<p>What is the reputation of specific SUNY/CUNY campuses beyond New York State? Maybe you could identify which state you are from? I have listed them along with SAT CR+Math midpoint. Has anybody ever heard of any any of these specific colleges?</p>
<p>1305 SUNY at Binghamton
1285 SUNY College at Geneseo
1235 Stony Brook University
1210 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
1185 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1155 University at Buffalo
1140 CUNY Hunter College
1130 State University of New York at New Paltz
1130 SUNY College at Oswego
1115 CUNY Brooklyn College
1110 CUNY Queens College
1110 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
1105 SUNY at Albany
1090 SUNY College at Oneonta
1090 SUNY Maritime College
1080 SUNY at Purchase College
1070 CUNY City College
1065 SUNY at Fredonia
1065 SUNY College at Brockport
1060 SUNY College at Cortland
1060 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome
1025 SUNY College at Plattsburgh
1020 Farmingdale State College
1010 SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
1005 CUNY College of Staten Island
995 CUNY Lehman College
995 SUNY College at Old Westbury
975 Buffalo State SUNY
970 Morrisville State College
954 CUNY New York City College of Technology
950 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 CUNY York College
895 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
836 CUNY Medgar Evers College
0 SUNY College at Potsdam
0 SUNY College of Technology at Canton</p>
<p>they are probably all very good schools, but unless someone is from new york they have little name recognition. which is not to say you should or should not apply/attend one.</p>
<p>Does SUNY schools offer any merit aid/Scholarship/Grants for in state students based on your stats? or their price is same for whoever goes there. Of course the in state and out of state cost will vary.</p>
<p>Why do you think SUNY B cost is so low? I’m showing 23K for instate student. </p>
<p>For few more thousand, in some cases even less than that amount, with scholarships and grants you might be able to go to a private school. Of course this is assured, the other private colleges are all up in the air.</p>
<p>If all you are asking about is name recognition, I can give you the perspective of a (well-educated) Californian who generally pays attention to college information, and who occasionally hires. I’d put my level of awareness of this kind of thing at around the 85th or 90th percentile for a Californian.</p>
<p>I have independently known of Binghamton, Stony Brook, and Buffalo of the SUNYs; Hunter College, John Jay, and of course CCNY (I am of a certain age) of the CUNYs. Since being active at CC (by virtue of having an offspring in the application process now) Geneseo and Purchase have come onto my radar also. Beyond those, I’d say that at least in California or the west, almost all the others are essentially unknown. </p>
<p>That’s not to say they may not be fine colleges, of course. But most people in California won’t have heard of any but the very top ones.</p>
<p>UCBAlumnus, fascinating read to see that the knowledge of so many east coasters about western colleges is so profoundly ignorant (heh), as no doubt it seems to them in reverse.</p>
<p>What is really interesting, though, is to see how little of a common knowledge base there is despite the internet which, as you always hear, has revolutionized the information world and equalized people across the country and around the world. Judging by the comments on this and the other thread, it seems not so much. Obviously a small set of highly motivated HS kids (and their parents) know of both Pomona and Amherst no matter where they are from, but overall, if it weren’t for college sports, college name recognition would be like the illumination from a single bulb in the corner of a vast dark room.</p>
<p>Yes. Even the college sports name recognition may not go very far for students/parents looking at the academic aspect, and may have a negative effect if the sports cause the school to be perceived as a “dumb jock school” or a sports-related scandal occurs. Only one NCAA Division I athletic conference has high recognition and perception for academics, but it is likely that many high school seniors would be hard pressed to name all of the schools in it.</p>
<p>Do not compare the SUNY schools with places like UC Berkley which has both an element and a research budget many times larger than any SUNY other than Cornell. When Stony Brook, Albany, etc ranks in the top five for almost every academic field then it’s ok to criticize an educated person for not knowing this schools. Until then, nope.</p>
<p>Binghamton doesn’t offer merit aid but as far as I know, most of the rest of the SUNYs do. (I know for a fact about Stony Brook, Buffalo, Oneonta but you could find out about the rest easily on their websites.</p>
<p>Bing freshmen have to live on campus but it’s definitely cheaper to find an apartment and cook for yourself off-campus, so that can cut the cost in subsequent years.</p>
<p>The SUNY colleges are all around $2-3K cheaper than the University Centers ((not Bing, U. of Buffalo, Stony Brook, Albany), and CUNYs are cheaper still.</p>
<p>Funny…back in the 80’s SUNY had a “pick 3” application and I, a NY high school student, applied to what I, actually my mom, since I was using them as financial safeties, considered to be the top 3:</p>
<p>Binghamton, Stony Brook, and Buffalo. If I’d still been pursuing an acting career, I’d have applied to Purchase. </p>
<p>Other than Geneseo, which I hadn’t heard of until I started reading CC a few years ago, that still seems to be the case.</p>
<p>What’s surprising to me is the rise in selectivity of the CUNYs. I think they were more or less open enrollment in the 80’s.</p>
<p>OHMomof2, I don’t remember when they actually made the switch, but now there’s only a guarantee of admission to the CUNY community colleges. High school students have to take placement tests and many of them need years of remedial work until they are ready for the community college curriculum. </p>
<p>The most selective CUNYs (Hunter, Baruch, CCNY, Brooklyn, Queens) get more selective every year. I think that some of it may be the resurgence of NYC as an attractive (if expensive) place, especially since 9/11, and the whole Brooklyn thing which is incredible to see from the inside! Diversity is a real plus these days, and NYC definitely has it.</p>
<p>Interesting, oldmom. Ironically, while I initially attended a private LAC, I wound up at a SUNY in the city for awhile and then finished at Hunter :)</p>