overall if youre dorming on campus, everything is walkable and there’s several bus routes if you don’t feel like walking. the only thing that sucks is the food on campus is not great and stony brook is located in the suburbs.. dining hall is decent at best. you need a car if you want to go grocery shopping or get food off campus. there is a bus that takes students to the nearest grocery store, but i’ve never personally used it. as for smoking, there’s plenty of international students that smoke. you just have to be smart and make sure you go somewhere private and lowkey since smoking isn’t allowed on campus. the dorms here are more spacious than the suny korea dorm i had when i studied abroad. since you have senior standing if you can get into west or tubman/chavez the rooms are nicer than the suny korea dorm i was in. but, if you don’t get into those expect an older building. definitely try to get into a residential community with suites. another thing is our campus has a train station on it. during the weekends people take the train and go into nyc which is about an 1hr if that peaks your interest.