I think UMD has come along way from 30 years ago, from what I've heard. It's very difficult to get into UMD for CS. They now only admit about 700 students to CS (600 direct admit and 100 xfer). I only heard of UMD years ago because of Google. I'm originally from CA, and really knew only CA schools and of course the big popular elite schools. I had never even heard that UVA was a good school (I'm in my 50s) until I moved to the DC area. I think part of it is that a lot of people from CA and NY have so many great state schools that they don't even pay attention to a lot other state schools, though this is changing because CA schools are also getting so hard to get into. |
UMD is 75% in-state https://irpa.umd.edu/CampusCounts/Enrollments/stuprofile_allug.pdf |
You mean people from outside the region? The ones not familiar with UMD, proving the point that it doesn’t have a strong national reputation? |
| Stony Brook is a commuter school while Bing is more residential. Pick your NY poison! |
? ok? UCLA in state is even higher, like 90%. So what? |
People outside of the NY area may know what SUNY is, but they have no idea about which SUNY schools are better than others, what they specialize in, even where in the state they're located. --Someone who's worked in higher ed for 30 years. |
UC limits OOS students by law, not demand. Hundreds of thousands of OOS kids apply but our boxed out. |
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I went to Stonybrook as a Freshman back when it was fun. Today it is a disgusting, place where suicide and depression is common,
Binghamton is way better unless you are a hoodie wearing computer geek |
| SUNY Stony Brook is ranked #58 and SUNY Bing is ranked#73 in National Universities by USNWR. They are not considered regional institutions by their metrics. People here seem to be basing that description off their own concept and familiarity with a school (more reputations, which may matter, but is not how schools are actually classified). |
| The answer is Stony Brook (two words). |
Must not have done very well, since you can’t spell it. Troll harder. |
Those rankings are not the be-all end-all that you’re making them out to be. |
Indeed, they are not, but just because an anonymous poster on DCUM says a college is regional that doesn’t make it so. |
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When Nelson Rockefeller created/designed/revamped the SUNY system, I feel he made a critical error by not investing in a few big state school teams, especially football and basketball. That is one big reason why SUNY does not have that national reputation.
They are strong schools, however. |
Ironically, everyone commenting that it’s regional also seem VERY familiar w it. |