<p>Not only do I think it’s worse than Binghamton, but I think they should take a bulldozer and run it through the campus and shut the place down. Those people who want to conduct research and stay on boring LI should go to BNL and the rest should not exist or go somewhere else. </p>
<p>It’s rankings are higher outside the country because of it’s research and faculty output, not education. Binghamton’s acceptance rate is both lower and from a pool of higher quality applicants. Stony Brook is higher and from a pool of lower quality applicants. One is good, one is not. Stony Brook is not a good school by any means and to my very point about making it a flagship is to that very point. SUNY is not competitive in the greater university market in the country because they are designed badly so they are trying to ******** their way forward. Binghamton simply is/was lucky enough to have been founded and organized properly from the beginning, focusing on what it is and not what it’s not. I did a quick scan of it’s history and apparently it was initiated by a private university, Syracuse, which may explain it’s success. Even it’s campus embodies it’s sense of focus and order. Is it the greatest thing? No, not at all. There are other universities a hour or more north that have more to offer. An amazing bargain for NY residents (and out-of-state residents), yes.</p>