<p>I am most likely going to one of these two schools, SUNY at Stony Brook or SUNY at Binghamton</p>
<p>Tell me, which school would give me better chances of transferring to a top school ranked on US News from 34 to 9?</p>
<p>Is it even possible to transfer to institutions like Columbia, Dartmouth, or Hopkins from a simple public, state school?</p>
<p>I don’t think it makes a lot of difference. I go to an unranked, not-very-selective LAC and I’ve gotten into much better schools. If you transfer after your first year, a lot will be based on your HS transcript. However, you’ll still need professor recommendations, so focus on building good relationships with your professors wherever you are. Join ECs and get a high GPA. My school isn’t great, but my 4.0, leadership positions, and good recs got me in, although the schools I’m transferring to aren’t quite Ivy League. You have to realize these schools take less than 10% of transfer applicants. Find yourself some other schools you can be happy with just in case. I don’t think your chances will be dampened because of the school you’re currently at – it’s a crapshoot for anyone. Good luck!</p>
<p>I heard stony brook has a nice math program for a public university.</p>
<p>stony brook pre-med is supposed to be pretty good too.</p>
<p>ugh, it really doesn’t matter where you go.</p>
<p>So if I understand your question correctly, you are going to go to Stony Brook or Binghamton and you want to know which would be better to transfer from?</p>
<p>Stony Brook is a good school but I would go to Binghamton over Stony Brook.</p>
<p>SUNY this or SUNY that won’t really matter. focus on your grades and campus involvement and most importantly your application itself. </p>
<p>ALSO don’t doom yourself to a bad freshman year by focusing only on transferring and let your not wanting to go to your safety be a self-fulfilling prophecy. You get 4 years of college do not throw one away.</p>