<p>D graduated her Long Island high school at the top 5% of her class. Many students from her high school attend the SUNY’s…but they are not students in that range. To be honest if you were going to rank students in the top 5%, D was at the lower end of those top 20 students. D wanted an environment where she would be challenged–either academically or talent-wise or preferrably both. She chose NYU. When I researched what colleges those top students from our hs attended from 4 other graduating classes, I think only 1 student in about 80 attended a SUNY.</p>
<p>That is not to say that other states don’t have top state schools with tippy top students, but I would say that from our neck of the woods, the SUNY’s are not drawing these top students.</p>