Anonymous
10/20/2021 19:31
Subject: Re:SUNY Binghamton?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think there’s better options if you’re paying oos tuition
I’m not the OP, but I’m curious as to what you would recommend? We’re looking for a good university in a non urban location, not a party school, not insanely competitive (but good academics), not huge and doesn’t charge out of staters an arm and a leg. To me, Binghamton seemed like a possibility but I’d love to hear other suggestions.
The answer is the University of Kansas. (People always think I'm joking. I never am.)
Care to share a little more? Very interested!
KU is a good-sized university (not huge; about the same size as UVA) that admits practically everyone but also offers a legit flagship education as well as an excellent honors college. Inexpensive to start and generous merit aid to boot. Pretty campus in a great college town (neither conservative nor flat, despite the state of Kansas more generally). One of the two best college basketball experiences (team+venue) in the country (only Duke can compete). What's not to like?
Anonymous
10/20/2021 18:46
Subject: Re:SUNY Binghamton?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd suggest looking into University of Buffalo if your DC is interested in a SUNY. Buffalo has a lot more going on than Binghamton and the academics are on par with those of Binghamton. Binghamton's campus is just... so depressing. Truly one of the ugliest schools I've ever seen. I grew up in the Southern Tier... you don't get the lake effect snow, but it is a rarity to see the sun from November - March.
And just a note on Geneseo: it is considered the "Harvard of the SUNY system" and very difficult to get into, but by and large it is a teachers college. If your DC wants to be something other than a teacher, I'd look elsewhere. The people who I know that went to Geneseo had bright high school careers and then fizzled out in college. Post college they have struggled and ended up in crappy jobs (not careers). Friends who went there to become teachers/ school administrators have done very well, though.
WTH?? You absolutely just made that up.
It made me laugh quite hard though.
I grew up in Rochester NY. Tons of kids go to Geneseo. Good students but large numbers of people. It is not "very difficult to get into".
What's difficult to get into, but is NOT the Harvard of the SUNY system either, are the land grant colleges in Cornell.
Way back in the day, there was a NY Times article that called Geneseo a hidden Ivy or Harvard of the SUNYs or something like that. I think they may be losing students to Cornell as transfer students (actually not a bad game plan).
Anonymous
10/20/2021 16:44
Subject: Re:SUNY Binghamton?
Anonymous wrote:The school is almost entirely New Yorkers with a few people from New Jersey sprinkled in
New Yorkers in a New York State School? Unpossible!