SUNY Stony Brook or Albert Einstein?

[KokomoNYC]

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Applying sucks, but I'm through it and I consider myself blessed by a choice. So far, I've been accepted to SUNY Stony Brook and Albert Einstein. I'm a rogue and peasant slave, so I can't even begin to decide where I'd rather go. Both are, as far as I'm aware, great schools. On the one hand Stony Brook is far less costly (but you pretty much have to buy a car to go there). On the other hand, Albert Einstein is ranked higher by both US News and NIH (whatever that means), and is in the Bronx...NYC is my lover. As of yet, I am not a research fanatic, so the merits of the research departments at each school, although not inconsequent, do not tip the balances in either school's favor.

As everyone knows, everything on the internet is true, so I leave it up to SDN to decide my fate.

Anyone have any input? Where would you go and why?

 

[Kid A]

Well if it were me I would easily go to Stony Brook 17k is a huge difference per year. Plus you like the location of the school better. The only difference being some trivial rankings that aren't a huge factor for residencies and it's not like the schools are that different on the rankings.

 

[KokomoNYC]

Plus you like the location of (Stony Brook) better.

Thanks for the input. I should have been clearer. Stony Brook is on Long Island (near but outside of NYC), while Albert Einstein is in the Bronx (a borough of NYC), so Albert Einstein actually gets +1 for location in my book.

 

[Kid A]

Ah I see... well I would still choose Stony Brook.

 

[ar2388]

i would choose einstein for the location. bronx >>> LI in my book.

einstein is nice. the housing is pretty sweet and you are only an express bus away from the city so you wont feel utterly alone in the boonies of LI. also, you mentioned the car thing. with a car comes insurance and gas and all that other stuff about not driving drunk, etc... in the city, you drink, you get a cab or a subway or a bus and there are no worries... LOL

anyways. einstein!! whoo

 

[GoSpursGo]

Moving to School Specific Discussions.

 

[rushhour2]

You should pick a better school, in this case Einstein.

 

[Zona Pellucida]

Pick where you will be happiest to spend the next few years of your life.

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or just pick Einstein so I can get off the damn waitlist at SB 😛

 

[w8ting2exhale]

another vote for Einstein here. I'm not much of a Long Island fan