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The State University of New York Binghamton

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The place is horrible. You get what you pay for.
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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I do not regret coming to Binghamton University.BrightOther
I do not regret coming to Binghamton University. I have only been here for a couple of months and I am in my freshman year. I truly love this campus! There are so many pros about this university that the cons don't even seem to be able to level it out. 1) You have a nature preserve!!!!!! You can go hiking, go for a walk, go for a morning jog, or go get some fresh air when you have been studying all day. 2) The large variety of food. There are 4 big dining halls, each with something special that is offered! Each of the dining halls have special food nights that happen throughout the semester, from pasta toss to make your own burrito, to kosher, to international food. You will have a lot of choices to choose from. In all of the dining halls there is a salad bar, so do not fret if you want to eat healthy! Also each of the dining halls are literally less than 1 minute away from the residence halls that are close to it. There are also late night food stores that are opened in the dining halls that go to 2-4 am over weekends for those who have a certain craving for food at night ;). 3) The professors and student staff here are great! They try to be as friendly as possible, and even try to become friends with you. My professor even gives out extra credit to whoever that drops by his office and starts a conversation with him. In all of my classes there are not one professor that I feel uncomfortable approaching and asking a question. 4) Student participation is a large part in Binghamton University. There are so many clubs and organizations you can join. There are so many ways to get involved! There are also the usual frats and sororities, so if that's you're thing, then even better! There are events that are hosted by different clubs throughout the semester, trust me you will never get bored! Even if you don't drink alcohol, you will still have a great time at this University. Most weekends the university holds weekend movie nights/specific theme events that happens at the union. These events are targeted at those who don't want to go to a frat and party, but also don't want to stay in. It's a great place to meet new people and also have sober fun!. 5) The school has their own, student-run, emergency team called the Harpurs ferry. If you're friend is sick cause he/she drank too much. Feel free to call them and you will not get in trouble. They are used to being in this situation so they are very chill about it. They treat you like they would their friends, cause most of the staff there are trained students, so it's nothing they have not seen before. I'm going to stop there, because this already looks too long. Honestly though, Binghamton University is one of the best choices I have made in my life.
1st Year Male -- Class 2016
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Scholastic Success: B-
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Binghamton- You get what you pay forAverageEconomics
Binghamton- You get what you pay for
I transferred to Bing 2 years ago and it hasn't really been a pleasant experience. The classes have a lot of pointless busy work with condescending professor. Word of warning, If you want to go pre-med, look elsewhere. The classes set you up to for failure, the pre-med students are annoying and contrary to popular belief, Binghamton isn't that great of a school. I mean if you want waste four years of your life studying so you can attend university of sketch city in the Caribbean, go right ahead.

The campus looks like it was designed by blind architects taking a bet on who can create the ugliest and most impractical buildings. There's tons of construction everywhere all the time. Just when you think it will end, more springs up. The surrounding city isn't much to write home about. Vestal parkway has just about every suburban thing you need. There's also a wegmans and a mediocre mall. The city of Binghamton has a few good restaurants but has seen much better days. Everyone goes out to the 3 overcrowded, dirty bars on state street and then complains how crappy the nightlife is compared to NYC.

Speaking of NYC, most of the students are either minorities from NYC or Jewish Long Islanders with a bunch international students thrown in for good measure. All of these groups only hang out with people exactly like themselves. If you're not jewish, a minority or international and don't play on a sports team and aren't an uber nerd, you need to get extremely lucky to find people who will accept you. I have not encountered as much racism and discrimination as I have here in Bing. It?s definitely a huge reason of why I don't really like it here.

The school is cheap but it's super obvious the place is dirt poor. Its endowment is probably $5 Billy Baldwin gave to it out of pity. The money they do have they waste on constructing fugly, poorly built buildings and printer paper. The facilities aren't that nice and a lot of the dorms and classrooms look dirty. The dining halls are the worst. They always smell really bad and are dirty. Not to mention, the food is disgusting. The school contracts out food service to a company called sodexo who overcharges everyone for 2 day old leftovers shipped from a local prisons. If you eat sodexo you will get food poisoning.

At the end of the day if you're the type of person who buys imperfect carpet remnants at the local liquidator's warehouse, you're going to love it at Bing. If you want low prices, low quality, sketchy surroundings and weird people you can't go wrong.

3rd Year Female -- Class 2013
Faculty Accessibility: B, Campus Aesthetics: F
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