<p>Hey Chuck;</p>
<p>I’m sure they will be sweating. Let’s think about it carefully, CSE at SBU will have more faculty members, from the same prestigious schools, more space, more research, same companies recruitting, outstanding alumni-base(President of Stanford is a CS Ph.D from here, along with a ton of others) already known as a regional heavyweight, who has proven they can kick their butt when there is a competition(think how they won the ACM competition multiple times in the region).</p>
<p>Remember Chuck, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia dont’ have access to Brookhaven National lab($500 million dollar research budget), Cold Spring Harbors(not sure about their budget). </p>
<p>I mean, our department already dwarfs Columbia and Princeton in terms of size. The department just hired 5 faculty members, and from what I’ve been hearing the goal is to continue expanding. The department is from the 60’s just like most schools.</p>
<p>Do me a favor, scroll down this list and think about only 3 thousand per semester, and 700 undergraduates already in the department, that means lots of talented folks are here since being in the major requires you to excel in 2 of the core classes(B average, if not say bye to CSE).</p>
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<p>I look forward to your opinion. I just feel like someone might be sniffing crack for paying Princeton, Columbia or Cornell 50K per year when Stony is a FRACTION, with the same prestigous companies hanging out here regularly.</p>