Out of State Students

Mom_El
Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:04:06 +0000

As the mother of an out of state student who is considering applying to a SUNY…an NYC typw atmoshere is NOT what we a re looking for. My on HATES NYC and is reluctant to visit his older brother wh olives there because he LOVES NYC…
What I’m saying is…that you can’t make assumptions about what an Out of stater is looking for. My son is looking for the best education he can get at the best price.
UMASS…our state school offers a great education and my son may wind up there…but we are concerned about the size and he also has the misconception that he will wind up hanging out with all his old high school friends…or that everyone who goes there is a drinking partying townie…which is silly because 20.000 kids are at UMass.

I’m having difficulty understanding the difference between SUNY Binghampton and Albany vs New Paltz, Geneseo etc. They are all called SUNY’s. In Mass. there are big state universities…and small state colleges