Out of State Students

Dutchuncle1
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Hudsonvalley -Boy, I quess we are a little sensitive. I tried to use a little sarcasm to make a point but you took it personal. I’ll try to be a more sensitive in my approach next time.
I do agree that there are advantages for Geneseo to have more OOS students. My disagreement is with the premise that the lack of an OOS population significantly lessons the schools academic standing. You mentioned that other SUNY’s have higher percentages of OOS populations and in particular Plattsburgh has 20%, yet Geneseo is still one of the top SUNY schools and by no way does Plattsburg rank academically with Geneseo. So I guess I just don’t get the link on the academic argument. I do agree with Chris’s point that they already have a large pool of smart applicants for a relatively small number of openings so there is most likely no motivation to pursue OOS students. Lastly, I agree that even though Geneseo is a very good school it most likely does not stack up with some of the mentioned Top public schools. I hear this argument all the time that top SUNY school X is not as good as top state/private school Y, the fact that is not always brought up is that top school Y is 2-3 times the cost of SUNY X. Therefore you have to assess if it’s worth the extra cost in choosing an out of state or private school over Genose education. Personally don’t think so but that’s just my opinion. The great thing in the end is that no matter what anyone says you have the freedom to pick and choose what’s best suited for you.

One question for Chris does the Stony Brook’s 15% number you mention for the OOS population also includes foreign students. If so, would you know the breakdown between foreign and out of state students? Just curious.