Hometown: Palatine, IL Anticipated Graduation Month/Year: May 2024 Major: Biology Why did you choose SUNY Poly? I chose SUNY Poly for the Upstate Accelerated Scholars Program! Why did you choose your major? What do you like about it? Biology was the most fitting major for the pre-med track, and I have also always loved the life sciences! …
Hometown: Frisco, Texas Anticipated Graduation Month/Year: May 2026 Major(s): Biology (Pre-Medicine) Why did you choose SUNY Poly? The main reason I chose SUNY Poly is for its Upstate Accelerated Scholars (UAS) medical program. Other reasons include the small class sizes which enables more individual focus for students and the guidance for resources and opportunities within my …
Hometown: Mechanicville, NY Anticipated Graduation Month/Year: May 2025 Major: Civil Engineering Why did you choose SUNY Poly? I grew up in a small town, so a small campus sounded welcoming. Also, the civil engineering program provides several concentrations that gives me options within my major. Why did you choose your major(s)? What do you like about …
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Hometown: Guilderland, NY Anticipated Graduation Month/Year: May 2026 Major: Mechanical Engineering Why did you choose SUNY Poly? The SUNY Transfer Track (Engineering Science to Mechanical Engineering) was really attractive to me. I especially liked that I could attend a college that gave me similar opportunities as a large, research institution with tens of thousands of students …
Some students know exactly what they want to study when they step foot onto a college campus for the first time, but statistics show that often isn’t the case. Multiple sources report that an estimated 20-50 percent of students enter college undeclared. New Hartford native Gabriella Yacobucci was one such example. Drawn to SUNY Poly …
SUNY Poly’s 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) provides qualified undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research, as well as engage in an innovative hands-on experience to work with the university’s world-class faculty. In 2023, 21 students are participating in the program, with the overwhelming majority hailing from SUNY Poly. There are four SURP …
Online program offering specialized training in informatics aspects of health sees first graduates Every program has its hallmark. For SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Master of Science in Health Informatics (HI) program, it’s “teaching the hands-on skills that employers are looking for,” explains Associate Professor and Program Coordinator Dr. Jerome Niyirora. “Employers are looking for people who …
Zackary Nisbet has always been interested in technology, whether it be coding or taking computers apart, but he was also fascinated by human behavior. It was because of the latter that he began his collegiate career at SUNY Binghamton as a Psychology major. But as time went on, he felt it wasn’t the right decision …
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As a junior in high school, New Hartford native Maggie Clive was on the fence about whether she wanted to study nursing or engineering. During that time period, the paternal side of her family would lose two of its pillars, her aunt and grandfather who passed away from breast cancer and melanoma, respectively. “It hit …
When he was a rising tenth grader attending a six-week summer intensive called “All-Star Code,” Staten Island native Myles Duah developed an interest in computer science. The goal of the program is to create economic opportunity for young men of color by developing an entrepreneurial mindset and supplying the tools needed to succeed in the …
Name: Veronika Palmova Hometown: Litvinov, Czech Republic Major: Psychology Minor: Criminal Justice, Community and Behavioral Health Graduation Year: 2024 Why did you choose SUNY Poly? After being an exchange student 20 minutes away from Poly, I wanted to come back to America for college. I didn’t want to go to a completely new environment though, …
Name: Audrey Horton Hometown: Johnson City, NY Graduation Year: 2024 Major: Business Administration Minor: Human Resource Management Why did you choose SUNY Poly? I transferred from SUNY Broome and graduated early in December 2022 with my Associate’s degree in Business Administration. I started off there because I was not really sure what I wanted to …