The State University of New York Binghamton

Was the weather as awful as people say? ABSOLUTELY YES (and I am a rare soul who likes the cold).
Was the campus as intellectually challenging as Harvard? Who can say. I double-majored in History and Art History, had some wonderful courses with top-notch faculty, and got the chance to study-abroad in London. I met a fair number of frat/sorority people who could care less about anything other than getting into business school, making money and finding the next hook-up. But I also met plenty of bright creative people - they're EVERYWHERE folks - who tried to eek out all they could from the place. I happened to live in College-in-the-woods and I liked the diversity.As for the town, yeah, it was a depressing place. I happen to be a labor activist now, so maybe my harsh indoctrination from NYC to Binghamton gave me a high-tolerance for fading, economically depressed rust belt towns, who's to say. One negative recollection is that I honestly wished the campus was more socially and politically active. But at the end of the day I joined some on-campus dance groups, found some friends who are still my closest friends today, and managed to balance a decent social life which included parties, bars, coffee, restaurants and movies with making the most of two majors while actually trying to learn something. I eventually went to law school, wishing that I was as debt-free as I was when I got out of Binghamton. Because, yeah, I'll admit it, after 4 years of Binghamton there was no way I was going to try Buffalo.