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Anonymous wrote:The best SUNY, aside from Stony Brook and Buffalo.

Bing is probably the best of the 3 overall. I would choose Buffalo for engineering or management and Stony Brook for Math but Bing for anything else.

+1

Great school!

Anonymous wrote:Terrible area, great school.

Really terrible area.
Depressing, druggy....

Anonymous wrote:If your kid wants to live/work in NYC after college it's a better choice than UMD or UVA. Known as the smart kid public in New York, and tons of alumni throughout NYC.

Yes and no. I have worked front office on Wall Street for many years and for whatever reason I see Binghamton people in more mid-office jobs (risk management, front office but not client facing, etc). Which are great jobs where you do very well but not where you will make the really big bucks. I see more people from random schools that most would perceive as less competitive than Binghamton in big $, front office roles.

Used to be widely regarded as the top academic SUNY, more respected academically than NYU was back in the day, so the older generation in NYC (hiring managers!) see Binghamton as a positive signal on the resume.

If your kid wants to live/work in NYC after college it's a better choice than UMD or UVA. Known as the smart kid public in New York, and tons of alumni throughout NYC.

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in NY. Binghamton was the destination for very smart kids who didn’t reek of privilege. Very good option. Congrats.

+1 And at about 30K for OOS tuition, it's way cheaper for OOS students than other premier state schools, like U Mich or Berkeley.

Lot of Stuy and Bronx Science kids go to Bing and do very well. Its a solid school. I wish NY invested more in its state schools.

Very good school. Smaller than most "flagship" state schools (it is the top SUNY school so I call it that), and no major sports.

Most kids are from NY so there is a lot of "what HS did you go to?" I've met a lot of nice, smart people who went there but there is also some provincialism among many of them - they just seem a bit less worldly than kids who go to peer schools. Again - plenty of exceptions to this, but just a feel that I have gotten.

Also from NY. Binghamton is a very good choice. It’s a popular destination for in-state kids who are offered the transfer option to Cornell after freshman year.

I grew up in NY. Binghamton was the destination for very smart kids who didn’t reek of privilege. Very good option. Congrats.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best SUNY, aside from Stony Brook and Buffalo.

Bing is probably the best of the 3 overall. I would choose Buffalo for engineering or management and Stony Brook for Math but Bing for anything else.

Stony Brook is best for math and science. mostly science.

I'm in NY. Bing is a "smart" choice. It's a good value. It will be mostly NY kids and the campus is generic. But solid outcomes.

Binghamton is a strong choice, DC has 2 classmates there now.

I believe that, like the other SUNYs, they give full credit for AP and dual enrollment classes and you can even apply them to courses in your major and minor. That can help with registration and can free up your student to do research, study abroad w/ fewer constraints, or graduate early. DC is graduating from a different SUNY after 3 years with plenty of 529 money left for grad school!