<p>My major would be biology on a pre-med track. I am having trouble deciding which school is better.
Macaulay at Brooklyn gives free tuition, free laptop, 7500 for study abroad and internships. However, you will most likely have to get an apartment and make food for yourself or go to local fast food place.( dorm for 300 students and no meal plans). Many people go to medical school. </p>
<p>Stony Brook is known for pre-medical studies. Its 20,000 to attend. There is a dorm and meal plans. The amount of people getting into medical school is high as well. </p>
<p>Can anyone please help me out with deciding where to go. Any help would be much appreciated with time almost running out.</p>
<p>I thought that Macaulay came with free housing for the first two years. If so, even if you have to cook for yourself, you’d be hard pressed spending $20,000 just on food.</p>
<p>Pick up the phone and call Macaulay and get some estimates about the cost of housing and meals there. They ought to be able to put you in touch with a current student or two who can tell you what they are spending. Then run the numbers for both places through this handy tool:
[FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)
If you are going to turn down Macaulay, you need to be clear about why.</p>
<p>As far as I know, happymom, only the students in Macaulay at Hunter get free housing for the first two years. Premed, as a Macaulay student, though, don’t you get priority for dorm housing at Brooklyn? I thought so, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>S got accepted to Macaulay at Hunter, and if he enrolls, the initial food estimate I’ll work with is $5,000 for the academic year.</p>
<p>Did you get any financial aid for Stony Brook?</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t know that either school is better than the other. It might come down to cost and which you personally prefer.</p>
<p>It should come down to what you can afford. Both schools will prepare you for med school.</p>
<p>^ Ditto this. Affordability will be key, as you can get into med school from both places.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. Both are affordable to me. In terms of quality of education, can someone tell me which one is better?</p>
<p>bump, anyone with advice? I am leaning to Stony Brook, but Macaulay is an Honors College? Anyone?</p>
<p>premedny, can you visit both? The locations are extremely different. You may be happier in central Brooklyn (beautiful Gothic campus a few blocks from the subway and an inner-city hub) or in much more suburban, state-u campus at Stony Brook.</p>
<p>same problem ,</p>
<p>I am currently a senior in high school and i have gotten into Macaulay Honors College at the College of Staten Island. I come from a family that has low income; however, I have been accepted to SUNY: Bufallo, New Paltz, Stony Brook, Albany. I want to become a doctor (thinking about specializing in nueroscience, unsure). My main concern is that at Macaulay, after my first year i will have classes with the general population, regular students. I’m worried that my education won’t be up to par with the education i would have received if i went away. In addition, i have recieved a Transfer Option from Cornell, which states if i get a 3.3 or higher my freshman year at a different college, I will get high-prioperty transfer (cornell is my dream school). I have also been waitlisted by Northeastern, but i doubt i will be able to go due to money </p>
<p>Please help me. May 1st is the deadline</p>
<p>f2013, Can your family afford a SUNY? If not, go to Macaulay, do well, and work to get into Cornell. I would assume you would get a good FA package since Cornell meets need.</p>
<p>i believe they could but at the same time it would be a burden, i feel. I’m stuck between Stony Brook and Macaulay now. Stony brook as of right now would only be around 8-9k</p>
<p>I guess that means you would commute to SB. Both are good schools and will prepare you for med school. Can you visit to see which appeals to you more? Do well in either school, see if the Cornell FA works out for you as a transfer. If not, stay where you are.</p>
<p>From a cost point of view, Macauley will be a lot less expensive. However, it offers a different experience from Stony Brook.</p>
<p>The question you haven’t discussed is reputation. Unfortunately, I’m only familiar with the Hunter Macauley Program, which, from a reputation point of view compares favorably with elite schools (among those who know it). I have nothing bad to say about Stony Brook educationally, it’s a top 100 USNWR school – which is what it is. You can get a fine education there.</p>
<p>So, I guess it comes down to the following factors:</p>
<ol>
<li> Cost – is the extra cost for Stony Brook worth it.</li>
<li> Reputation – How prestigous is the Brooklyn Macauley Program – uneducated guess – a lot more prestigious that Stony Brook.</li>
<li> Educational Experience/Fit – the intangibles</li>
</ol>
<p>The extra cost at SB is NOT worth it! Go to Macauley</p>
<p>I’m a current Macaulay student and can comment on non-Macaulay students in my classes:
They are a mixed bag. There are brilliant students that are at CUNY and not in Macaulay. There are not so brilliant students at CUNY and not in Macaulay. Especially as you get into the upper level courses for your major, you’ll see that the students are extremely focused and work as hard as Macaulay students. On my home campus last year, we had a non-Macaulay student accepted to Columbia University’s Teachers College for grad school and a Macaulay student accepted to Columbia University’s Dental program. If you work hard enough, the opportunities are there to be successful.</p>
<p>same problem</p>
<p>I am debating between Macaulay at City and Stony Brook. I got into the University Scholars Program at Stony Brook which may be a factor. Stony Brook also has meal plans available and an actual college campus and Macaulay is in the city, which may be hard for me to adjust to because I come from suburbs. But Macaulay is more distinguished and completely free and Stony Brook is huge and may be difficult to weed out other pre-med students because many students are pre-med.
I only have a week left to decide!</p>