<p>I am familiar with SUNY ALbany- live near it. I know it's a big school with a lot of "Long Islanders" as we call them, but I know a lot of local students commute as well. I am curious about Stony Brook. I keep reading that it is a "commuter school", and I know that that is defended by those that say "no, there are a lot who stick around over the weekend, etc..." </p>
<p>I am looking for someone to compare the two. Is Stony Brook more of a commuter school than Albany? Is it similar to any other SUNY as far as the Student Body concerned?</p>
<p>well from my personal experience at stonybrook, it is packed on the weekdays. i would say about 1/3rd of the school leaves on the weekends because there are a lot of “weekend” commuters. that still leaves 2/3rds of the school which is still a lot of kids on campus. as for ethnic makeup, i would say 60% is white, 30% is asian (including southasian), and 10% hispanic/black.
very competitive academically.</p>
<p>as for albany its 80% white, and 5% asian, 10% black/hispanic
big partyschool, so ive heard from friends lol</p>
<p>im sure either school being a large suny university, provides a good education, but u must be competitive, to be on the top</p>
<p>SBU - 80% of Freshman live in college housing and 53% of all undergraduates live in college housing.
UA - 98% of Freshman live in college housing and 57% of all Undergraduates live in college housing.</p>
<p>This of course does not deal with how many students return home on weekends.</p>