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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some kids from this area go to SUNY-Binghamton.  And doesn't New Paltz have a good reputation for performing arts?

But overall the SUNY schools don't have very attractive campuses and are in cold locations in towns that aren't exactly thriving.  Who'd want to live there if many of the kids at those schools are going home on the weekends? You could have a similar experience at UMBC or George Mason and the weather would be better. [/quote]

1000% THIS^^^

The SUNY campuses are not attractive, they are in run down towns and in the middle of nowhere (many) and the weather is grey and dreary and cold.  They are great schools, [b]but not at the level of a UVA/UMich/UWisc/GATech/Purdue/etc that attracts tons of OOS students[/b].  They are just a level below.  They also do not have the SPorts/rah, rah attraction that most of the popular OOS state flagships have.  And the price is similar---who is paying OOS of $50K+ for that?  They are not.  They will go to any of those other popular OOS schools that are better overall and academically
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In many disciplines graduate programs at Stony Brook are most certainly on par with the aforementioned schools. Stony Brook is a member of AAU alongside them. But those schools have a college town atmosphere that neither Stony Brook nor the other SUNY university centers enjoy. You must have a car at Stony Brook to function beyond the academic week. While the University has made great strides, it's still a suitcase school for many undergrads. Plus to get there driving you either need to fight your way through the city to go another hour or so, or you take an expensive ferry from Connecticut across. As these things don't matter so much to grad students, it's more attractive for that population.[/quote]

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