<p>Its getting to that time when I need to really start thinking about where to apply to, and I was just wondering are the SUNY schools in NY really bad colleges. I've heard that these schools don't give you a good/excellent education. I've been looking at SUNY Cortland, SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Potsdam. Does anyone know if these schools send graduates to T14 or other top Law Schools?</p>
<p>It's possible, but you would have a much better chance at Binghamton, Geneseo, or Buffalo. Same price, but better academics and more serious students. A student with a 3.8 GPA and a 170+ LSAT coming out of any one of those three schools should be able to place well.</p>
<p>thank you for your reply cayugared2005</p>
<p>"A student with a 3.8 GPA and a 170+ LSAT coming out of any one of those three schools should be able to place well."</p>
<p>A student with a 3.8 GPA and a 170+ LSAT coming out of ANY 4 year SUNY will have an excellent shot. In fact the "shot" would be about equal from all of the 4 year SUNYs-given he same majors, EC's and GPA. Do you know how rare a 170+ is? Ya, the top 1.8% for a 170 (98.2 percentile, or a FULL 2 standard deviations above the mean). With this kind of LSAT, no one on the ad comm will doubt your intellectual capacity and coupled with a high GPS, school choice will not matter. I've seen numbers that the average Harvard and MIT undergrad LSAT is ~165. A 170 from ANY school will get an application considered, especially if it is accompanied a high GPA. By the way, the education you receive at Geneseo isn't going to be a lot "better" than the one you would get at Cortland, Oswego or Oneonta. Go to the SUNY you like the most.</p>
<p>Do you think you can get into any of Cornell's state schools?</p>
<p>Cornell's clearly the best, but SUNY Binghamton is the best after that. Bling Bling Bing is a quality education.</p>
<p>Binghamton is the most well-regarded out of all the SUNY schools. A few of my friends applied to Geneseo, apparently on account of it having a reputation as a school that offers "Ivy League" style/quality instruction.</p>
<p>You might want to look into the CUNYs instead, especially Hunter College and Queens College. Regardless, the honors program at any of these schools are excellent opportunities, great values.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the replys guys. Kwu, whats the difference between SUNY and CUNY schools? I am not very familiar with these.</p>
<p>Well, SUNY schools are the State Universities of New York, and CUNY schools are the City Universities of New York.</p>
<p>While SUNYs are located very far away from the five boroughs of New York, the "city," the CUNY schools are located within the five boroughs. One that comes to mind immediately is the Macaulay Honors Program at Hunter College, a selective program that fully covers tuition and room. Your dorm is on the lower east side, facing the river or the quad, you have 7k to study abroad, and you are given a free Macbook. The actual college is on the Upper East side, 69th, I believe.</p>
<p>Both are very attractive and affordable options.</p>
<p>thanks kwu, i just was on Hunter's website and the school does def. seem to be fairly cheap which is good, considering my family does not have much money (around $30,000 a year).</p>
<p>If your family doesn't have a lot of money, look into the contract colleges at Cornell. Excellent financial aid is provided to all students at Cornell.</p>
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<p>While the education probably won't differ, the quality and seriousness of the students will probably be non-trivial.</p>
<p>You should really check out CUNY Queens and Hunter. They're regarded as public ivies when it comes to their honors program. I have a friend involved in theatre and honors at Hunter who absolutely loves it. And two who actually graduated hs a year early and went there for the honors program. They can't say enough good things about it. My English teacher graduated from Queens and then went on to teach there for a while, he also can't say enough good things about it, including how much of a value the price tag is. Room and Board can be expensive, since it is the city, but tuition for in-state is pretty awesome. Good luck!</p>