SUNY at Binghamton Top Questions

Anything as a group or activity you can think of, Binghamton has it. If you find something not made and are interested in getting it started, you can do it no problem. I'm involved with student government. It's awesome, I'm the President of my communtiy and it's a blast interacting with all the students and faculty. I feel so involved and like I'm making some sort of difference. It was probably the best decision I've ever made. Basketball games are the most popular events to goto. Soccer draws out okay crowds. Co-recreational football gets a lot of people interested and participating. It's pretty big around campus. The dating scene...a lot of girls are already taken, which sucks. There aren't too many attractive girls that are single, which makes it a challenge. But everyone has different tastes. My closest friends were met through befriending the RA's. They're awesome and fun to hang out with. If I'm awake at 2am on a tuesday, I'm usually hanging out with a group of people or doing school work. Traditions each year are campus wars, spring fling, dorm wars within each community, Hinman, the community I live in is all about community, so we have a lot of traditions. People party twice a week usually. Greek life is big on campus, but a lot of people aren't involved and are content without being in it. Last weekend, I went to a bar to celebrate my 21st birthday in the VIP room. The day before we participated in Hysteria, which is a tradition. Our building won! Of course there's stuff to do besides drinking on a saturday night. There's always the movies, bowling, ordering in, playing board games, going to Walmart. I don't do much off campus besides bowling, laser tag, eating at restaraunts.

people drink. people go out, especially slutty girls who are like 17. living on campus is easier to be social, but University Plaza also seems to be productive to the social scene.

There's a nature preserve behind Mountainview dorms!

There are different types of residence halls on campus. I recommend corridor style living as it'll allow you to make friends on your floor if you're coming in without knowing anyone. I leave my door open all the time and wander into other people's rooms freely. There are enough concerts, clubs, guest speakers to keep things interesting. I don't really feel like saying much. This survey is long...

THERE IS NOTHING TO DO HERE. you'll probably spend a lot of your weekends in. why? because transportation is hard, and no one knows where anything is anyway. There isnt much you can do besides drink. it's rather... lacking.

I know there are a lot of activities, but have not explored them. THe most social dorm communities are Newing and CIW. Mountainview usually has all doors closed, Hinman is ok, and I have no experiences with Dickinson to judge. Kids go out on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights usually (not them all each week, but those are the nights to be out.) Everyone parties and studies different amounts, we are all so different it is impossible to generalize. Frats and Sororities are not that important, and geared towards a very narrow student description. However, for everyone else, all they offer are parties to attend for 5 bucks on the weekend, and a big headache as you walk around and hear, "she like, totallyy got that gucci bag on canal street, oh my gawdd what was she thinking, so like, who should we mix with this weekend? I cant wait to pudding wrestle with my big-uhhhhhh." Last weekend I went to the Rat (its a bar here.) I bartended there for like a year actually, its one of the funner bars in my opinion. Its for people who like to dance, where many of the bars here are more "stand around and be social while listening to 80's music" bars. On a saturday night, there are bowling alleys, movie theatres, restaurants, and things to do around campus if you look hard enough. Not everyone is a booze hound.

Students generally interact very well on a social level. Depending on the community, student's will leave their dorm room doors open and invite neighbors to drop by for a visit. Certain communities accomplish this social network much more efficiently than others. Athletic events are growing in popularity. Relatively recently, Binghamton acquired a Div. I basketball team, which usually gets good turnouts to the games. Binghamton is starting to really make a name for itself in Div. I sports. I met my closest friends at orientation and by living in the same community as them. There are many social events organized throughout the year and plenty of clubs that students are actively involved in. Partying on the weekends is traditional, often at the fraternity houses or bars in downtown Binghamton (a short cab ride away.) The fraternity/sorority scene is very prevalent, and actively involved in campus affairs. There are always social events arranged on campus during the weekends for the people who don't care much for the partying scene (called Late Night Binghamton.)

The football team here is undefeated, probably because there is no football team. However, there is still a homecoming day celebration. Some people leave there dorms open, especially people that leave their dorms rooms open. Everyone is outside playing in the courtyards when its nice out since there's only nice weather here for a month out of the school year. The way I met most of friends was through a game the school runs. It is called assoxination, and basically you get the name of someone in your building and you have to hit them with a sock to get them out. The last person standing gets a prize which is usually money. It is super fun, but some people go so into it they're afraid to leave their rooms and get knocked out of the game.

Greek life is very poplular on campus, we have about 50 or more organizations recognized. I am a memeber of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Senoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. I am very roud to be a part of this organization because two of our goals deals with acadmic excellence and sommunity service. Most of my floormates leave their doors unlocked but I always lock my room.

There are constant activities at this campus. Athletic events are highly attended and a good place to show school spirit. There are also individual events for each community, such as "Woodstock" and Casino in the Woods. There is also binghamton late night(for people who dont go to parties or to the bars).

The Student Association charters over 160 student groups on campus. Over 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are involved in a club or intramural sports, 8{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are involved in greek life, and the cultural organizations are the largest on campus. Dorms are the most social places on campus, and people always leave their doors open and want to hang out. Annual events like Newing Navy, Casino-in-the-Woods, Woods-stock, Oktoberfest and Campus Wars permeate the residential communities. Everyone goes to the basketball games (let's go Bearcats!) and they also go downtown to State Street where the bars are. But, it's totally fine to stay in and just hang out, or do work, or go to the movies - we understand.

greek life is pretty popular in binghamton. sports events are also popular and a lot of people also attend the theatre productions. i honestly don't know what the party scene is like at binghamton, but generally i'd say that people party on weekends. i'd also say most of the drinking is done off campus. intervarsity christian fellowship is a group that i invest a lot of time in at binghamton. i've made my closest friends through iv and also because i live near some iv members as well. although most of the students are chinese american, iv has rapidly become diverse and i enjoy that aspect of the group. we focus on promoting fellowship and transforming/renewing ourselves and our campus. the members of iv are genuinely caring and are greatly welcoming and it feels like a family. whether you drink or not is your own personal decision. if you drink, i'm sure you can go out and find people/friends to drink with. but my friends and i don't drink and we're fine and have a good college experience as well.

I would say Hillel is definitely one of the really well organized and defined groups on campus. They always have interesting events advertised, and they seem to get a lot of support from the student body and administration. I'm personally involved on the leadership team for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. We've grown to be a group of about 100 members who are of different cultural and religious backgrounds, investigating who God is. We seek diversity and community support, learning what it means to live in community with each other, despite our differences. We meet once a week for large group (where we talk about life topics, such as encouragement), and there are weekly small groups in each community (where we get to know other members in a more personal environment and discuss things like the Bible, life issues, etc.)I've been a part of this campus group since I've been a freshman. Why have I stayed? When I was invited to Intervarsity, I was overwhelmed by the spirit of the members. They genuinely wanted to take care of each other, support each other and find out who this God is, together. I fell in love with that. These people know the good things about me as well as my dirt and they still accept me. That's the best I can ask for of the people in my fellowship, which is where I've found my closest friends, friends I know I'll have for an insanely long time. So, if I'm awake at 2am in the morning, what am I doing? I'm probably with these friends: having a straight up talk about life , it's troubles or blessings, or about what crazy things that God's doing in our lives, enjoying a movie, or doing stuff together that families do (laundry, cooking in the dorms, eating at the dining halls, studying together, distracting each other... = ) And what do we do on weekends? We play sports like softball, catch, soccer, football, have potlucks, eat out, play board games, go shopping for groceries, or talk deep into the night.

in my community hinman and in my hall lehman, people leave their doors open; athletics quite popular; if awake im either surfing net, studying, talking with friends, or just cant sleep; people party pretty often but study hard too; last weekend, iw went to the hookah bar and the bars; no drinking events include late nite every weekend- free movies, music, crafts, games, food- it's fun

The most popular groups are definitely the sports teams and fraternities/sororities. I am involved with student government which is a very talented group of individuals who care about improving the school. Dorm room doors are frequently left open. Basketball games are very popular as are the soccer games. I met my closest friends by interacting with people within my dorm building. If I am awake at 2am tuesday I am watching The Departed with my roommate. Traditions that happen here each year are spring fling and relay for life, campus wars etc. People party pretty frequently, starting from thursday and going through the weekend. Greek Life is an important part of the campus. Last weekend I attended an acapella concert one night and went to a friends house the next. On a Saturday night you can go to latenite binghamton and enjoy activities there or go to a movie or just relax from a long week.

Intramurals all great and very well organized. The athletic department is becoming popular and successful. There are frequent, high-esteemed guest speakers in all topics. The Readers Series is particularly impressive. Frats and sororities are popular but definitely avoidable. There are all kinds of social things to do. See a movie. Play sports. Video games. You don't need to drink to have fun.