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[QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 618312, member: 156"]
Those type of kids usually don't attend private schools anyway, unless they receive scholarships.
 
There are many public schools with higher ranked academics than SU. Moving SU to the public sector wouldn't mean having to sacrifice academic prestige.
 
It would be huge for the school's athletics, that's not even up for debate. The athletic success (or lack there of) of other SUNY schools like UB is a bad comparison. SU is already the flagship university of Central New York from an athletic standpoint, and there are some that feel SU's sports teams represent all of NY State. I know that's the goal of the athletic department with their excellent "New York's College Team" promotional campaign. But many scoff at that idea because Syracuse is a private school in which the vast majority of people growing up in the state know that 90% of the programs they offer are not worth the insane cost.
 
But take that barrier away, and now you're talking the New York equivalent of Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, UNC, Florida, etc.
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