9 acceptance letters...where should I go??

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<p>I decided to be cautious and applied to 9 schools, and was accepted into all nine. My intended major is pre-med/biomedical sciences (depending on the school.) I've visited seven of the campuses and have done research on all the schools, so I guess I'm just really looking for some honest opinions. If you could please name the top 3 schools you'd suggest from this list for my major with 2/3 being SUNY schools (trying not to go to broke during undergrad so I have more options for med school.) I'm also looking for a good balance between academics and social life so that is also a factor I'm considering. Thanks ahead of time for all suggestions, I really need the help : ) </p>

<p>-Binghamton University (SUNY)
-Stony Brook University (SUNY)
-University at Buffalo (SUNY)
-Syracuse University
-State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY)
-University of Rochester
-Nazareth
-University at Albany (SUNY)
-Wells College</p>

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<p>I would say Syracuse and Rochester are the best out of your list. (I dunno which is stronger in your major).</p>

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<p>If you want to go for science, you should go to Stony Brook.</p>

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<p>Rochester if you can stand the weather…oops they all look like cold weather!!#1 choice is
U of R</p>

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<p>IMO, Syracuse, if you get a good financial aid package making it affordable.</p>

<p>It is adjacent with SUNY Upstate Medical Univeristy and many groups on campus collaborates on events and programs.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www-hl.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/advising_academic_support/pre_health/_pdfs_docs/Student%20Clubs%20for%20website.pdf[/url]”>http://www-hl.syr.edu/students/undergraduate/advising_academic_support/pre_health/_pdfs_docs/Student%20Clubs%20for%20website.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Otherwise I would pick UB.</p>

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<p>Honors College at Albany would be your best bet I believe. I have similar acceptance letters, and I will most likely choose to go there.</p>

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<p>PS- Wells would be terrible. My Aunt teaches there and it’s falling apart- the writing’s on the wall.</p>

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<p>My AP Bio teacher went to both Syracuse and Binghamton and he said that Binghamton was much better academically.</p>

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<p>I’d say Albany or Stony Brook.</p>

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<p>Binghamton
Syracuse
Albany</p>

<p>Those are the top three in my opinion. Binghamton is an excellent school, even for a State University.</p>

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<p>syracuse or rochester if you can go private without having oodles of loans. after that, bing or buffalo. DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT go to stony brook unless you want to be miserable.</p>

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<p>Thanks…think I have it narrowed down to Buffalo and Binghamton at this point. I decided to knock out the private schools so I can save money for med school. Any opinions on which is the better of those two?</p>

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<p>If your talking medical school you should be thinking Stony Brook.
I got into Albany, Stony Brook, Binghamton, and Buffalo, all four of those university centers- Stony Brook is the school best suited for medicine, and if you roam their website you can see it is an inherently science oriented school. If you don’t choose Stony Brook, your second best option of the latter schools would be Binghamton, for its overall reputation as the premier SUNY school; but again, for medicine, Stony Brook would be better; it even has a medical school on campus for graduate school and obviously the graduate school would show a preference towards its own undergraduate students (which is important when med school admission rates tend to be around 48% only)</p>

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<p>Stony Brook, I think, is best for medicine</p>

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<p>A good friend is attending Stony Brook for premed…also, our orthodontist went there for undergrad. Both people absolutely rave about this school. It has a fantastic reputation on the east coast. Good luck and enjoy!!</p>

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<p>Binghamton or URochester probably have the best academics (so does Stony Brook but it’s not a FUN school).</p>

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<p>I dont see where all this hate for stony brook comes from lol my cousin goes there for med school and went there for undergrad to, and she was/is a partier. People keep saying its a commuter school but from what she has told me a lot of kids live on campus and she had a lot of fun. Although now she has a house with like 4 other pre meds in town…</p>

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<p>Rochester, definitely Rochester.</p>

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<p>What did you decide??</p>

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<p>SCicero has left us…I’m guessing for Buffalo!</p>