<p>that is true...they are like the university versions of a community college.</p>
<p>As a student at SUNY Binghamton, and an ROTC cadet at Cornell. I will tell all prospective students they are worlds apart. Binghamton is a good school, but it is a state school that has a plethara of problems, esp lack of national recognition. There are some Harvard calibar students at Bingh, but on AVg no. The Attitude of Apathy is very pervasive here, and intellectual rigor is not pervasive. Binghamton is a good place to go to save money for grad/law/med school, but to all those who want an Ivy experience or prestige at a fraction of the cost, this is not the place. And believing so will only hurt you when you get here.</p>
<p>"Articulation agreements?" Do you mean "matriculation agreements?"</p>
<p>Greybeard: UC Berkeley was not founded on public land. The land which the university sits on was purchased in 1866 by the private College of California. It has no relations with the state until the College of California merged with the state operated Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College.</p>
<p>Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College wanted to take advantage of the aforementioned Morill Land Grant, but there was no land to be granted. It had the funds to operate however. On the other hand, the College of California privately purchased land in Oakland and in Berkeley, but lacked the funds to operate. As a result, they merged; the College of California provided the land and the State provided the funds.</p>
<p>Nope, articulation agreements are agreements between schools (sometimes community colleges and 4 year schools, sometimes 3-2 programs) where eligible candidates can get almost automatic admits upon completion.</p>
<p>Three of Cornell's undergraduate colleges (Agriculture and Life Sciences; Human Ecology; and Industrial and Labor Relations) have developed a good number of articulated transfer agreements with two-year colleges.</p>
<p>The College of Engineering has standing 3-2 agreements with both Ithaca College (NY) and Wells College (NY). In addition, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has specific transfer articulation agreements with the following two-year institutions: City College of San Francisco (CA), Foothill College (CA), Montgomery County Community College (PA), and Ulster County Community College (NY). </p>
<p>Also, the SUNY schools have not settled on one flagship school, really, they have four sub-par universities...</p>
<p>well it seems like the Flagship is Binghamton and for Sci Stonybrook. They are good schools, however they are no where the Ivys or Public ivys which Bingh professes to be. As a student at Bingh i am willing to answer any question regarding the school from prospective students or Parents to the best of my ability. I will try and give an honest and non-toure guide analysis of the place.</p>
<p>Let's first note that both Massachusetts and New York have hovered around the botton 5 states (45-50th) in investment from state in higher educatin per capita.</p>
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<p>The SUNY system was designed specifically to not have a flagship school but instead four main campuses:
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
Stonybrook</p>
<p>Some people may believe Binghamton is the flagship, in reality, Buffalo is the most well-rounded, but each school has it's specialty.</p>
<p>This might be a bit out of left field, but i was wondering if anyone has info on the SUNY BA/MD program. My sister who will be a senior is looking in to such programs. And i have heard of this one i believe it is through SUNY Downstate, any info and links would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Don't know about SUNY BA/MD program, but there is also the Sophie Davis program through CCNY (CUNY). That may be a 7 year program with a guarantee into a Medical School affiliated with this program. I believe you can get info on it from the CUNY website. As my kids are not pre-med, I don't have too much info on the program.</p>
<p>Sophie Davis: <a href="http://med.cuny.edu%5B/url%5D">http://med.cuny.edu</a>
also: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=10440&highlight=sophie+davis%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=10440&highlight=sophie+davis</a></p>
<p>I haven't read the thread, but perhaps a lack of a flagship makes the SUNY system appear worse or more not existant than it is.</p>