Social/Academic life at Geneseo

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<p>One of the major things that turned me off to Geneseo at first was the incredibly small town. However, over the course of looking for colleges, I started getting a little less picky with my choices. I know Geneseo has a reputation as a great school so I have a few questions.</p>

<p>1) I'm looking for a major in writing. Not particularly English, but journalism or something like that. Is there a major that will accommodate me?</p>

<p>2) Social life - Town's small and in the middle of no where, and I know that there are still parties. I'm cool with that. I also know that the cities aren't that far away (Like Buffalo and Rochester). How "social" is the social life? Lots of drinking? A lot of parties or only some? What about when there are no parties, what to do? What are the other students like?</p>

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<p>I’m glad people took the time to answer my questions.</p>

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<p>In the Department of Communication there is a journalism track. The English Department at Geneseo is very strong as well. </p>

<p>[BA</a> in Communication | SUNY Geneseo](<a href=“http://www.geneseo.edu/communication/ba-communication]BA”>BA in Communication | SUNY Geneseo)</p>

<p>[BA</a> in English: Creative Writing | SUNY Geneseo](<a href=“http://www.geneseo.edu/english/creative_writing]BA”>http://www.geneseo.edu/english/creative_writing)</p>

<p>As for the small town fears there are definitely things to do at Geneseo either on campus or off of campus. I have posted alot on here so if you look at some of the previous posts you might find them helpful. Also, if you go on facebook and look at the SUNY Geneseo Class of 2014 group you will find several students both current and newly accepted who are sharing what they love about Geneseo. </p>

<p>Hopefully this helps.</p>

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<p>Most of the “writers” I know end up majoring in English - there is a creative writing track as well as a literature-oriented option. The Communication major at Geneseo is very crowded, so if you do decide to go that route anticipate that you may not be able to get into very many major-specific courses until your sophomore or even junior year.</p>

<p>The majority of students “go out” (drink) on the weekends, however there are always other things to do, organizations are always putting on different events and there’s always pool, video games etc. in the student union. The admissions literature tends to indicate that the city of Rochester is a stone’s throw away - it’s definitely accessible, but in practice most people stay in the village on weekends.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what grades you have but if they are good, you might consider Syracuse–renowned journalism school. If you have good grades, I hear they can be decent on the money and the social life is good from what I hear (larger town, etc.).</p>