SBU Reviews & Ratings ,Town of Brookhaven,USA

Tips: At the outset, I encountered challenges with food, but I gradually adjusted and found ways to adapt. Although I did not receive any scholarships, I managed to navigate through my university without major financial training. Overall, I am quite content with my university choice, as I believe the education and experience it offers justify the cost.

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 1100
• Prepping time for classes25 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD 100000

Tips: I had the dream of coming to master in USA from a young age after seeing my relatives and others come here. After my undergrad, I did a job for 1 year as SDE and decided to go for Masters. I applied to many universities and the best I got was at Stony brook university MSCS so I decided to pursue my MS in this university. The acceptance rate is an average of around 48%. I have just done my 1st sem. Did 3 subjects and got good grades. There were medium to hard subjects but done with them somehow. ...

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 6000
• Prepping time for classes30 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD

Tips: Stony Brook University is one of the highly ranked university in the US and also the no.1 public university in the state of New York. It can be challenging at times with academics but put in the effort and it should be manageable and one should be able to adjust to the fast paced life as to not fall behind on academics and internships. When it comes to part time, the options are very low for the graduate student and getting one can be considered lucky, so this is not the college if you want to r...

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 1200
• Prepping time for classes20 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD

Tips: Culturally very accepting, super easy on students, especially Indian origin has a good community to live on campus, and good diversity as well. Relatively tougher, but students do get RA positions with tuition funded and a good stipend. I am totally satisfied with the university and with the country.

Likes (Permanent Immigration): US is a tough place if you are concerned with permanent settlement, but the quality of education and industry exposure is top-tier. Very few other countries would provide this experience with such mi...

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 1000
• Prepping time for classes20 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD 100000

Tips: Rigorous study environments, relaxed international community, good number of international students and professors. There we have healthy competitions and great exposure to different social events to build all round developments. Indian students are good in numbers here.

Likes (Safety): Very safe on campus community. Campus police departments is well-staffed and trained to ensure the safety of the student. The university has strict policies and procedures in place to prevent crime and respond to emergencies. St...

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 1037
• Prepping time for classes32 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD 88684

Tips: The university is one of the cheapest in the US and you will be able to find a good network of people who stays with you on-campus. It is located in the Suffolk County on Long Island in New York state. The grocery stores are very far but you can get shuttles to go there.

Likes (Safety): The university is situated in Stony Brook, Long Island which is a very sparsely populated city in Long Island, New York. So the university is very much isolated from the rest of the cities. There is no concern about mugging and o...

• Total Monthly ExpenseUSD 1018
• Prepping time for classes20 hours / Week
• Expected Annual SalaryUSD 140070