SUNY New Paltz

marny1
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:32:41 +0000

jingle- Hi! I’m a NY mom and know a bit about the Suny campuses. My d is at Suny Cortland.
first the good news- most SUNY campuses are NOT commuter schools. Though we are overwhelmingly NY based students, most kids stay on campus on week-ends. The main exception may be SUNY Stony Brook. Which is great for pre-med and science, and not far from NYC-- but I hesitate to recommend it as it still has a bit of a commuter reputation.
Univ. of Buffalo, may fit your needs a bit better. Also very good for pre-med.So I suggest you check their website out. Make sure you check for U of Buff and not Buffalo state. Both SUNY --but 2 different schools.

Suny New Paltz (as well as my kids school-Cortland), may not be the best choice for a strong pre-med student. You really may want to be in a more academically competitive environment.

There is also another SUNY based “science” program- known as ESF - Environmental Science and Forestry program. It’s housed on Syracuse University. You are a SUNY student, pay SUNY tuition but you live on the SU campus. For a science/pre-med person, you may be able to get the curriculum to work for you,
check
[SUNY-ESF, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry](http://www.esf.edu)
it’s one of those strange SUNY programs, so if you need a little help understanding the esf/suny website- just holla!!
Good luck.