<p>Honestly I don’t care about the happiness of the students, but all I want to know is which college to go to. I got accepted to SBU and BU…and I need help deciding. Both are cheap schools, I live 5 minutes away from Stony Brook (which I don’t care about), and I want to major in Environmental Studies (which both schools have). I just want to know which one will get me more academic opportunity…etc.</p>
<p>Dear xmixpyonx,
Academically speaking, both schools are pretty qualified in what you’re looking for. They’re both reputable, so its hard to choose on those grounds. Binghamton is known to be harder to get into though, but in the end, all SUNY fall within a certain range. I don’t mean this offensively, but it shouldn’t a big reason for your decision.
Having said that, I feel like Stony Brook would be much more convenient for you. Not only will you have access to more resources (and its also a lot easier to travel), but you’ll have the option of staying on campus or going home if you don’t like it there. My best friend goes to Binghamton and she really enjoys it, but I’m guessing her freedom is sort of limited, being at a school upstate and all. </p>
<p>Good luck on your decision!</p>
<p>I am an RA at Stony Brook and love it here as far as a social networking campus but for my career it stinks.</p>
<p>Here is why:</p>
<p>The career center is useless. Zebranet lists terrible internships compared to what other universities list for their students. For accounting the University has too little credits for a CPA exam meaning no big firms will even look at SBU students. For example, most other universities have representatives from big firms visit their campus but SBU does not. Overall the career center is just not the greatest. Other than that the school is fine =)</p>
<p>However, we must consider that Stony Brook is not highly geared towards business or accounting. Its specialty lies in science and engineering.</p>
<p>Why is it that in high school I’m hearing alot people say stony brook is some what of a party school that obviously gets their work done as well.
But I have already established that this must be false, because high school kids just spread rumors and this should be truth right?</p>
<p>Stony Brook isn’t a party school. People have fun, but it’s not a “party school” like some others are.</p>
<p>I’ve quickly learned that every college for the most part is called a party school by someone here or there. Stony does not fit the prime definition of a party school.</p>
<p>“We can do a great service to the youth and parents of America by telling them to stop obsessing about choosing a college,” she wrote recently in The Conversation blog. “Kids, you do not need to go to a school with a name that impresses your friends. Go to a school you can afford.” -The Times columnist Gail Collins from The NYT article “Does It Matter Where You Go to College?”</p>
<p>I heard from someone that close to 80% of college graduates do not find a job these days. And recently the NYT reported that the TOP Law school graduates are having difficulty finding a job. (<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage#[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09law.html_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage#</a>)</p>
<p>Be happy in senior year when you know you will be going to a good graduate school or find a job. Young people, listen to Gail Collins and succssful adults who have gone through the process.</p>