<p>I don’t want to know how well known it is, just how good it is. Especially at Economics. At the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Very good. Its nationally ranked in USNWR. Research it here on CC, google it, and check out USNWR online to find out more.</p>
<p>Would I be academically challenged there? I have the Presidential scholarship, which covers everything, so was seriously considering it.</p>
<p>I have a 2350 SAT and 1st to 3rd in my class approx. Would I be intellectually challenged at UB?
Would really appreciate help.</p>
<p>The University at Buffalo is a very good school. it is one of only 34 public schools in the country that has been accepted into the highly selective Association of American Universities. There are only 60 schools in the whole United States that are members. All of the Ivy League schools are in it. </p>
<p>The Business programs at Buffalo will challenge you.</p>
<p>^Thanks. Ummm… I don’t want to go into the business programs at all. How good is the economics department and the language departments?</p>
<p>^^ Only UAA (Nerdy 8) & Big Ten Conference have all of its members included in AAU, Dartmouth (Ivy League) is not!!</p>
<p>Source: [Association</a> of American Universities](<a href=“http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474]Association”>http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474)</p>
<p>A female friend of mine attended Buffalo Law School and another for Sociology PhD, both told me that its undergrad education is pretty solid. I am certain that Buffalo is one of the better SUNY schools for Language study whereas Albany/Stony Brook focus more on Business and Science. Academic-wise, I believe Binghamton is the best overall if the LAC-like Geneseo not included in the discussion (even though I read somewhere that Buffalo and Albany had recently been designated as the flagships of SUNY?!).</p>
<p>UB is a huge joke. I go to a mediocre public school and all the kids too dumb for Bimghamton and Geneseo but too smart for community college go there.</p>
<p>^Please elaborate. Is this true? How good, specifically, is the Honors College?</p>
<p>Stony brook does not focus on business…</p>
<p>but Buffalo is not a prestigious school by all means. Where else did you get in?</p>
<p>The ‘best’ schools that I got into (by ranking) are Smith College and Colgate University. However, they are financially unaffordable.
I don’t care about ‘prestige’, because, frankly, none of the schools I applied to are that well known. But how ‘good’ is it?</p>
<p>it’ll serve your needs I’m sure, but your stats are way too high for buffalo imo. You should be at the top there. They’ll treat you very nicely though I’m sure to keep you there :D</p>
<p>Yes- my stats are at the top. I have the presidential scholarship, which is a full ride, basically… IDK, should I go there?</p>
<p>You should have applied to more school in my opinion, but if your only choice is between those three and you can’t afford colgate/smith you don’t really have a choice right?</p>
<p>I have other choices- these are the best ones. Well, any other takes on UB?</p>
<p>It will be what you make of it. The Honors seminars change, and you’ll have opportunities to take interesting classes and get to know Professors well. They offer honors seminars across disciplines, and you’re likely to find economics and business offerings over the years. The community service requirement isn’t that difficult either. You should review the requirements to stay in the Honors College.</p>
<p>Your Honors mentor can be very helpful if you get to know him/her. You’ll be surrounded by other smart kids in the Honors College but you can’t assume that getting the Presidential Scholarship will equal an easy ride at UB. One of my kids had a room-mate with the Presidential Scholarship whose GPA was not that great. Overall, most of the Honors students did do well but my kid didn’t know anyone who was pulling a 4.0 (after the first semester, anyway). </p>
<p>Just as a side note, one of the annoying things that my kid noted about the Honors College was that so many of the students kept bragging about their high school GPA and SAT scores, which is probably the academic equivalent of wearing your high school varsity jacket as a college student. </p>
<p>Aside from academics, my kids have noted that UB has a fantastic lecture series each year, and that the school brings in good concerts and other activities. They say that there’s always something to do. The ski club is huge and a great value. I’m not a fan of the campus, but my kids think it’s ok. As a negative, the dorm cafeterias don’t serve lunch so you never have enough flexible dining dollars by the end of the semester. The dorm rooms seemed about average to me, although there is some disparity in room sizes. A few of the doubles are really small, so it’s the luck of the draw what you might get as a dorm room the first year. Even some of the singles in Ellicot seem smaller than others. By Jr year, the majority of students do choose to move off campus but this is optional.</p>
<p>The weather stinks, but you will be inside since the academic buildings are connected by bridges and tunnels. The campus is informal not preppy, so you’re fine with sweats etc. There is a very large percentage of international students. Freshmen can have cars and there is no parking fee, but you do have to park in certain lots. </p>
<p>You may want to factor grad school into your plans too. That full ride might be very valuable to you someday if you’d be pursuing an MBA or further degree.</p>
<p>Can’t speak to the economics program, but you might also look at whether getting the full ride means that you can spend a semester doing a finance internship in NYC or Chicago, to beef up your resume. Although UB is not directly a member of the National Student Exchange, you are able to participate since all other SUNY programs are available to UB students. The full ride really opens up your options if some of the money you would otherwise be using for tuition can be used to expand your opportunities.</p>
<p>My brother got his undergrad in UB, and was challenged with similar stats, and then went on to grad school at Columbia. It has a really good education.</p>
<p>whoa, i totally disagree with you about colgate and smith not being well-known. they’re both top 20 LACs. i’m surprised you didn’t get good finaid at smith - my best friend goes there and is going for less than it would have cost her to attend any of the SUNYs. colgate should also give you a lot of aid because they have tons and tons of money floating around. i’d call them and fight for it.</p>
<p>in any case, if you can’t go, you can’t go. i know a lot of people who are happy at buffalo, but it’s not near either of the other 2 in terms of prestige (and i’m guessing, quality). </p>
<p>also, neonzeus’s last paragraph of advice is excellent. definitely do that if you end up at buffalo</p>