra courses during the semester, beyond the typical course load, without extra charge? (sometimes when you keep changing your mind, you end up needing to make up for lost time)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Basically, you want to be sure to avoid a college where a late change in focus could end up meaning that he needs an extra semester or year to graduate.</p>