<p>i can believe Cornell and Berkeley. As well as stanford and columbia, and usc and nyu.</p>
<p>but i’ve never even heard of Binghamton. Do people really compare it to UCLA? even on best public unis. ranking, UCLA was #2, and binghamton was like 39. Not that that means much, but i would just find it surprising if the two were compared with one another.</p>
<p>Also, you’re forgetting about Caltech, which if isn’t at Stanford’s level, is only slightly under it. (Caltech’s usually compared with MIT) The only school that NY has that could be compared to caltech is maybe Rensselaer (although i imagine Caltech destroys Rensselaer in rankings)</p>