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Going to school here is exactly what I thought it would be. The city of Binghamton isn't absolutely fantastic, but there's enough bars and frats to still have a good time without getting bored out of your mind. The mall's pretty nice. Living on campus, I think, is one of the best parts of Bing, and there are a lot of options. Most of the dorms/communities are gorgeous. The food isn't terrible but it's not really notable either, just average college food. The student body is generally very diverse, and the professors I've had so far have been great.

For some reason a lot of people believe Binghamton is a party school. But it really isn't. Binghamton is full of able body students that are looking for that 4.0. With that the school is very competitive and the classes are challenging. Everyone has school pride. I haven't met one person yet who regretted going to Binghamton or who doesn't like being there now. I love Binghamton personally. It's a big school with such a diverse group of people. The challenging course work really makes it a public Ivy.

SUNY Binghamton is an amazing school overall. The size of the student body is just right and it has many resources in order to succeed. With the many quiet places to study and the amazing online library database, students have the tools they need to do well. The location is also great. Some might think that it is isolated, but you'll see that everything you need is within a few miles of the campus.

Binghamton has endless possibilities. There is always something to do, and you will never be bored unless you let yourself be. The living communities on campus are one of the best features, allowing you to have a nice icebreaker with fellow community members or even other freshman upon arriving. Each community caters to different people. If one thing could be changed about Binghamton, I think I would want it to be the meal plan. Sodexo really lifts the cash right out of your pocket (or student loans, to be realistic.) BU is rather large, but it really doesn't seem it as you proceed through everyday activities. Your living communities really help space everyone out equally, without binding you there. Most people where I live do not know of Binghamton University, but also most from my area are not that highly educated. Binghamton is an acclaimed Public University in the North East, especially for out of state students. I usually spend most of my time in Glenn G. Bartle library on campus. It's a great building and offers countless areas for study and research. I don't know if you would consider binghamton a "College Town" persay, but it does have many business that cater to the student population and their respective interests. Outside of campus there is a nice strip of stores and restaurants on Vestal Parkway and a mall just about 15 minutes out if that. I haven't had much experience with the administration, but there are many resources available to students that need them. There really are not that many "big stories" on campus. School Pride is really not that high when it comes to our sports, but otherwise I'd say school pride is a somewhat moderate level. The most frequent complaint about Binghamton is the weather. It's usually rainy or a little on the colder side than what most of it's potential students are used to.

Overall, Binghamton University has provided me with a positive, challenging yet encouraging college experience. The student body is large and diverse, leaving a prospective student no shortage of opportunities to business network or just find new friendships for life. The most frequent student complaint is the lack of meal choices on campus. Currently, all resident dining is catered by Sodexo, which has a limited but growing meal selection. However, the university food court (separate from resident dining halls) has several food venue options, including Sbarro, Taco Bell, Mein Bowl (pretty good oriental food), Subconnection (subway style sandwiches) among other choices. Of course, the college town around Binghamton Unversity has hundreds of food choices, from every type of fast food joint, to higher end fancy restaurants. Many students also opt to cook their own meals, which is easily done through the many kitchens located in each dormitory building. As far as school pride, Binghamton hosts a Division 1 Basketball team, for which the games are always packed at the University Events Center. Walking down the main roads of campus, you can see students everywhere wearing the symbol of our school, a Binghamton Bearcat paw, whether it be on backpacks, pajama pants or sweatshirts. School pride is very prevalent, and is increasingly growing as Binghamton University becomes more and more competitive as a school, both in sports and academics.

Lets be real. SUNYS are either a joke GPA wise or suck socially. Binghamton is a happy medium between the out of control partying Albany and the deserted weekends at Stony Brook. We have a thriving downtown area (which is accessible by free student run, or city run bus system) which has tons to offer to different palates. Art galleries, museums, clubs, dive bars its all dt and its all affordable. On campus is bustling too. Binghamton boasts 253 student groups. Over a hundred more clubs than Buffalo. A club to take note of is SAPB. This group is responsibility for bringing comedians, lecturers, festivals, musicians and surprises to campus. In the past year SAPB has brought Wiz Khalifa, Drake, Pretty Lights, Taking Back Sunday, Super Mash Bros, Girl Talk, Jon Stewart and Aziz Ansari. SAPB also turns campus in Disney Land twice a year with over the top carnival rides (the highlights last year was skydiving and cranked up bumper cars), free food and prizes all day. Who needs a football team with so many awesome shows and locals to choose from?

The people are the best. Friends are easy to come by and the faculty help you from writing recommendations to office hours. You will never be bored unless you want to be

My favorite thing about Binghamton is the way it provides us with the advantages of going to a big school at the same time as it provides us with the advantages of going to a small one. On the academic side of things, since it is actually fairly large, the university has a huge variety of offerings -- a definite plus for an undecided student like me. At the same time, though, it's not the kind of school where you kind of choose randomly from a million options and end up falling through the cracks -- we actually have really strong advising programs. Since I haven't declared a major yet, I obviously don't have a department adviser, but I have gone to both Harpur Academic Advising and the university's Career Development Center. In both settings, I felt like I was being treated as a person, not just a transcript, and I found the counseling really helpful and also really reassuring. On the social side, Binghamton is small enough to feel like a cohesive community but big enough to avoid cliquishness and the feeling of living in a fishbowl. Also, I love that the dorms are organized into communities (reslife.binghamton.edu) because each community has its own traditions, events, dining hall, etc., so it's super easy to meet people who live near you. While students definitely make friends outside their communities, the communities give us a social experience more like what you would get at a smaller, close-knit type of school. I honestly haven't gone into town much, since I spend a lot of my time hanging out or going to events on campus. This is less because of the surrounding area and more because I've always found something to do on campus, from going to concerts to going to a poetry reading and from bowling to cooking with my friends in our dorm building's lounge. (Come to think of it, for that last one, we did leave campus to get the ingredients -- there's an amazing Wegman's supermarket a bus ride away.) There are a few things I'm hoping to do in the city, though, like go ice skating, visit the museum, and check out First Friday art events. If I had to point out student complaints, they'd probably be mostly about the weather, and I have to say that I do sometimes wish the school were located someplace warmer. At the same time, though, it's hard to complain about getting the occasional snow day -- no school, and the opportunity to go outside and build an igloo! Anyway, it's nicer out toward the beginning and the end of the school year. Then a lot of people hang around or play sports like Frisbee outside.

When I came here, I actually thought this school is not diverse enough. Sure, there's a mix of different races/ethnicities, but I don't feel it's diverse enough.

Great place to be all year round.

The school is a good size, though the freshman class this year is huge and most of them are living in tripled rooms (3 people per 2 person room), there are a lot of functions on campus and people are really engaged in activities so its a great atmosphere. People are impressed if you say you go to Binghamton, it has pretty bad weather though, and the town is severely economically depressed which makes it kind of miserable.

binghamton is a large school but at the same time it is small because you get to know people very well and you actually get to see them on campus! i love binghamton and when i told people that i attent to binghamton they feel happy about it because people know that binghamton university is a very good school!!!!!!! at binghamton students have the opportunity to know student from many different country and actually learm from them!

Kind of gloomy very small city but fun bar life and mostly everything is on campus It is perfect size so you run into some people but not everyone The professors are good or bad depending mostly on the department It seems to be undergoing a lot of change on the whole right now

The school looks bigger than it actually is and the town is sort of dead. It used to be a booming town, but now many bussiness are closed. It can take a little while to get used to, but after freshmen year you get used to the people and the way of life. Since you are forced to dorm your freshmen year, you get to meet people and have fun. The two-five choices of bars may get boring, but you get used to going out to see the people you know, rather than for the variety.

The best thing about Binghamton would have to be the students. Most are extremely welcoming, bubbly and charismatic. I have never felt so free and more like myself then when I am around the people I've met here. The school itself is I'd say a medium sized campus, all the classes are relatively easy to find/get to, only about a 5 to 7 minute walk depending on where you are on campus. Unfortunately, the one thing I feel is always too much of a walk is the gym! I love that the campus has multiple dining halls for each community and that there are even two libraries other than the main one in two of the living communities. When I tell people I go to Binghamton, they're usually very impressed, and I think its well-deserved, because the academics are definitely rigorous, depending on how much effort you put into your work. I'd say the most complaints this year where when the administration decided to combine the Dickinson and Newing communities during reconstruction. Another huge controversy is when the SOM Accounting majors social security numbers were leaked; I'd definitely say there was a lack of security this year, which is unfortunate. I haven't personally had any problem with the Binghamton administration, and I myself have had only great professors who really care about their students, and love their job. Except once I had a grad student, that wasn't so great.

I love the campus premises. It has a lot of green spaces, trees and provides a good place for walking, running etc. For students who do not own a car and don't drive, getting around Binghamton is easy. The BU ID card gives you a free pass to travel on the city buses. Living on campus in the resident halls and apartments is challenging. Unless you know who your room-mates or house mates are (friends/relatives), my advice to new students is to opt to live off campus. If you still need to share a house or apartment to cut costs, make sure it is with someone you know. It will eliminate a lot of unwanted stress and help you concentrate on studies.

i love bing. it isnt too big or too small. the weather sucks. the campus is easy to figure out and everything is pretty close. the dorms are nice and hillside is pretty cool. bing has a great rep as a top ranked public college. i spend most time in my apt on campus. downtown isnt awesome but its good. great staff. budget cut and construction are biggest controversy. not too much school pride cuz there is no football team, but we try our best. the weather is the biggest complaint.

Binghamton University is the perfect size for me. I know just enough people and do not feel left out or bored with them all. The school has a good reputation through out New York State and I am a little surprised at how well the school is know for its engineering. School prides seems to run at a minimal level, we all stick together as SUNY Binghamton students but we don't stand that strongly behind our athletics. The administration has some problems like every school, sometimes they seem to focused on growth and new students that they forget about their current tuition payers. The residential life administration hires then trains over 100 students as Resident Assistants to live/work in the dorms, but they still treat their staff and residents like children.

There's a very wide range of classes to take. Class sizes are way too big, and even upper-level classes are taught by TAs or completely unqualified lecturers way too often. Nobody outside of New York State even knows about Binghamton, but people in the state are usually pretty impressed. I spent almost all my time on campus in the library. The only place students ever congregate in large numbers off campus is at seedy bars downtown. The administration is corrupt and doesn't prioritized funding way too much toward business, engineering, sports, and pointless construction projects - they have no vision of an ethical university, and do not take student quality of life into account. The biggest recent controversy on campus was a an anti-war protest in which protesters marched down the main road outside the university, and the police roughed up the students. Not too much school pride.

Frats are weak, right size, bars are not bad you can get in with a little wit even if your 17, almost no school pride, had a great time but it's really your friends that make the experience.