As the title above says, I got into both SUNY Purchase and Potsdam and am having trouble choosing which one I would like to go to. I’m looking to either major in literature or history in hopes of becoming a teacher, and I would like a small college (which both are) that is very easy to make friends at, since I can be shy at times. I also want a college with a good town, or a town nearby.
Which is best, academically and socially?
Purchase is fairly close to NYC and you can take a bus or train in relatively cheaply. Potsdam is in the middle of nowhere. I know one kid, a stoner, who loved Potsdam, and another, not a stoner, who left Purchase but I also know other kids who loved Purchase. I know a couple of kids who transferred out of Clarkson (which is in Potsdam) because they hated the town. One developed a drinking problem because there was nothing else to do. This kid did not drink in HS according to my sons, who were friends with him.