Why a small school?
From an outsider’s perspective, SUNY Oswego may not be the most attractive college to sign your next four years too, but it just might be. Being an incoming freshman is scary regardless of where you go. However, in my personal, very humble opinion I think it is less scary at a smaller school. One thing to know about Oswego is that you will very quickly know EVERYONE. Yes, everyone. All it takes is making one friend, visiting their dorm, going to a frat party and eating in the dining hall to quickly recognize everyone and know everyones business. Shy people stay with me here, this is one of the best parts of the school. You and your friends will always have something to talk about, you will share so many inside jokes and have so many fun characters. (Sorry to the people who are the inside jokes and characters)
Middle of nowhere?
Okay yes, you probably never heard of Oswego NY until you got an email from the college, I sure as hell didn’t. But Syracuse is like sooooo close. But in all seriousness, once you get here and get comfortable, you will never want to leave. From the Walmart trips with friends to watching insane sunsets from campus, swimming and falling on the flat rocks (inevitable) to figuring out the nightlife, you will fall in love with this little town and know all its ins and outs.
My professor knows me?
One of the major perks of this school being small is that your professors will know you as long as you talk to them at least twice. I couldn’t imagine going to a huge school where every single class is held in 300-person lecture halls. You don’t have to compete with a line of 30 people waiting to talk to the professor after class because you most likely won’t even have classes with more than 25 people. It makes everything feel very personal and connected.
Sweaty frat houses
Yes! There are frat parties here, well only for the first couple weeks of the semester, and you shouldn’t go if you’re older than a freshman, but when you are a freshman they’re super fun! No, it is no Project X but it is a really fun time and a good indicator if you will want to join Greek life. I’ll let you in on a secret, after the first few weekends, there are no more parties, this is why you have to rush and join a frat/sorority if you want to stay in the sweaty frat house 🙂 (can you tell my feelings on rushing?)
Yay friends
I will admit, that when I first got here I did not think I would meet people that would become my best friends for life. I had heard stories from my mom about her college friends and how to this day she is still close with them but I didn’t know if I bought it. It took me less than a week to befriend the girl who sat next to me in an English class and then befriend all her friends. I quickly had my “group”. then the group just keeps expanding because someone knows someone else and they also know someone else and it just goes on and on and on. Now I’m in my junior year and living with 7 other girls that I couldn’t imagine life without.
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