<p>NY being one of the largest states both financially and population wise actually has a rather dismal school system in terms of quality. </p>
<p>NY should have it’s equivalent of the UC system but the SUNY does not live up to that, i dont think this has anything to do with the amount of OOS students getting accepted EVEN if they are getting accepted with lower stats ( which i do not believe)</p>
<p>But the budget cuts that IAMHERE is mentioning probably play the biggest role in this. In terms of campus alone the UCs are in better shape and CA is in an economic hole so deep there is no way to dig themselves out. </p>
<p>Better financing for the SUNYs would allow them to also attract and retain better faculty or more desirable faculty (Nobel Prize winners and such)</p>
<p>I agree with IAMHERE regarding the budget cuts the SUNYs go through. </p>
<p>Being the state schools of one of the largest states they should be better than they are.</p>