<p>I heard Binghamton is a good school, but its large size scares me. </p>
<p>I grew up in a small town and have only been to really small schools my entire life.</p>
<p>The fact that Binghamton is so large scares me! What does it feel like to go to such a large school?? How do you get help when you need it? How do you get noticed?</p>
<p>Is it a commuter campus? </p>
<p>What's it like for an IR major over there?</p>
<p>Hi :)</p>
<p>So when I was applying to colleges, I really wanted a small school. <5,000 ideally. I ended up at Binghamton and was not so thrilled about it, but I VERY quickly found a small community. The key is to get involved in something that makes the big school seem a little smaller, whether it’s the fine art community, newspaper, Jewish life, or humans vs. zombies. Most people I know have that one group that makes them feel really at home.</p>
<p>Plus, for a big school, the campus is very small. Except for some far off science buildings, the whole thing can be walked across in like ten minutes. Because of this, I end up seeing the same people over and over. I literally can’t walk from one side of campus to the other without seeing people that I know and saying hi. It completely does not feel like 12-15,000 people at all. </p>
<p>No it’s not a commuter campus. I don’t know about IR majors but I do know we have a good poli sci program.</p>
<p>Also, I juts realized I typed this whole thing in present tense despite graduating this weekend. I absolutely love/d this place, I’m sure you will too.</p>
<p>@datbutthotwot
BU’s large size should not scare you at all. I came from a fairly large high school (1,800 students) and was looking at smaller (<3000) liberal arts school and did overnights at them. It reminded me too much of high school so ultimately I decided to attend Binghamton. I was in the same spot as you, thinking about the daunting task of attending a school with over 16,000 students. Once i got here, I developed a small group of friends from my team (I’m an athlete), my classes and my floor. The advantage of such a large school is that there is a niche for every single person that attends. </p>
<p>If making friends is your biggest fear, don’t worry everyone is very friendly, welcoming and think they are in the same exact spot as you. You will make friend without a doubt. Join a club or do campus activities and you will make a ton of friends.</p>
<p>If the size of the school in general is your largest fear, don’t worry the campus is really not that large. As the previous comment stated, you can walk across campus from side to side in 10 minutes. It does not feel like a large school at all because i see my friends around basically everywhere i go. You won’t get lost in the crowd. It’s not a large school such as Rutgers (40K) where you don’t know anybody and the professors and administrators don’t know you or too small where everyone knows everyone and they get tired of each other constantly. It is the perfect size. You can be know if you choose to be (Heck i even had dinner with President Stenger) or lay low and be relatively unknown. It is completely up to you. </p>
<p>To answer your question, to get help you just have to be assertive. Go to the professor for help or to an adviser. They are all willing to help if you take advantage of it. The classes that aren’t the usual large gen eds(Econ and Sciences) are small (10-40 kids) and you get to interact with students and the professors on a daily basis.</p>
<p>The perks of a medium sized school is the perfect balance between the people you know and don’t know. If you get tired of hanging out with the same people you can branch out and meet new people and enjoy different experiences. </p>
<p>No, It is not a commuter campus. Everyone is basically from either LI or Westchester. </p>
<p>As for the IR major I know nothing about it. I’m an Accounting major.</p>
<p>Hope I helped :)!</p>