SUNY Binghamton?

[Anonymous]

OOS publics with formulaic merit awards can be financial safeties. That's more of a Midwestern thing, though. How tied is she to the NE?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OOS publics with formulaic merit awards can be financial safeties. That's more of a Midwestern thing, though. How tied is she to the NE?

Thanks for posting. I think she would be open to the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Check out Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. According to a website:

MCLA also offers tuition reduction to students who are residents of New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Maine. Tuition for these students is around $9,000. Certain restrictions apply, and students from these states should consult with MCLA before applying. [quote/]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My older sister went - graduated in 95 or '96? They made fun of townies who were practically rednecks If you can be such a thing in upstate NY. All her friends left immediately upon graduation - there's no such thing as staying there afterwards.

Are you from Long Island?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Binghamton and Geneseo are great schools. Keep in mind Geneseo is a much smaller school located in a town that is a fair amounts smaller than Binghamton

Geneseo is practically brand new in appearance. But it's literally out in the corn fields of upstate NY. Town is teeny. Some kids do love it though. Supposedly their stats have slipped down a bit over the years and don't match its past reputation, but still attracts strong students.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OOS publics with formulaic merit awards can be financial safeties. That's more of a Midwestern thing, though. How tied is she to the NE?

Thanks for posting. I think she would be open to the Midwest.

A few examples below. I caught "humanities" and "Vassar" but don't really have a sense of what she'd be seeking in a larger university, so these are just illustrative (although each school here also has a very strong honors college that might be appealing to a high stats kid).
https://www.miamioh.edu/admission/merit-scholarships/
https://admissions.msu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/freshman/out-of-state-resident
https://admissions.ku.edu/scholarships-2021-freshmen

[Anonymous]

I'd suggest looking into University of Buffalo if your DC is interested in a SUNY. Buffalo has a lot more going on than Binghamton and the academics are on par with those of Binghamton. Binghamton's campus is just... so depressing. Truly one of the ugliest schools I've ever seen. I grew up in the Southern Tier... you don't get the lake effect snow, but it is a rarity to see the sun from November - March.

And just a note on Geneseo: it is considered the "Harvard of the SUNY system" and very difficult to get into, but by and large it is a teachers college. If your DC wants to be something other than a teacher, I'd look elsewhere. The people who I know that went to Geneseo had bright high school careers and then fizzled out in college. Post college they have struggled and ended up in crappy jobs (not careers). Friends who went there to become teachers/ school administrators have done very well, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OOS publics with formulaic merit awards can be financial safeties. That's more of a Midwestern thing, though. How tied is she to the NE?

Thanks for posting. I think she would be open to the Midwest.

A few examples below. I caught "humanities" and "Vassar" but don't really have a sense of what she'd be seeking in a larger university, so these are just illustrative (although each school here also has a very strong honors college that might be appealing to a high stats kid).
https://www.miamioh.edu/admission/merit-scholarships/
https://admissions.msu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships/freshman/out-of-state-resident
https://admissions.ku.edu/scholarships-2021-freshmen

This is great, thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd suggest looking into University of Buffalo if your DC is interested in a SUNY. Buffalo has a lot more going on than Binghamton and the academics are on par with those of Binghamton. Binghamton's campus is just... so depressing. Truly one of the ugliest schools I've ever seen. I grew up in the Southern Tier... you don't get the lake effect snow, but it is a rarity to see the sun from November - March.

And just a note on Geneseo: it is considered the "Harvard of the SUNY system" and very difficult to get into, but by and large it is a teachers college. If your DC wants to be something other than a teacher, I'd look elsewhere. The people who I know that went to Geneseo had bright high school careers and then fizzled out in college. Post college they have struggled and ended up in crappy jobs (not careers). Friends who went there to become teachers/ school administrators have done very well, though.

Thank you for this insight. Was totally oblivious to this. So helpful.

[Anonymous]

Geneseo being a top SUNY school is news to me. Back in the late 80's the only 4 NY state schools really smart kids even considered were Binghamton, Albany, Stony Brook, or Buffalo. The rest were all pretty mediocre. Must have made a lot of progress to be the "Harvard of SUNY".

[Anonymous]

Geneseo has average SAT scores between 1120-1310, and ACT scores between 23-28. Harvard it ain't!

[Anonymous]

Now that so many NY families can go to the SUNY schools without paying tuition, I wonder if/how that will change their admissions and student bodies?

https://www.suny.edu/smarttrack/types-of-financial-aid/scholarships/excelsior/

[Anonymous]

SUNY Buffalo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Geneseo has average SAT scores between 1120-1310, and ACT scores between 23-28. Harvard it ain't!

Not everything has to be Harvard.

Twit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. According to a website:

MCLA also offers tuition reduction to students who are residents of New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Maine. Tuition for these students is around $9,000. Certain restrictions apply, and students from these states should consult with MCLA before applying. [quote/]

Interesting thank you. I never heard of the school before.