<p>SB is a worse university overall. You have it backwards. Binghamton is a quality undergraduate education, but does not have stellar research and graduate programs. Overall, however, it is a fine university. Why? Because it’s parts coalesce into something organized and real. Stony Brook is disorganized and has many, many great graduate programs and research opportunities, so because many of its parts are well-regarded, that morphs into a blurry sense that, well, overall it’s good or better. It’s not. There is no cohesion or sense of organization at the place, just many, many enclaves of many different things, some well-regarded. The university needs to get rid of everything that doesn’t work and keep what does and grow from those things instead trying to be something it’s not.</p>