Well don’t stay in the plush dorms. You could rent an entire house for what you pay for one bedroom in a shared apartment. The price of the residence halls is absurd for the Binghamton area. It is priced to appeal to the pocketbooks of down state students who roll in with their BMWs but you don’t have to pay that. The tuition itself could not be cheaper unless they start charging for using the bathroom. I would not put it past them but for now they are free.