<p>The 150 was off the top of my head (Syracuse is about 120 inches). That was one winter, but apparently above average. Here are some real numbers.</p>
<p>[NWS</a> Buffalo Climate Information - Buffalo Monthly Snowfall (2000s)](<a href=“http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/climate/buf_snow00s.php]NWS”>http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/climate/buf_snow00s.php)</p>
<p>And Stony Brook is not 2.5 hours from NYC. I live farther east on LI and can get to the city in about an hour and a half.</p>
<p>I went to Buffalo for graduate school. If you are used to winter weather it is really not that bad. They do get more snow than I was used to, including the occasional lake effect blizzard. However, undergrads at SUNY Buffalo are really in their own world. The campus is huge and very self sufficient.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply people. </p>
<p>So far Buffalo is leading the race. Can someone tell me more about city college ?. How are the professors and how is their engineering program. Do they have a Honors college?. How are the dorms ?. Do they have good internships ?. –> The same questions for Buffalo as well. </p>
<p>2 of my cousins are in NY. One is in Columbia and the other in NYU and they both tell me that living in NYC is better since a lot of internship opportunities are there + a good social life –> how true is this? (both of them have no idea about the SUNY’s and CUNY’s , 1 of them is doing Pre-med at Columbia and the other is doing an executive MBA from Stern) </p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>@Taggart–> not commuters, they live between 4-8 hrs from school. They have great research opportunities as undergrads and are thoroughly enjoying their experience.</p>
<p>Thanks … Bump to my post</p>
<p>BUMP again</p>
<p>I don’t know about engineering but CCNY has honors college called Macaulay Honors College-very respectable. It’s actually a commuter school but recently built one dorm that (from what I heard) is nice. It has very limited room, nonetheless. Most of them are honors studennts (since honors students would be the very first ones who can get the rooms).</p>
<p>dunno about internship, sorry :)</p>
<p>Definatley Binghamton, its the most well respected SUNY school and has a pretty good engineering program. Its rated as the best public school in the northeast, alot of kids from my high school who don’t get into Cornell end up going there. Also, I live pretty close to buffalo, and I remember one year when they got 6 feet of snow at one time!</p>
<p>Binghamton does have a very good engineering program. and as a Binghamton native and having lived in Buffalo for grad school I can attest that we get much less snow than they do!
Lots to do at SUNY Binghamton campus. Our city is not that exciting though compared to Buffalo or NYC for sure! More like a small town, but with the urban problems.</p>
<p>Fact: This year Buffalo has received less snow than D.C., Baltimore, and Philly.</p>
<p>The thing about Buffalo winters is that a) they aren’t that cold – the lake actually helps to keep temps from getting below 20, and b) we know how to deal with snow. So whereas other cities shut down due to 10 inches of snow, Buffalo just shakes it off and goes about its business.</p>
<p>well thats great. But if given one place to attend where would anyone of you go. </p>
<p>Again, My criteria is - Good education , good credits offered , good internships and a good social life.</p>
<p>My choices are - SUNY Buffalo , Binghamton , Albany , CUNY city college , and maybe the CUNY maculay’s honors.</p>
<p>My younger daughter is a Macaulay Honors College student @ Brooklyn. If you decide to pursue that, you would have to also choose a campus, which could be City College. You would get free tuition, a free laptop, and some other benefits.</p>
<p>I hear Buffalo has some tunnels or indoor bridges between buildings. Is that true? That could help with the extreme weather, at least a bit.</p>