<p>Help? I've been accepted to UB and UNL and I dont know which one to choose.</p>
<p>I'll be majoring in Business and communications. Therefore I need to know, which university has a bigger name? More reputable and has the best quality.</p>
<p>1) Which university would the Americans think is good? Which one is better to be a State University of New York, Buffalo graduate or aUniversity of Nebraska Lincoln?</p>
<p>2)Which university would impress people/employers etc.</p>
<p>3)Life and campus life, which one has a more beautiful setting, environment to live in? </p>
<p>4) Which university UNL or UB that would give me the quality education.</p>
<p>5) Which is a better state to live in between the two?</p>
<p>Please help. Also tell me if rankings are important? Thanx!</p>
<p>Two very different places to live. And the opinions you're going to get are going to vary based on where the person giving the opinion is from. </p>
<p>If you're hoping to stay in the midwest, Nebraska would be better. If you're hoping to end up on the east coast, especially the northeast, then obviously Buffalo. Anywhere else, I'd say that Nebraska has the better name recognition, but that's mainly from athletics and doesn't necessarily translate to quality.</p>
<p>As a UNL grad, I can tell you I loved Lincoln, and my little brother who is starting his sophomore year also is having a great time. Of course that means I'm biased. </p>
<p>Is it possible for you to visit both schools - that'd probably be the best opportunity.</p>
<p>Both are strong schools, academically, and both have decent name recognition. Both have nice waterfront campuses, and spirited athletics. Pick the one that fits your personal needs, in terms of where you want to live. </p>
<p>Would you rather live in the midwest or on the east coast? </p>
<p>If you want to live on the east coast after graduation (such as in NYC, Boston, Connecticut, etc.), Buffalo would be the better choice. If you want to live in the midwest after graduation, Nebraska would be the better choice.</p>
<p>As for which state is better....well, both Lincoln and Buffalo are decent sized cities, so you'd have plenty to do in either, but I believe most people would say that NY is the more cosmopolitan state to live in.</p>
<p>In terms of education quality I would think the two are very close. Buffalo is not really noted specifically for its business programs, its strength I would say is perceived to be more in science and engineering. I don't know much about the strength of the Nebraska business programs specifically although Nebraska is also deemed to be a good school overall.
If you really had to pick the one school that had more name recognition, or a better "rep", it would probably be Nebraska, although I doubt this would have much to do with education quality. Rather, Nebraska has the advantage of being, as mentioned above, a famous sports school, plus it is the single flagship university of its state: NY has multiple university campuses (Buffalo, Alabany, Binghamton and Stony Brook) that I guess you could say have to share the limelight. If you plan to settle or look for work in the midwest, I can pretty much guarantee that Nebraska would be better known and probably preferred by any employers who care about such things as where you graduated from.
Of the two physical campuses, I am only familiar with Buffalo and I have some warnings about it. Although Buffalo is a pretty large city, your campus would really be located in a suburb of Buffalo called Amherst. The campus is large but really isolated from its surroundings by a network of roads and highways, so that you will feel almost as though you are on an island- the only way to get off is by bus or car, you basically can't walk anywhere conveniently. The campus itself is somewhat plain and functional. Personally I think the facilities are great, I liked all the buildings and the dorms very much, but some people might find the environment a bit sterile. I guess I don't know what the above poster meant by a "nice waterfront campus", there is a big pond behind the academic buildings which is OK to look at but certainly does not qualify as a significant body of water. And, Buffalo New York should never be confused with NYC - they are 400 miles or more apart!
Bottom line is, I believe these are both good schools without a lot of differentiation in terms of overall repuation and quality, anyway. And the Buffalo campus has all you will need including impressive facilities, but not too many frills.</p>
<p>In regards to Nebraska's campus. It is probably as close to a polar opposite to what weldon described Buffalo's campus as I can come up with - particularly the City Campus (which is where you'd spend almost all of your time). City Campus is in the immediate downtown Lincoln. "O" Street is the main downtown street, loaded with a ton of bars and restaurants, and the campus' "official" border is "R" Street. The Hay Market is the renovated industrial district also full of restaurants and shops, and it's starts at 9th Street, while the border of campus is 12th or 11th street depending on where you're located. So very not isolated from Downtown Lincoln. City Campus is also very compact for the number of students - easily walkable in about 15 minutes from one end to the other in any direction. </p>
<p>Just to clear up confusion. UNL has two campuses in Lincoln: City and East. City Campus is the main campus, though smaller in size, it has the main student union, most of the dorms, the football stadium, most of the Greek houses, and the main library branch. East Campus is for the most part, as far as undergrads are concerned, the agricultural campus. Thus, while larger in area, much of that space is dedicated to research in crops and animals and the structures needed to support that research. The Colleges of Law and Dentistry are also on East Campus, but that's not of much concern. In my time as an undergrad, excluding taking a Kaplan class that was taught on East campus, I probably only ever ended up there less than 10 times total.</p>
<p>Also I don't know where anyone would get the idea that Lincoln is a "waterfront" town or city.</p>