<p>Anyone know which is better? </p>
<p>If it helps, I'm planning on attending a grad school for a Medical Physics masters/PhD (Stony Brook has an accredited Med physics program).</p>
<p>Go to Stony. It’s easier to get higher GPA there and also cheaper. Go to a prestigious grad school.</p>
<p>Oh, and for background info, I’m a transfer. I’ve spent 2 years at Clarkson University. I was accepted into NYU over the summer, but decided not to go because of the loans I would have to take out. </p>
<p>I’m just wondering if SBU’s physics program is better than NYU’s. I’ve heard it’s better, but which gives me a better shot into getting into grad school?</p>
<p>Stony Brook is one of the most underrated schools in the country and has a hell of a group of physical and bio/medical departments. Stony brook has multiple nobel winners as well as fields medal winners.</p>
<p>NYU is horrifically overpriced and is well known for bogging their grads down in tons of debt (although I don’t know what avg amt SB students leave with).</p>
<p>I only got 5k in scholarship from NYU…if I chose to be there, I’d be in 75k in debt (I’m in 15k right now). </p>
<p>Even if SBU gives me nothing (assuming I get the same amount of Federal Aid), the max debt I’ll be in when I graduate is like…25k…</p>
<p>I don’t even know why you are posting then. Graduate with manageable debt or with 30+ years of debt? This should be an easy call.</p>
<p>Well, I was just wondering which program was better.</p>
<p>Anyone else wanna shed some light?</p>
<p>I’m looking for the school that gives me the best opportunity to get a job after/get into the best grad school.</p>
<p>The question is a little hard to tell, because SB does not appear to have publicly visible career survey information (specific to its graduates and majors, as opposed to general surveys), though NYU does.</p>
<p>Still, a lot of extra debt cannot be a good thing.</p>