<p>Does anyone have any information on this school? I have read the Princeton Review but am looking for some first hand info.</p>
<p>Pretty open ended question - I visited there with my daughter about a year ago, so here's what I can offer based on that visit and the research we did.</p>
<p>In terms of the SUNY hierarchy - its not as selective as Geneseo or Binghamton - its larger than Geneseo and smaller than Binghamton. But it seems to have been steadily rising in terms of selectivity, and for those who don't want one of the huge SUNY university centers, seems to be becoming a popular choice.</p>
<p>Its reputation has certainly improved over the years. Way back when I was looking at schools it had the reputation of being strong on drugs and not academics (apologies to anyone who may have gone there then, but that was the reputation I heard at the time) and that is not the case now. The student tour guides seem to have been "prepped" for that question so I think it must be asked alot by those of us who knew their old reputation.</p>
<p>New Paltz is maybe 2 hours from NYC I think. Its also fairly close to Poughkepsie which is where Vassar is.</p>
<p>The campus itself - well, personally, I went to a public college and the red brick, post 60's buildings that typify many of the SUNY's feels like what a college should look like to me - but anyone in search of gothic buildings and ivy will be disappointed. There is a large pond with geese and plenty of grass and trees - I thought the campus was pretty.</p>
<p>We were there on a Monday after there had supposedly been some big event over the weekend. I say this because the campus had quite a bit of litter. Our tour guide assured us that campus didn't usually look like that. </p>
<p>Bottomline - if you are looking at SUNY's, its worth a look if it has the programs you want.</p>
<p>I know someone who teaches there -- a former student of mine, actually. And I've visited a couple of times. New Paltz seems to be getting it together. They really expect their faculty to be good teachers and to be available to students. At the same time they're also making sure that their faculty stay professionally connected (read: publish, and get involved in SUNY system programs when possible) because they realize that their reputation depends in part on the visibility of their faculty.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. Do you know if acceptance for an oos student requires significantly higher stats or is the school looking to increase geographic diversity so stats for in state and oos would be similar</p>