<p>i got rejected for my first choice, which was ESF, but was offered a place in the fall semester of 2012 under the guaranteed transfer conditions.</p>
<p>i think i'm going to go with my second choice, potsdam. i like a small setting and nice environment. i heard that its remote, which i personally think i'll enjoy. i come from the city and think potsdam would be a nice place for me to escape the city life. my question is, if i like it at potsdam and get comfortable, how would it be like to transfer to ESF my junior year? i would have to start all over, meet new people, adapt to a new environment, etc.</p>
<p>does it really matter where i go for your undergraduate, if it's not the top schools in the nation? i plan to go to ESF for graduate school. open to any comments.</p>