Speak Up for Hofstra!

RamRay
Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:41:19 +0000

Having family who went to Hofstra, I know it is the best private school on Long Island and has much to offer, but talk of being the “Ivy League” of Long Island and being soon equal to NYU and Fordham are a bit too optomistic I’m afraid.

While it is great that you have started a Medical school, you have hard competition with your local state rival: Stony Brook. They are a major research university now and are members of the very elite AAU (American Association of Universities). Columbia, NYU and Fordham are all major universities based in NYC so have a default advantage in jobs and intern opportunities in NYC. Now, Stony Brook has turned to sports and their 1-AA/FCS football team has won championships in the Southern Conference and will be moving to the CAA, Hofstra’s old football conference before you dropped the sport. I think Stony Brook has hopes to move their team one day to BCS along with Buffalo. It looks like SUNY-Stony Brook will get most of the limelight on the island.

A look at the 2012 USN&WR rankings show:

Columbia-4th
NYU-33rd
Fordham-53rd
Stony Brook-111th
Hofstra-128th
St. John’s-152nd

I know your new president wants to move Hofstra up academically, but a lot has to be done to get it past Stony Brook, let alone NYCs big three. Right now it is in a good place and a good start to be the best private school in L.I. Work to move up in the rankings and get past Stony Brook and you will have really accomplished a great goal!