Stony Brook University

Date: Jun 30 2010
Major: Computer Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Stony Brook University is definitely a science and medical school. It has an enormous research facility, its own medical and dental school, accredited engineering departments and basically impacts the entire LI from employment to development. Please don't listen to people who say nobody has heard of Stony Brook. Stony Brook is well known in the science field. Researchers at Stony Brook have discovered and invented countless things. It is a great graduate school and research school.

Students & Social Life: A lot of people complain about the students. Most of the freshmen I met started off as a Biology major wanting to do Pre-med but I'd say less than 10% actually ended up in med school. As a local of Queens, I transferred into Stony Brook knowing a ton of people from high school. The reason why people say it?s full of groups is because probably at least 10-30 people from their own schools are there so they will stick to people they are familiar with. People do socialize, but it really depends on where you go to and who you want to know. There are events/clubs/sports for almost anything. A lot of students commute because Stony Brook is in LI and close to NYC.

For people who complain - If you don't like campus life, take the train to Manhattan and party there, the school isn't segregated in a forest, its 1 hour or so to get back.

The school is predominately Asian(30-40%) since you have to add a ton of International Korean/Chinese/Japanese students so if you?re not looking to see a ton of Asian people, this probably isn?t the place to go.

The Greek Life does exist, but it?s very small compared to a lot of liberal arts colleges.

Academics: The sciences here are extremely hard and like one person said,

it?s perfect for Asians that study all day

It?s quite competitive for grading, especially in the sciences because everyone wants that A but there are curves so you basically compete with everyone for your grades. I'm a Computer Engineering major and our department is significantly smaller than most departments so I never hated any of classes for being too large or terrible professors but I hear that?s a problem in other classes.

Obviously if you?re a liberal arts or business major going to Stony Brook, nobody really cares because and you probably won?t get too much recognition. For those who deny it, I did a double major in CE and business and dropped business because I hated how easy it was and filled with uninspired students in the classes that just wanted to party and get a high paying job in the future.

For those people who want a real career in life, look into the health professions in Stony Brook, the people and academics are really great. For science and engineering majors, Stony Brook is the cheapest alternative to getting a great degree for a low price.

If you?re looking into partying and having a great time with the entire school, this is definitely NOT the place to go to. There are a lot of football/basketball div 1 colleges with better school spirit, facility, etc.