<p>You can also check out <a href="http://128.226.189.84/bbs/%5B/url%5D">http://128.226.189.84/bbs/</a> for more info on Binghamton. It's the same format as College Confidential, but usernames are not transferrable from one site to the other.</p>
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though, i hate when they call it a "public ivy." there's a dozen other public schools that are much better than binghamton, yet nobody calls them public ivy's (mich, uva, W&M, Berkeley, UCLA, etc.).
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<p>In 1985 author Richard Moll coined the term "Public Ivies" in his book The **Public Ivies: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges. At that time, Moll identified eight universities as public institutions that "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price." The eight universities Moll named were the College of William and Mary, Miami University of Ohio, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas, the University of Vermont, and the University of Virginia. **</p>
<p>In 2001 Howard Greene and Matthew Greene published a new guide entitled The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities. In addition to the eight universities listed above, the Greenes included the following institutions in their group of Public Ivies: **Indiana University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, the State University of New York, the University of Colorado, the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, the University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin. **</p>
<p>According to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, there are five other institutions that should be considered among the nation's highest-ranked public universities. **Four of the five are branches of the University of California: campuses at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, and San Diego. The other high-ranking public university on the U.S. News list is the Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech. **</p>
<p>Ew, UVM is sooo not a public ivy.</p>
<p>bing is the best SUNY but its in the middle of nowhere.. sad</p>
<p>Apparently I got into Binghamton.</p>
<p>Yay.</p>
<p>This post in particular says many things about Bing: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=83951%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=83951</a></p>
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bing is the best SUNY but its in the middle of nowhere.. sad
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My friend's sister goes to Bing and she said that the local hangout on Saturday nights is.....Walmart. And I've heard that from several people, too.</p>
<p>Metsfan - I got into Bing too and believe it or not, one of the reasons persuading me to go has nothing to do with the University. As a crazy met fan myself, I would be geting the chance to see minor league games for the Binghamton Mets or possibly an internship with them. If I do that hopefully I don't end up as the Bumble-Bee mascot, LOL.</p>
<p>I think that mascots for professional teams actually have pretty nice jobs. This guy I worked with for the past few summers was best friends with Mr. Met from two seasons ago (I guess they get a new one each year) and he said that it was a pretty fun job.</p>
<p>I hadn't even thought about one of the Mets' minor league clubs being situated in Binghamton, but I guess it is pretty cool. You should call Binghamton/look online to see if they have an internship program with the team.</p>
<p>I still follow the Mets pretty closely, but I liked the team a whole lot more before Omar Minaya and jerks like Roberto Alomar came to the team. The teams they had in 1999 and 2000 had much nicer people on the team, and they had real heart. John Olerud, Robin Ventura, Al Leiter, Orel Hershiser, and Mike Piazza were some of the nicest people ever. Even though Bobby Bonilla was a pompous jerk, Ricky Henderson (not that bad of a guy, but the most full-of-himself person in the entire world) was able to control him. At least Piazza didn't go to the Yankess.</p>
<p>Good Luck with all your applications.</p>