<p>Have visited both schools more than once and have had 3 kids apply to/be accepted to one or the other. When we looked at Fredonia it was specifically for music. They have an assortment of the usual majors for a school that size (4,000), and people say overall there is an “artsy” feel. With those scores, your son might well get a nice merit scholarship too. We were told that Fredonia now has the second highest scoring freshman profile (gpa, test scores) of the SUNY 4 yr. colleges next to Geneseo- this is because of the grades and scores the music kids bring. Sorry that I can’t speak specifically to any academics other than music, but I have known kids to go there for other subjects and be happy. Geneseo is, I believe slightly larger and is well-known for the strength of its academics across the board. Maybe a strong student would be happier there?? As I recall, there is not much available there in pure merit money because “everyone would have to get a merit scholarship”! I can’t speak much about the music dept. there, I only know a couple vocalists who did undergrad there. Seems like some of the faculty come down from Eastman. My nephew graduated from there last year (not music), according to the graduation program, there were only 6 music majors- this could be a down side. Did he apply to Oswego? With those SAT’s, assuming his gpa matches up, he would definitely be awarded a Presidential Scholarship (full tuition for 4 years), and there is a terrific young clarinet professor there. However, like Geneseo, there is no music ed.</p>