<p>Hey, I was accepted to Geneseo last Friday on regular decision. If I don't get scholarships to my other schools, and it comes down to between Binghamton and Genseo, I will probably choose Geneseo. I know Binghamton is much more nationally known, but I was wonder if anyone was aware what Geneseo's out of state reputation is like? Do you think it would be more beneficial to have Bing's name over Geneseo? I'll be majoring somewhere in the liberal arts, so I'm not even sure if I should continue to consider Binghamton as an option.</p>
<p>Who are you trying to impress? Graduate school admissions people across the country know about Geneseo and regard it highly. The human resources folks at XYZ Insurance Company in Roanoke, Virginia have likely never heard of it but so what? HR at the Bath National Bank have probably never heard of Christopher Newport University.</p>
<p>All of which is another way of saying, we need context. What sort of benefits are you seeking by choosing one school over another? What do you expect your degree to do for you? Where out-of-state do you envision going?</p>
<p>It depends what you want to do and where you wanna go.</p>
<p>You say liberal arts, so Geneseo is a fine choice.</p>
<p>If you were to say business school, I'd say that's a horrible choice considering Binghamton is far more well known and has tons of recruiters coming to the school from a vast number of companies.</p>
<p>My BIL is a graduate of Oswego. I don't think that the company that he works for in the south ever heard of Oswego, but I would think that they heard of SUNY. Frankly, his school did not get him the job. He worked very hard for another company, and a competitor took notice and asked if he would work for them for more money. Today he still has a position with that same company that I think many Ivy grads would dream of getting. He has been in that position for years. Bottom line is that employer did not care if he went to Oswego, or one of the other SUNYs. His willingness to work, and work extremely hard, is what got him to where he is today.</p>
<p>Ya, but had he went to an IVY, he would have had access to that job after school and would have had a higher paying job off the bat and faster career progression. SUNY does NOTHING to build brand equity and as a result the value of their degree on the open market is less than the value of degrees from similar schools that market themselves. Think about it, employers outside of NY, even if they have heard of SUNY don't differentiate between the 64 campuses, beit Delhi or Geneseo. Can you imagine people in NY thinking that Chico State college is no different from Berkeley or that Michigan and Ferris State are the same school? SUNY really screw's it's students in this area, as I KNOW that at st least some campuses, the education is great-I'm an Oswego grad, too.</p>
<p>He was not anywhere near Ivy material, and had to go to a 2 year CC first (because of finances). Oswego accepted all of those credits from his 2 year college. </p>
<p>I agree with you about the average person grouping all SUNYs together, which I guess is good for grads from the lower ranked SUNYs. This is not really different in NJ. We have Rutgers-NB, and we have Rutgers Newark and Rutgers Camden. The same can be said for Penn State. They have their main campus, and then they have other campuses where many can attend who do not initially get admitted to the main campus. Many of them now offer 4 year degrees without ever attending their main campus. My guess is that there are other examples.</p>
<p>Chico State is a good school. College is what you make of it and most of the time college admissions is based on pretige and is overhyped.</p>
<p>"I was wonder if anyone was aware what Geneseo's out of state reputation is like? Do you think it would be more beneficial to have Bing's name over Geneseo?"</p>
<p>If you stay in NY, I don't think this will be an issue. Employers in the midwest or west coast probably will not know that Geneseo is so well thought of in NY, but they may not know about Binghamton, either. I don't think it's a big enough difference to justify choosing Binghamton if you would otherwise prefer Geneseo.</p>
<p>um....I have got admitted from Binghamton and Geneseo too, but what confuse me most is what major I am really interested in. If you I'll be majoring in the liberal arts, I think Geneseo MUCH better han Binghamton........as for out of state reputation, it is not very important if you want to study liberal arts, I think.</p>
<p>As a Geneseo student I will say that Geneseo is becoming increasingly aggressive in marketing itself as one of the country's best public LACs (the only that I can think of that is superior is W&M). Check out how much lipservice the school got from Kiplinger's in their 2008 rankings: Top</a> 100 Best Values in Public Colleges - Kiplinger.com </p>
<p>However, right now, I'm going to say that reputation outside of New York (outside of academia) is minimal, outside of the Northeast, non-existent, a spot in Kiplinger's may help, but not everyone associates value with quality. </p>
<p>I will say though, Eliot Spitzer is coming to campus tomorrow (if tonight's icestorm doesnt shut the area down, if you come here be prepared for ridiculous weather) and hopefully he will have some interesting things to say. He's pushing for cutting out a big portion of lottery profits for a massive SUNY research fund, and has been hinting towards making Buffalo and Stony Brook the SUNY flagships (which I find interesting, considering Bing is more selective than either of those schools). My fingers are crossed that he will hint towards giving Geneseo some kind of official recognition, especially considering it trashes the other SUNY colleges in selectivity, no offense to anyone in this thread. I agree with Tomslawson about the poor job the SUNY system has done with marketing their schools, and I hope Spitzer's new policies will be a step in the right direction.</p>
<p>I think if you're worried about reputation, go to Binghamton. As a default, a HR rep or hiring manager can always refer to US NEWS rankings and see Binghamton is a high quality school. If it were me, I'd go to Geneseo. Then again, I chose Oswego over Stonybrook and never regretted it. I wouldn't worry, if you're smart enough to get into Geneseo and do well, you'll be able to sell yourself to an employer.</p>
<p>Any thoughts on Geneseo for a physics major with grad school aspirations? We are facing the common dilemma of virtually free ride vs 50k at 1st & 2nd tier privates.</p>
<p>The Physics Dept at Geneseo has an excellent reputation. S's friend goes there.</p>
<p>Binghamton is far, far less high-quality than Geneseo. Geneseo is the best SUNY, there is no doubt about it. While no SUNY is going to give you instant name-recognition = job right away, Geneseo has a much more intensive quality education.</p>
<p>Haha, maybe i'm just biased because I live in Geneseo. But really, it is amazing.</p>