SUNY Binghamton Accounting vs. TCNJ Accounting program NJ resident

euve69
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:58:25 +0000

We just attended the TCNJ open house yesterday. My son is a jr in high school, but we want to start early. The campus is very nice and quaint. It reminds me of a private school actually. As far as it being a commuter campus, that is what I have heard, but we went on a Saturday, and it did not seem dead to me. Aside from the folks visiting of course. It is not a large school so it will not be bustling like a larger school, but I would think it would be fine.

Lets see. If 6500 or so kids go there, how many leave on the weekend? Lets say it is half, which aI cannot believe, that leaves over 3000 folks. It is not like you are on campus during winter break and nobody is there. But, that said, some students may want even more students on campus. To me, if you have a circle of friends, that is fine. Now, if they leave for the weekends, yes, that might upset some folks.

As far as the school goes, it is a very good institution. Is it Bing? not quite. But not much behind them, I can assure you.

They have a good business program and if you want accounting, all of the big 4 firms recruit from TCNJ and alot of other companies go there too such as J&J, Goldman etc.

We live in Long Island, NY so we will be applying to Bing as well but here is what I do not like about BING. You probably know this since your son attends Bing. It is extremely hard to get into the SOM. You can get in as a high school senior, but that is very hard unless your gpa is 95-97 with sat scores in the 1400 range. The old SAT SCORE OR A 32 or so on the ACT.

Now, you get accepted into Harpur, good luck trying to transfer to the SOM. You need a minimum 3.5 gpa as a freshman. That is on a good year. Some years you may need higher than a 3.5. That is not easy to do at Bing, or any university.

At TCNJ, if you are accepted and you declare business as your major, you are in, no questions asked. That is what I like about TCNJ. With Bing, you either better get in as a high scholl sr, or get a 90 or 3.5 gpa in Harpur your first year if you want any real chance of transfering to the SOM.

I love Bing, do not get me wrong, but they think they are Wharton, and they are not.

That said, both schools are excellent choices.