<p>We're thinking of going to visit Syracuse University this summer. Any colleges on the way (from near NYC) that anyone would recommend? (Any colleges on the way at all?)</p>
<p>Ithaca College and Cornell are less than an hour away.</p>
<p>What kind of schools are you looking for? Along the way, you have a choice of many small LACs (Bard, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, Union), tech schools (RPI), Catholic schools (Le Moyne, Siena) big universities (SUNY @ Albany), and even a military school (West Point)!</p>
<p>I think Hobart & William Smith is in the area.</p>
<p>SUNY ESF is directly next to Syracuse University.</p>
<p>Ithaca College, Cornell, and SUNY Cortland are less than an hour away.
Ithaca is a nice town to visit regardless.
I pass the exit for Binghamton before going to Syracuse, so SUNY Binghamton is an option also.
I believe Colgate University and Utica College are pretty close by (less than an hour).</p>
<p>Thank you all!</p>
<p>On the way up, if you go by way of Albany, are Bard, Vassar and RPI.</p>
<p>Hamilton College is near Utica, just a short hop off the Thruway about an hour east of Syracuse. Colgate (which is in Hamilton; Hamilton is in Clinton) is about a half-hour further in the same general direction, i.e., southwest of Utica.</p>
<p>You can take the direct western route from NYC (I-78) cutting right across NJ into PA and visit Lafayette, Lehigh and Muhlenberg and then head north past Binghamton into Syracuse.</p>
<p>Off Route 88, is SUNY Oneonta & Hartwick College in Oneonta.
SUNY Binghamton in Binghamton ( I am so OLD, I know it as Harpur or Harper)<br>
Farther to the west is Elmira College in Elmira.
Nice rural safety school, Wells College, in Aurora, NY.
Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. </p>
<p>A bit further past SU is SUNY Oswego to the northwest on Lake Ontario.<br>
Further west past Elmira College is Alfred University in the Southern Tier, a hidden treasure, which D#3 will attend as a Freshman in the Fall. This was a what I call a “sleeper” school for her, but I got her on the mailing list & it all worked out! </p>
<p>When you are at Syracuse University, go down to Marshall Street area & eat pizza at the Varsity!</p>
<p>ReadytoRoll, if you are thinking of spending more time there, go past Syracuse, up Route 81 North to Watertown (about an hour) take Route 11 North from Watertown to Canton (about an hour or so) and visit St. Lawrence University.</p>
<p>Theres a college guide book that lists colleges by geographic area and also lists whatever else of possible interest in the vicinity as well as best routes to get from one to another. Im pretty sure its by Princeton Review, but dont remember the name. Also if you go on a particular colleges website there usually a subsection under “visiting” that will also list colleges in the area.</p>
<p>If you take the Canton route there is also SUNY Canton, SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson University.</p>
<p>I live in Rochester and am willling to help you out re.locations if you want to send a PM- what major, what size school, public or private. etc? There are many, many smaller and quite lovely schools in the Finger Lakes area, where the climate is not quite as extreme as in the North Country (which would include Clarkson, Potsdam, St.Lawrence,etc). Hobart and William Smith is in Geneva, NY, a very pretty place and Keuka College in right on Keuka Lake. Wells, as mentioned, is in the area and they have a very nice Honors/Leadership program with some great scholarship money (my D was awarded a terrific amount from them at the Awards Night as a junior, but couldn’t consider the school since it didn’t have her major).
If considering a SUNY school, you might want to read up on SUNY Geneseo, one of the top-rated public colleges in the country according to many of the college guides and always listed as a " Best Buy"- many kids from the NYC area attend. since they recruit heavily downstate If you want to talk, let me know!</p>
<p>LeMoyne is 10 minutes from SU. Hamilton and Colgate are less than an hour east/SE, and definitely worth a look. Don’t bother with the pizza - not comparable to NYC or CT pizza - but do try Dinosaur BBQ if you’re in town for dinner and like that type of food! Just won Best BBQ in the country from Good Morning America, I think!</p>
<p>Ithaca College and Cornell are definitely not less than an hour from SU. They’re just about if not just over an hour. But still close. And Cazenovia College is pretty close to Syracuse too.</p>
<p>Basically, the map grid between NYC and Syracuse is one of the most heavily “colleged” parts of the Earth, topped only by Massachusetts. You could spend the next year visiting colleges and never get to Syracuse, almost.</p>