SUNY Binghamton or Univ. of Minnesota

<p>So guys out of all the colleges on my list I got accepted only to SUNY Binghamton and University of Minnesota: Twin Cities. I am still waiting for the results of Berkeley, which I am almost sure I will be rejected, and got waitlisted at UCSD.</p>

<p>I will be an economics undergraduate. The prices will be roughly the same.</p>

<p>*Which one of the two colleges is better? </p>

<p>*In which one I have more chances to transfer to a better university later and/or have better opportunities for further education after I receive my major? </p>

<p>*Should I try to get into UCSD, or just forget about it?</p>

<p>Minnesota has a good reputation for economics (and math). Binghamton is probably not even the top SUNY for economics.</p>

<p>How affordable is each school for you?</p>

<p>Binghamton is a good school, but Minnesota has a better reputation overall.</p>

<p>Minnesota is huge 30,000 students while Binghamton is merely large about 11,000. Minnesota is a big 10 school (i.e., big time athletics) and is in/near a large city – Minneapolis.</p>

<p>Binghamton – small-time athletics and is semi-rural. Binghamton is a city, but not a large one.</p>

<p>Overall – if you’re concerned about reputation and ranking – Minnesota is probably a notch up on Binghamton. Otherwise, I think they would offer very different experiences, and a choice could be made based on which you like better.</p>

<p>Thank you guys for the answers. I am an international student from Brazil. Here I live in a 2 million people city. However the only concern I had was with the education quality itself. The price for both will be the same since they don’t give scholarships etc for international students. I think it will be Minnesota then :)</p>

<p>PS: Coincidently, last year I was in an exchange program in Texas in a 200 inhabitant town called Zephyr, the same as your username</p>

<p>Minnesota seems like the obvious choice then.</p>