<p>at monydad: My feeling, in all likelihood it probably never happened and was made up by someone who had nothing better to do with their time then make it up, write about it and see what people would say. the two schools being in different states, etc makes it hard to believe. I say it’s not true.</p>
<p>at sunshine: I see your point that the SUNY state colleges at Cornell University are listed on the SUNY web site. I don’t know too much about the state contracted colleges, but even if someone can apply through the SUNY web site link you talk about, I don’t think they would get the lower SUNY rate. I guess they are on the SUNY web site for a reason, but I really don’t know exactly what that is about or if there is different pricing. I guess you can email SUNY headquarters in Albany, NY and ask them why the state colleges at cornell are on their web site and if it makes a difference how you apply. or you can look at the link monydad wrote about in his post that talks about the contract colleges.
When I say I’m going to cornell, a lot of people ask state or private so I can see the mix up because of this “statutory” / “contract” thing, but I’m thinking that the state colleges are basically private and run by cornell with some funding by the state. but I am not sure.
good luck to you.</p>