SUNY at Binghamton Top Questions

The stereotype is very accurate. Most of the population is actually made up of Jewish students, Asian students, or students from Long Island. Of course, there are many many students who don't fall in any of those demographics, like myself. Now, the stereotype about not being good enough to get into actual ivy leagues...I don't know about that. Most choose Binghamton because of it's cheap tuition.

Binghamton students, at least the ones I know, do tend study hard, but I haven't met anyone who does nothing but study -- this is a pretty social place -- so even the most dedicated students definitely have lives outside their classes. People do party, just like at any other college, but it's mostly confined to the weekends. If you don't party (I don't) it's totally fine -- there's no real pressure, and there's plenty of other stuff to do. As for career prep versus education for its own sake, there are students (mainly in the professional schools, meaning the business school, the engineering school, etc.) who come here primarily to get ready for their careers, but there are also a lot who come in hoping to explore the subjects that interest them. Most people are somewhere in the middle. Like a lot of things, this is what you make it, and wherever you fall on this spectrum you'll probably meet like-minded people. And differently-minded people. In my opinion you can learn a lot from both.

Quite true, but there are some rich kids here who come here because of its reputation: the "public Harvard"

Yes.

There are a lot of Jewish and Asian and Long Island students, however there are certainly also students from all around NY and a fair number of foreign exchange students. There aren't really very many out of state students, and if they are from out of state they're usually from NJ or nearby.

no! like in all other school there are diffenrent kind of people that act differently and think and view life in a different way> at biinghamton all the student that i hAD met had been very nice and friendly

Sometimes

While it does take some creativity and imagination to find new and different things to do in Binghamton, there's actually a lot to do. And, while there are some lower-class Wal-Mart shopping citizens in the area, they are not the most prevalent number of citizens in the Triple Cities area.

Pretty accurate, but then again stereotypes are always based on something.

Most of them are. There are other things to do in the town of Binghamton besides Wal-Mart, especially since Wal-Mart isn't even in Binghamton, its in Vestal. The Oakdale Mall is actually a pretty good mall, offers a lot of stores. Although yes it does get cold, it is absolutely bareable and does not keep people from staying in. Downtown Binghamton, although not the greatest Main Street I've ever seen, offers its own spunk. Places like the Lost Dog Cafe, and even the bars are really fun. A short distance away you also have Cracker Barrel and two movie theaters. Yes, there are also a lot of Long Islanders, but being a proud long islander, I see nothing wrong with that. Sometimes though I did wish there were more variety from the United States. There are a lot of international kids though.