College Comparison XVIII: Students Ranked in Top 10% of HS class

<p>I’ve often thought that if SUNY had adopted a simple, costless rule for two to four of its state flagships, that applicants must be in the top 10% of the class (similar to California) to apply, that SUNY would be well respected today on a national basis.
But it didn’t happen. It is possible that the presence of private school competition in the Northeast would make duplicating the U of California difficult. However, there was a point in the 1970s when Stony Brook and Binghamton rivaled or topped Berkeley and UCLA on SAT scores.</p>