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By Gender  | | Male | C- | | Female | C |
| By Major | | Accounting | C+ | | Aerospace Engineering | F | | Anthropology | B | | Biology | C | | Business - Management and Administration | C- | | Chemistry | C- | | Computer Engineering | D+ | | Computer Science | B- | | Economics | D+ | | Education | B+ | | Electrical Engineering | C- | | Engineering Department | C+ | | English | C- | | Finance | A+ | | Geography and Geosciences | D+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | C | | Linguistics | C | | Math | D | | Mechanical Engineering | B- | | Music - Composition/Theory | D- | | Music - Performance | D+ | | Nursing | C | | Other | C- | | Philosophy | F | | Physical Therapy/Exercise Science | C | | Political Science | C | | PreLaw and Legal | B- | | PreMed and Medical | C- | | Psychology | C | | Sociology | B- | | Undecided | D+ | | Urban Planning | B- | | Video/Media | B+ | | Zoology | D+ |
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The city of Binghamton is not so great ...” |
| “... There are things to do but one just shouldn't expect it to be like New York city ...” |
| “... The people together with the great campus life more than make up for the city ...” |
| “... I am not saying that you will necessarily be pressured to drink, just there's absolutely nothing else to do besides drink in the City of Binghamt...” |
| “... The town was supposed to be cool before the strip malls moved in a few years ago, which took all life out of the city ...” |
| “... The City of Binghamton is several miles away and is even more depressing ...” |
| “... That Ivy thing is such bullshit too considering how hideous this monstrocity we call 'campus' is ...” |
| “... I wish I could have gone somewhere like Manhattan College because that's like 20 minutes away from home and it's in a city ...” |
| “... Do not go here if you are from a big city or even the suburbs of a big city because the upstate life is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY boring ...” |
| “... Everyone is always excusing Binghamton and saying "Oh well it's not New York City" but sometimes I wonder why the hell don't we just go to school...” |
| “... I think that if you are from the northern suburbs of NY (Westchester/Rockland) you are the worst off here because you will not fit in with the Ne...” |
| “... His/her main goal is to get back to "the city" as soon as humanly possible, and be wasted for most of their time here as to forget that they are ...” |
| “... You've definitely got to look for the right kind of people, because there is a huge variety of people in terms of ethnicity, interests, abilities...” |
| “... If you care more about campus life than city life you will probably like Binghamton and if you care more about city life you will ultimately bore...” |
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The weather is dreary and cold, the campus is a sprawling, hideous monstrocity, and just a touch too big (a good 10-minute walk to the gym, and ...” |
| “... ) If you’re coming here, you have to be willing to accept - and accept immediately - that this is not New York City ...” |
| “... The city of Binghamton ...” |
| “... I always complained about how the area was boring and there was nothing to do at night but drink, but in reality, even in New York City everybody...” |
| “... Binghamton might not be the prettiest campus or city, but some great people go here and the education really is high quality ...” |
| “... Definetly not a city-nightlife kinda place, but theres stuff to do if you go out and find it ...” |
| “... The only real problems it has are basically location (the city and the surrounding areas are considered the most depressed and cheapest areas of ...” |
| “... Though it helps to live in Newing and be from Long Island or the City ...” |
| “... Don't go here, unless you want to be treated like a second-class citizen for not being from Long Island or "the City" ...” |
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I also learned the cold hard lesson that just because people live in New York City that does not mean that they are openminded and accepting ...” |
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--No matter what Lois DeFleur and PR may claim, this school feels like it's 50% Long Island, 45% New York City, and 5% "Upstate" (According to...” |
| “... People here don't like it mostly because of the cold weather in the winter, and the city of Binghamton is not the typical college town ...” |
| “... New York residents please go somewhere else and let this city die and never come back ...” |
| “... I heard the city had a few hundred thousand people and it was relatively active ...” |
| “... I did not know that I was about to hate everything in binghamton: people, food, academics, weather, city, administration, faculty, etc ...” |
| “... The city of Binghamton is what you make it ...” |
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The surrounding city is truly a saddening sight to see ...” |
| “... The tri-city area of Binghamton/Johnson/Vestal is dead; there's nothing to be done here ...” |
| “... It's kinda sad how people of the same ethnicity tend to flock together, but I think that's true of people in all schools ...” |
| “... It might not be in a huge city like New York, or on the beach like in California, but with a positive attitude Binghamton can be the best 4 years...” |
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I'm not even sure if the city of Binghamton has a museum (I'm sure it does) but the campus has a friggin' beautiful nature preserve ...” |
| “... If you're from NYC or westchester like most students here, let's face it, the city of binghamton is not going to match that in regards to social...” |
| “... My impression of the student body is that somewhere around 90% is either Jewish (from Long Island or the city) or of Asian descent ...” |
| “... If you do not care about the atmosphere, climate, local economy, what the campus looks like, how faculty get along or treat each other, whether t...” |
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The school is fun if you're from long island or surrounding new york city ...” |
| “... The city itself if certainly not beautiful, but it is very inexpensive to live and has everything that a college student could ever need close en...” |
| “... The city is small and can get repetitive but on the bright side most things are half the price they would be in a big city, and there really is ...” |
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The city has some unsafe neighborhoods because they haven't had a lot of jobs in Binghamton for about 30 years ...” |
| “... The weather is terrible, and the city itself is a joke ...” |
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