<p>Which of the SUNY schools are best for applied math / computer science fields?</p>
<p>Well, I'd have to say Stony Brook!</p>
<p>But seriously, it's something we've done very well for a very long time. Do you know what kinds of things you're looking for?</p>
<p>Chris</p>
<p>Hello sbuadmissions,</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. I am actually currently a student at sbu, and I'm quite satisfied with the curriculum. I just wanted a list of top few schools for Computer Science, just in case I decide, for whatever reason, to move elsewhere in New York. :)</p>
<p>Stony Brook is one of the best schools in the county for Computer Science. It was ranked as #2 awhile ago, it is probably ranked #1 now. The only school I could see a threat to SBU's science would be RPI.</p>
<p>um actualy it was ranked 2nd in ny and 15th in the country
the highest it was evr ranked by usnews.com was 29th in 2002
plz pay attention when you make such claims, altho these are very good u are making it out to be much better than it really is which is misleading to ppl</p>
<p>Um... I just said that...? Yeah read what I said first before you start to claim I said something else. I said it has been ranked #2 is NY for a while, and yes it was 15th in the country. I'm saying it's probably higher now.</p>
<p>Also think about Brookhaven labs. How many schools have that near then? I forgot the count, but it was like 5 in the world...</p>
<p>I agree with sbu, 2012, if people want to find out how sbu compares to other schools, look at rankings. Many people have misconceptions about where suny stands in comparisson to other school's departments. SUNy wide, yes sbu is your best bet for engineering/science because it is more of a research school than other SUNYS.</p>
<p>Ok, thank everyone, but my original question was "are best" not "is best". So maybe a few schools, not just the top one, would be helpful.</p>
<p>when i went to the open house a few months ago i received this paper from the computer science table. it was princeton review's the gourman report undergraduate programs which lists the leading institutions - rating of undergraduate programs for computer science. i will list a few colleges starting from rank one</p>
<ol>
<li>massachusetts institute of technology</li>
<li>carnegie mellon university</li>
<li>university of california - berkeley</li>
<li>cornell university</li>
<li>university of illinois, urbana - champaign</li>
<li>university of california - los angeles</li>
<li>yale university</li>
<li>california institute of technology</li>
<li>university of texas - austin</li>
<li>university of wisconsin - madison</li>
<li>university of maryland - college park</li>
<li>princeton university</li>
<li>university of washington</li>
<li>university of southern california
15. state university of new york at stony brook</li>
<li>brown university</li>
<li>georgia institute of technology</li>
<li>university of pennsylvania</li>
<li>university of rochester</li>
<li>new york university</li>
<li>university of minnesota</li>
<li>university of utah</li>
<li>columbia university</li>
<li>ohio state university - columbus</li>
<li>rice university</li>
<li>duke university</li>
<li>northwestern university
28. state university of new york college at buffalo</li>
</ol>
<p>sorry, i'm too lazy to type of the rest but stony and buffalo were the only sunys that were on the top 1-43 ranks. stony beats some of the best colleges in the nation in computer science so i would say stony is a great choice for computer science</p>
<p>zuljian i dont get what your probem is
instead of apologizing for a misleading post u hav to get argumentative
u never said it was #2 in ny, you made it seem like u were saying it was #2 in the country</p>
<p>I am a computer science major so here are my impressions:</p>
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<li>compared to other state schools, I think the classes here at stony brook are a little slower in general. I have taken equivalent physics and cse courses at psu and stony, and the stony versions weren't as complex.</li>
</ul>
<p>-The professors in the department are ok and want to make sure the students learn.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Like any computer science programs, expect a 70:1 guy to girl ratio in classes.</p></li>
<li><p>Workload wise, I would say it is challenging and overwhelming, like most engineering programs.</p></li>
<li><p>My main grievance is the state of the department and the resources. The cs building is extremely ugly and , architectually, very poorly designed. The building instills a feeling of despair and aloofness in you the moment you see it such is its bleak--prison like--appearance. Compared to glassy, state of the art facilities I have been at and experience at my old school, stony brook's seems antiquated and just unexciting.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>--> Amongst SUNYs, it is the best department because of its size and research. Not sure at how other schools compare, but smaller departments might be able to provide you more attention and opportunities as well.</p>
<p>Frasi mentions some good points. The general impression of the engineering program is that they overload you with work. I definitely think that is true from the engineering students I knew.</p>
<p>Frasi, I will contend one point that you mentioned, that the physics courses aren't rigorous. Well that's because those are general intro physics courses, and not intro physics for physics majors. Take PHY 141 - honors physics I or take MAT 141 - Honors Calculus I, there you will be using the same texts that they use at MIT for introduction to calculus/analysis. Stony Brook does a good job offering physics/math prereqs for non physics and math students. But if you want the rigor, they will heap it at you.</p>
<p>I took a level 400 math seminar where we used the same textbook that the similar math GRAD course was using. The level of rigor is there, you just need to seek it out.</p>
<p>Frasi mentions some good points. The general impression of the engineering program is that they overload you with work. I definitely think that is true from the engineering students I knew.</p>
<p>Frasi, I will contend one point that you mentioned, that the physics courses aren't rigorous. Well that's because those are general intro physics courses, and not intro physics for physics majors. Take PHY 141 - honors physics I or take MAT 141 - Honors Calculus I, there you will be using the same texts that they use at MIT for introduction to calculus/analysis. One of the honors calculus courses was taught by Michael Anderson, a world famous mathematician who almost solved the Poincare Conjecture, a century old mathematics problem with a million dollar prize for the first person with a correct solution. Oh and he's a notoriously tough professor. Stony Brook does a good job offering physics/math prereqs for non physics and math students. But if you want the rigor, they will heap it at you.</p>
<p>I took a level 400 math seminar where we used the same textbook that the similar math GRAD course was using. The level of rigor is there, you just need to seek it out.</p>
<p>SBU math, I understand where you are coming from.</p>
<p>However, the courses I took are indeed intro for physics/science majors. PHY 131 is the course assigned for physics majors. Phy 141 is for the honors college and for people who already took the class from AP in high school. I took physics at my old school and could not pass so i dropped. Then I took it here at stony brook and the exams/labs/hw were much easier. The same goes for the equivalent CSE and Math stuff I have seen, it just seemed a little easier here in comparisson. </p>
<p>With that said, yes there are challenging courses as well.</p>