Which SUNY Colleges/Universities Are Have Toughest Admissions?

in before someone says cornell...

but really, i have no idea.

None. They all suck rocks.

SUNY Question wrote:

I am trying to figure out the top SUNY schools where an average HS runner can walk on and participate in a college Men's XC program (obviously DIII) at a top SUNY school. Pretty easy to more or less figure out which teams are most competitive, but I am having difficulty figuring out how they are all stacked academically?

Seems like Geneseo, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stonybrook and Albany are pretty highly ranked.

All of these schools are D1.

BLOOOOP wrote:

SUNY Question wrote:

I am trying to figure out the top SUNY schools where an average HS runner can walk on and participate in a college Men's XC program (obviously DIII) at a top SUNY school. Pretty easy to more or less figure out which teams are most competitive, but I am having difficulty figuring out how they are all stacked academically?

Seems like Geneseo, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stonybrook and Albany are pretty highly ranked.

All of these schools are D1.

Geneseo is d3 but yeah

SUNY Question wrote:

I am trying to figure out the top SUNY schools where an average HS runner can walk on and participate in a college Men's XC program (obviously DIII) at a top SUNY school. Pretty easy to more or less figure out which teams are most competitive, but I am having difficulty figuring out how they are all stacked academically?

Seems like Geneseo, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stonybrook and Albany are pretty highly ranked.

Geneseo, Binghamton and Stonybrook are the hardest to get into, Buffalo and Albany are also good schools but a bit easier to get into. It really depends what you want to do, Geneseo is more liberal arts based than the others.

As far as walking on, an "average high school runner" would not make any of those teams. UAlbany and Bing are solid D1 programs and Buffalo and Stonybrook are good teams as well. Geneseo is hard to make by D3 standards, and the team recently got its roster size slashed so it is even harder to make now.

^Thanks all, especially for not jumping on my grammar (yet).

Can anyone recommend a good match? I am looking for the best school possible, and still be able to run with a team.

pretty sure you can run WITH the geneseo team, just not race for them if you're not fast enough yet. you can go unattached if you want to race. what times are you running?

SUNY Question wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good match? I am looking for the best school possible, and still be able to run with a team.

1) What do you want to study?

2) What do you want to do after graduation?

3) Where do you want to live after graduating?

lets hear some times. Stony Brook is the weakest team compared to the others, but roster is prob pretty small. Geneseo is very good but most likely has many more roster spots.

Buffalo and Stony Brook are large and researched based. Dont know much about Bing or Albany, but i always assumed they were similar.

Cortland goes hard.

heyheyhey wrote:

lets hear some times. Stony Brook is the weakest team compared to the others, but roster is prob pretty small. Geneseo is very good but most likely has many more roster spots.

Buffalo and Stony Brook are large and researched based. Dont know much about Bing or Albany, but i always assumed they were similar.

Geneseo has 25 spots on the XC roster.

Not too sure what to study; I do like History, but not sure if I would major in that. 4:48 miler, not too much speed but I have improved a little each year; I think I can improve on that this year. I might attend USMC OCS upon graduation. Undecided.

.oh. wrote:

pretty sure you can run WITH the geneseo team, just not race for them if you're not fast enough yet. you can go unattached if you want to race. what times are you running?

I think what is most important, is that I can train and be part of a team, with the goal of improving and racing whenever possible.

If you are a serious student I would only consider Binghamton, and Geneseo if you want to teach. A lot of it depends on your field of study and what you want to do after school, which is tough to know in high school. Maybe consider Buffalo. Don't look at Stony Brook, Cortland, Albany.

cuse wrote:

Don't look at Stony Brook, Cortland, Albany.

This statement is too broad. For example, according to the Wall Street Journal, Stony Brook ranked 8th among public universities with students enrolling in elite graduate programs. If you're looking to work for the government, Albany is hard to beat.

The SUNY website contains some good information:

Based on your times, you'd probably be most competitive at the DIII level. You also noted that you may be interested in a liberal arts degree.

According to US News, the top SUNY academic (and DIII) schools are: 1) Geneseo; 2) New Paltz; 3) Oneonta; 4) Fredonia.

Please do not pick a school based off of running. Just like you parents probably tell you, there is a good chance you will not become a pro athlete. Go to a school for an education you want and enjoy so when you are 40yrs old you don't hate your life.

To answer the original question, Binghamton has the most competitive entrance requirements generally speaking. Binghamton aka "The Smart School" is the crown jewel of the SUNY system. As for running there, it is a great place to train, Mike and Annette have built a strong program and the facilities are new and great. You'll have to email them to see what the current situation is regarding walk ons.

However, SUNY Maritime seems a perfect fit for this young man.