<p>I'm having a really tough time deciding between the two. I feel like people don't really have a firm opinion on NYU-Poly and people have very polar opinions with Stony Brook. Here is what I like about the two schools:</p>
<pre><code>Poly:
- City environment
- Good Salary (based off of payscale's computer science rankings)
- Active game development community/program
- NYU name
- Has some interesting courses (such as cyber security)
- NYU career center
- Nice dorms!
Stony:
- Large Campus
- Cheap
- Good CS program
- Research opportunities
- Accepted into scholars? (Seems cool, pick early classes with no required seminars? appears to be a win, not too sure though)
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<p>I'm sure that I'm missing a couple points. Financial aid wise, I think I got a decent package from Poly and I got a moderate presidential scholarship from Stony. I guess it boils down to the following: Which has the stronger CS program? How is the CS department for Stony Brook (staff and students)? </p>
<p>Thanks, please help me out. I'm sure I'll have more questions later.</p>