XPost: alt.fashion   
   From: didymus@LICK.MY.SPAM.comcast.net   
      
   "CoFarb"    
      
   Hi.  Thank you for your comments.   
      
   > (I used to live in Cooperstown, about 20 miles from Oneonta.)   
      
   Heh, so did we at one point (actually, a couple of "points") -   
   lived in Bridgewater and West Winfield at different times.   
   We're now based in Orange County (Middletown/Port Jervis).   
      
   > Oneonta is a really small town.   
   ...   
   > The differences between NYC and Oneonta are so huge that I   
   > can't believe your sister is having difficulty deciding.   
      
   Well, those are some of the obvious differences I mentioned.   
   (along with prices, college experience, what would make the   
   scared-of-the-big-city parents, etc.)   
      
   I'm now trying to gather info on how their Fashion programs   
   compare.  Oneonta, despite its rep as being in the sticks &   
   so forth, apparently has a decent (?) Fashion program; they   
   are even tied to FIT in that Fashion majors at Oneonta do   
   3 years there and the final year at FIT.   
      
   It seems to me that if you got into FIT that that is where   
   you'd want to go for various reasons if you're into Fashion   
   (besides the program, there's the awesome potential to make   
   contacts, as well as learn NYC, etc).  But it certainly is   
   no small factor to see how their programs compare.  It would   
   kill me if she chose Oneonta to please certain people, while   
   thinking that the program was just as good as FIT's, only to   
   find out that she passed up on a major opportunity in NY.   
      
   Thanx again for any help/comments.   
      
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