People on this site are talking about various SUNY schools having “great reputations” and others have speculated that SUNY is as strong in computer science as schools listed in the OP’s first paragraph (MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, Caltech, UMich, etc.). My guess is that many writing about the great reputations have never seen the academic resources available to students at SUNY or places like MIT. It’s been suggested that you ignore me. Well, sure. If you have never seen the resources at these schools and prefer a discussion that puts computer science at a SUNY on par with MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, Caltech, UMich… well please don’t let me stand in your way. Just click your heels three times and say “premier university” three times and with a liter of whisky maybe it will come true.