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Statistical Analyzer:

Overall, I do not recall my 4 years at Binghamton fondly. As an "upstater" versus a "downstater" I never really fit in or made very good friends. There were far too many kids from NY / Long Island / Queens etc. I'll never forget my first day there. I arrived at a dorm room built for 2, and I was the third kid there. The other 2 (with their parents) had virtually camped out the night before to make sure they would get the best beds, etc. They left me with the top bunk, one drawer out of 2 dressers, no closet space or desk space at all. Nice, huh? Sort of set the stage for the rest of my time there.I stuck my suitcase under a bed and lived out of that for 4 months until I moved out (into, what turned out to be an even worse living arrangement). I never received ANY sort of guidance or mentoring at Binghamton and just sort of wandered through the 4 years. I recall hitting a lot of roadblocks everytime I tried to settle on a major. Either I was lacking some prerequisite, or courses were closed, or whatever. Consequently I eventually majored in Psych because I had no idea what else to major in. I got involved with a weird research program for autistic children in the Psych Dept., thinking it was a good way to build some "real life experience." In hindsight, I can see it was just a lazy, arrogant professor using undergrads as slaves for his so-called research. He gave out A's and 4 credits just for showing up. It really wasted too much of my limited time in college. The student body seemed to think of themselves as all majoring in pre-law or pre-medicine. Predictably (and so boring too) they seem to be all lawyers or doctors now. The alumni journal is full of their big announcements about their apparent successes. I receive all kinds of mail from Binghamton now - looking for money, of course. I always think, "Too bad they didn't pay half that much attention to me when I was there."