Admitted but confused

joshnewcollege
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:50:28 +0000

Stony Brook has a lot of momentum, whereas Binghamton has been on the decline for decades. However, Binghamton tends to attract stronger students, as Stony Brook has only recently enjoyed its reputation, and is first and foremost a research university.

I did a semester at Binghamton, and I can tell you that I was not impressed with the student body compared to that of my college, New College of Florida. The weather was gloomy, the students weren’t proud to be there, and the class discussion was either rudimentary or nonexistent. It seemed to me that SUNY Binghamton suffered from the woes of a large university without the famous research and strong graduate programs to justify it. Notwithstanding, the courses were still challenging. Not always as intellectually stimulating as New College’s, but still challenging.