<p>I was thinking about going to one of these two colleges next year and while I am going to visit these schools...I want to know your experience of these two. I heard in Suny Albany while its a party school its more serious in schooling, while oneonta has a better campus it is just a party school. What do you guys think of the two? If there is any other schools that are better upstate...perfer not to go too up north like buffalo or so?...thinking towards albany a lot thou.</p>
<p>New Paltz and Binghamton are the SUNYs with the best academic reputations in the geographic area you are looking in. Geneseo is excellent academically but is about 45 minutes south of Rochester, which is pretty close to Buffalo, which in turn you have indicated is too far away for you.</p>
<p>yah i was thinkin about majorin in buisness…does albany have good courses in that…also i heard new paltz and oneonta shows on a resume that you just went there to party.</p>
<p>Well, Buffalo is not actually very far north…it’s only an hour or so from PA. No comparison to northern SUNY schools like Canton, Potsdam and Plattsburgh! Do you mean west? If it helps, UB does hire coach buses to take kids home - they run about once a month and go to NYC or to Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany. </p>
<p>I think Oneonta is much more than a party school - they do have some very good profs and majors there but are probably more known in education fields than business.</p>
<p>Carlo- if you want to go to a AACSB certified business school, the SUNY’S that are accredited are Bing, Albany, Buffalo, Brockport, Geneseo, Plattsburgh, Oswego. The AACSB is an accredited Business school that meets the standards of the AACSB. It can be important if you wanted to transfer, in the future. Some business programs only accept transfer classes from an AACSB school.</p>
<p>This past Saturday Albany had Colin Powell as their first speaker in a new series…the second speaker in the series will be in April. The Student Association paid him $125,000! He was fantastic…he spent a little time talking about how much he believes in public education. He pointed out that he went to public school in NYC, attended CUNY, and that his sister attended Buff State. He said he was also accepted at NYU but the $750 per year was out of the question! By the way, he finished HS with a 78.4 average, and finished college with a 2.0 average. There are some things that only a larger school can afford to do. If you like a larger school, I’ve got to say that this University is really trying hard to please. The night before, the NYS Writers Institute, housed on the downtown campus had Paul Krugman speaking…what a weekend! When you visit try to make some appointments and speak with professors in your areas of interest. Sit in on classes if possible, and check out the city.</p>
<p>I believe that either choice will give you a good education…it’s really up to you to decide which school is a good fit for you.</p>
<p>Colin Powell made it a point to say that it doesn’t really matter where you start…but where you finish.</p>
<p>Binghamton has a really really really great bussiness program that gets recruiters from companies like IBM and the like…</p>
<p>For business at SUNY. Binghamton is def #1 proby easiest to land job at big 4 or other big companies. But then i would say albany is next they get a lot of big name recruiters from nyc. Buffalo, then Geneseo. After that im not to sure, those schools aren’t “great” schools and your better off at one of those 4.</p>
<p>Wharton may be a school that makes a difference…but to say that going to Binghamton will make it easier to land a job…I don’t think so. Having said that, the Binghamton School of Management has wonderful programs. Within the SUNY system a ranking of #1 or #2 or whatever is interesting, but certainly should not be the measure to determine your choice. I would think that ddotjon is correct about AACSB certification and its value. Fit is much more valuabe and will make a difference. You’ll need to visit the schools and spend some time speaking with various departments and the like. I’ve found that the entire SUNY system is excellent at taking the time to indiviually work with you if you want.</p>