New England State Universities--that we don't hear about?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone from outside NY state apply to SUNY schools?

The definitely do. But those on DCUM would tell you they are not worth attending even though there are several that are great schools and would be a good fit for many kids from OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:The weather is atrocious.

Those areas are great for athletes. Skiing, snowboarding, X-country ski, skating, hockey. Even cross country starting in August with no excessive heat or humidity or gross bugs.

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Anonymous wrote:Weather. Why go to extremes when you have amazing options nearby that are close for those wanting to be close and slightly further for those wanting that

But if your child attends a school somewhere with better weather, there could be MAGAs there.

Hard pass.

There are MAGAs everywhere. Well, in big state schools anyway.

Not really. I have never seen a red hat in real life. And if they are in Northeast schools they are a tiny minority that doesn’t matter or bother anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s UVM folks.
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I totally understand that it's "UVM," but why?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s UVM folks.
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I totally understand that it's "UVM," but why?

The Latin for University of the Green Mountains- Universitas Viridas Montis

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Anonymous wrote:It’s UVM folks.
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I totally understand that it's "UVM," but why?

Green Mountains = Ver Mont

The postal code should be VM too.

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Take a visit to Burlington and you will understand why kids want to go there. It might be a bad fit for someone who doesn’t live the outdoors and skiing though.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally, state schools in the Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, and the West Coast are much more appealing than the public universities in the Northeast - both for academics and quality of life. New England never really cared about public universities, and that's reflective in their state schools. States like Texas, California, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Virginia and so on take real pride in their state schools. That's not the case in the Northeast.

This poster has a point. I am from New England and did go to a flagship state school. There are so many excellent private schools in New England which make the state schools seem a little less well regarded. We now live in Virginia and I was amazed when we moved here I was surprised at how many well regarded VA schools there are and also noticed there are very few privates in Virginia. In New England each state has one good school and the others aren’t well ranked.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally, state schools in the Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Midwest, and the West Coast are much more appealing than the public universities in the Northeast - both for academics and quality of life. New England never really cared about public universities, and that's reflective in their state schools. States like Texas, California, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Virginia and so on take real pride in their state schools. That's not the case in the Northeast.

This poster has a point. I am from New England and did go to a flagship state school. There are so many excellent private schools in New England which make the state schools seem a little less well regarded. We now live in Virginia and I was amazed when we moved here I was surprised at how many well regarded VA schools there are and also noticed there are very few privates in Virginia. In New England each state has one good school and the others aren’t well ranked.

Massachusetts native and I agree with both of you. I don’t know if UMass will make a leap to a top state school. It certainly won’t be on the backs of the athletics program!

We had a lot of kids from my high school go to UNH and UVM over UMass. URI and UConn less popular. Maybe that was the North Shore bias?

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Anonymous wrote:Based on our visit to UMass Amherst (their flagship), it’s nice but hard to imagine what would make someone select it over closer options. It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere. The campus is not particularly beautiful. Altogether, outside the business school maybe, it was a bit forgettable. It felt like it was lacking a personality or a specific draw like you might see at UVM or other schools.

The students at UMass are nice — really nice. It’s a great school with lots of opportunities (my DS is in STEM). It has been gaining traction at our HS, as more and more students are attending UMass each year.

We toured UMass a couple of summers ago from out west. Though not as diverse, the relaxed friendliness of the students reminded us a lot of UC Davis, including one of the tour guides who was a program director at the campus radio station (UC Davis has a great one, KDVS).

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I lived in New England and upstate NY so I definitely dragged my kids up to look at some of the schools.

UNH and UMaine are small. They have some specific, good programs that make sense but, in general, UNH is expensive for oos kids and UMaine will feel very remote (and dark in the winter).

U Vermont - Gorgeous campus and was very interested in one of my kids - but they just didn't have enough of a program in his area of interest.

SUNY schools - They are actually very solid schools and a great bargain for OOS students. Stony Brook, Binghamton, Albany and Buffalo have always been strong schools. Geneseo is a liberal arts school. Purchase is strong in music and performing arts. Cortland has an excellent glass program and Alfred a top ceramics program.

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I know families who toured UMaine and came away quite impressed...but the remoteness of the school is a huge issue for kids.

My HS junior has ruled out anything in Maine because of its perceived remoteness (at this point anyway). I counter this because realistically what does he like to do that requires a city? Museums -nope. Shows- nope. Shop - nope. Food - maybe? (But on our dime). And what does he like to do? Bike, hike, ski, and fish!

I'll be taking my kids to look at some SUNYs as well. However, if I weren't originally from NY I probably wouldn't have even been too aware of them. Although I will say, SUNY Binghamton did attend our New England HS College Fair. None of the other SUNYs were there.

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I think it depends on the merit awarded. A lot of the schools mentioned are options for average kids, but the average kids don't get enough merit to make then viable options.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weather. Why go to extremes when you have amazing options nearby that are close for those wanting to be close and slightly further for those wanting that

But if your child attends a school somewhere with better weather, there could be MAGAs there.

Hard pass.

There are MAGAs everywhere. Well, in big state schools anyway.

Not really. I have never seen a red hat in real life. And if they are in Northeast schools they are a tiny minority that doesn’t matter or bother anyone.

They don't actually wear red hats. You won't necessarily know one when you see them. Anyway, pretty much all college towns are heavily Democratic in every state.