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Wolffan

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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #195 on: February 22, 2018, 03:48:47 pm »
For the last 30 years I have been a high school teacher here on Long Island and have written hundreds of recommendations for college bound students.
 
Stony Brook is no longer a secret and is now the top choice (along with Binghamton)  for our brightest SUNY-bound kids. That is a big change from just seven or eight years ago and I see that trend continuing. It is not, I say again is not, a safety school for the SUNY-bound  - one glance at Naviance tells the kids I teach how difficult admissions are now.

The campus beautification efforts and successful D-1 programs are part of SBU's  increased and growing reputation amongst the college-bound. The impressive academic credentials of the applicants also contributes to our reputation.  As an added bonus, the price is right for New Yorkers - the saavy SUNY-bound kids are now asking themselves, "Why go anywhere else?"

Oddly enough, by now drawing more and more of the very strong students from NYC and LI (as we now do),  we may continue to be a campus that tends to empty out a bit on the weekends. That's okay.

And BTW, some of the top academic students tend to hit "College Confidential", here is a recent SBU thread for those who are wondering at SBU's reputation:

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/suny-stony-brook/2038618-stony-brook-university-class-of-2022-decisions.html



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