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   From: tdyno@stny.rr.com   
      
   "RC"  wrote in message   
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   > Hi all.   
   >   
   > My sister was just accepted into the school   
   > of Fashion Merchandising & Management @ FIT.   
   > And she is also waiting to hear from Oneonta.   
   >   
   > I am very psyched about her getting into FIT,   
   > having an idea of how competitive it is, and   
   > she's basically sold on it as well, but the   
   > truth is that I really have no idea how the 2   
   > schools compare.  There are some obvious pros   
   > and cons (location, price, college life, etc)   
   > but I'd like to know how their actual Fashion   
   > Merchandising programs compare.   
   >   
   > So if you don't mind sharing some thoughts...   
   >   
   > I'm also gonna get her the following book,   
   > which seems to be the bestest of the fashion   
   > bibles...  But how would I know.  Opinions?   
   >   
   > _Fashion: From Concept to Consumer_   
   > (7th edition), Gini Stephens Frings   
   >   
   > Thanks for any help/comments.   
   >   
      
   BTD: Unfamiliar with the programs BUT CoFarb is giving Oneonta a bad rap.   
   Oneonta might be small but it's culturally diverse and clean. Albany isn't   
   that far away, where you can get passenger service back and forth to NYC.   
   Also there's some sort of Plaza in the Albany Capitol District where live   
   bands perform, that's kind of interesting but again Albany is predominated   
   by government stuff but there are museums and things happening there.   
       NYC is undoubtedly a great place to visit and if you're rich a great   
   place to live; otherwise, it's very expensive to live there even if you live   
   in a dump; otherwise you don't really live in NYC you live in some place   
   that isn't that much different than Oneonta except there's probably a lot   
   more poor people and crime and it's closer to NYC. A lot of people live in   
   such places and say they live in NYC.   
       As far as I know Oneonta is known for it's nursing college. Many years   
   ago friends of friends opened a bar in Oneonta and people used to go there   
   to party from Binghamton, so it can't be that bad. I used to stop there   
   going back and forth to the 3rd Dept Appellate Division (Justice Bldg.,   
   State Street in Albany)   
       Lake Placid is also nice in summer (North of Albany). Overall that area   
   especially the Adirondacks is nice if you have a nice car to tour in like   
   the Finger Lakes Watkins Glen area to the West.   
      
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