<p>I'm trying to decide between SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Plattsburgh (hometown), SUNY Binghampton, and Clarkson University. </p>
<p>I'll be getting a Biology or Bio chemistry degree and I've been accepted at all of them. </p>
<p>How did your financial aid packages work out? The state schools will certainly be more cost effective unless Clarkson came through with a great package. Biology is one of the STEM majors where you will need to go to grad school and it is difficult to get fully funded tuition and a stipend in this major in grad school. Try to minimize your undergrad debt so that you will have options upon graduation. I know 3 biology majors who graduated last Spring from private schools who have significant loans and minimum wage jobs at local hospitals as they try to bolster their resumes for grad school.</p>
<p>I’d go for Binghamton, but I’m a little biased because I’m there now. I think it has the best value and name recognition. Geneseo is a great school too but it’s more known only regionally. It also has a different feel than Binghamton- it’s more small LAC whereas Binghamton is bigger and more researchy. </p>