Transfer student, need help deciding.

[harryJW]

Hello, I have recently been accepted to Suny oneonta, university at Albany, and university at buffalo. Only issue is I’m not sure which is best for me.
Alittle but about myself, I plan on pursuing a engineering degree. I’m Hispanic, male. I wanted to attend oneonta because i like the small classes and the community type of feel, as I was raised upstate NY. I know buffalo has a very good engineering program and have heard good stuff about Albany too.
Have you guys been to any of these schools? Can you tell me more about dorm size, clubs, and anything that makes these school interesting. I have to make my decision in about two weeks, I need to know the most about these schools. Please help me, any info is appreciated, thank you.

[Jamrock411]

Does SUNY-Oneonta and SUNY-University of Albany have engineering majors? SUNY-University at Buffalo engineering program is well respected and would be better than a 3-2 program at the other two institutions. As a transfer student, have you taken the required engineering prerequisites to enter the University at Buffalo engineering program? If not, why not complete those prerequisites at your current school and then transfer to one of the SUNY engineering programs (SB, Bing, UB, etc.)?

University of Albany:

For students interested in engineering, there are available 3-2 programs with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson University, SUNY at New Paltz, and SUNY at Binghamton. Students in these programs spend their first three years at this campus and the last two at the other. The tuition is at the University at Albany rate for the first three years only. Upon successful completion of the programs, students are awarded a B.S. in Physics from the University at Albany and a B.S. in Engineering from the other institution.

SUNY College at Oneonta:

3-2 ENGINEERING PROGRAM
This five-year dual-degree program, in cooperation with engineering schools at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Watson School of Engineering at Binghamton University, Clarkson University, RPI, and Syracuse University, offers students the opportunity to become professionally-qualified in a specific engineering field, while at the same time achieving capability in a chosen Liberal Arts major. This combination can provide engineers, as well as professionals in other fields, a unique background for contributing to solutions of the many critical, complex, and interdisciplinary problems of modern society.

Students in the 3-2 Engineering Program attend SUNY Oneonta for the first three years, pursuing one of the following Liberal Arts majors: Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Meteorology, Physics, or Statistics. At the beginning of the fourth year, students transfer to an engineering school for the completion of the five-year program. (Majors in some disciplines may need to spend more than three years at Oneonta to complete the major and the engineering courses for transferring to engineering school.) The B.S. degree in the chosen Liberal Arts major is awarded by SUNY Oneonta and the B.S. in Engineering is awarded by the engineering school.

[harryJW]

I have taken a lot of the prerequisite for an engineering degree at UB. have taken calculus 1, 2, and 3 and calculus based physics 1 and 2 along with 68 other transferable credits.

Only issue is buffalo is a really big school and that kind of is making me rethink whether I actually want to attend the school. I learn better in small groups and I heard buffalo has large classes. I was gonna pursue a physics degree at Albany and oneonta, later on pursuing a engineering degree. im just really confused on which school to attend?