<p>Given CC's elite school bias, this is probably not the best forum for this query, but I don't know where else to go!</p>
<p>I am advising a family member who is interested in a physical education or nutrition major and hopes to become a PE or health teacher. As a New York State resident, the school that's popped up again and again is SUNY-Cortland, but there are concerns that Cortland is too isolated and has too much of a party culture.</p>
<p>The ideal school has a PE and nutrition program, affordable tuition, and is homey and welcoming to a student who is social, but not very into lots of drinking or parties. They're looking mostly within a 5-7 hour driving distance of New York City.</p>
<p>Any other schools I should be recommending?</p>
<p>though cortland and brockport are great for PE, I’m not sure if they have programs in nutrition. I believe Oneonta has a nuition program, but may not have PE.</p>
<p>Cortland is not as isolated as you think. As it is directly on route 81, it has quick and easy access (30 to 45 minutes by car) to Binghamton, Syracuse, and Ithaca. My d is a sport managament at Cortland and has been very happy there. I don’t know if cortland is any more of a party school than many of the other colleges in the area. But we never had any regrets sending her to cortland.
a school that was on our radar when we were looking for my kid is West Chester U near Philadelphia [West</a> Chester University](<a href=“http://www.wcupa.edu%5DWest”>http://www.wcupa.edu)<br>
It does seem to have both phys ed and nuition. and as it is a public u, the tuition may not be too bad.
but- west chester was the only school my kid did not get into- and she was admitted to U of Buffalo, alot of SUNY’s, George mason and Towson. So west chester may just have quirky admission requirements or they may limit the OOS #'s. But it is a school that may have possibilities.</p>
<p>Yes, Cortland and Brockport are the strongest SUNYs for this, I think. I have students also looking at Springfield College in Mass, The College Of New Jersey, and Ithaca College for Phys Ed. </p>
<p>I don’t know about the party atmosphere in any of them. I like the look of TCNJ.</p>
<p>I’ve driven past SUNY Cortland before, so I know it’s relatively close to civilization. Brockport and Montclair State are also excellent options-- Montclair is also close enough to home for her so that she doesn’t feel too far away.</p>
<p>TCNJ and Ithaca College will probably be big reaches for her. She is not taking a foreign language or AP-level courses, and I don’t know her SAT scores, but I assume they will be about 1500 on the new scale. Unlike many students on CC, she is not book-smart. However, she has a demonstrated passion for phys ed and nutrition, has held down many summer jobs, and she is very kind and caring.</p>
<p>On the party front: being a college student, I am familiar with the lay of the land, but I am concerned for her sake that she will end up in an environment that isn’t as nurturing and supportive as it could be, and I’m afraid that she would leave after a semester or two. I picture her in a liberal arts college environment, but the problem with the LAC environment is that few of them offer those majors, and many of them are private colleges with high tuition. I don’t know if the pros outweigh the cons in their unusual financial situation.</p>
<p>Springfield’s SATs fit that, and the tuition is in the mid-range. It’s only about 2 1/2 hours from the city. No idea if they have good financial aid.</p>