<p>Hi everyone, it seems like everyone looking at SUNYs is always asking the same thing and i cannot say i am different. I am interested in SUNY Binghampton and Stonybrook however seeing reviews online has made me unsure of a decision. I am interested in Mechanical Engineering as a major and have heard that both schools have good programs but SB is a little better. My gpa is 3.74 and SAT is 1890 640CR 690Math 560Writing. I am confident in my ability to enter both schools however I'm unsure if one is right for me. I know my sister goes to SB and says there are a lot of international students and the weekends make the campus desolate where in Binghamption this seems to not be as apparent. I would have to dorm either way and I have visited both colleges. Anyway, just looking for opinions either way, thank you.</p>
<p>Neither are highly rated in mechanical engineering. </p>
<p>That’s true. Stony Brook does have a reputation for being a commuter school and having a lot of people go home during the weekends. There are also large numbers of international students. If you are looking purely for a school with a better social life you are better off going to binghamton. </p>
<p>While “neither are highly rated in MechE” Stony Brook has better funding and better facilities than Binghamton. Have you also considered Buffalo? They have a pretty good engineering department. Binghamton’s engineering department isn’t awful (although it is small and not very known) and students find good jobs anyway. </p>
<p>I would also recommenced re-taking the SATs if possible and applying to a wide variety of schools. Maybe you’ll end up with a generous financial aid package from a private school.</p>
<p>You’re a reasonably smart person, presumedly from NY, have researched and even visited the school…and you still spell Binghamton wrong?</p>
<p>Easy way to be denied admission. As for opinions, sprinkles12 said it best. Stony Brook (two words) is better regarded for engineering, Binghamton is a better residential experience, Buffalo is a combination of the two.</p>
<p>Binghamton and Stony Brook have large international populations. Walk across each campus and you find large groups of students who look similar from an ethnic perspective speaking languages other than English. In classes International students are much less likely to participate in discussion. The international students don’t leave the campus on weekends. If your goal is to attend a school with students who don’t go home for weekends I think you will find that at either school because the international students don’t go off campus.</p>
<p>There is pretty clear segregation on both campus with no apparent effort to change that by administration. I wonder if each campus gets a kickback for each international student. Can’t see what else is driving their recruiting efforts since Albany does not get more for international students than from out of state residents. Maybe they can’t attract students from other states so they have to recruit abroad to fill their seats. Binghamton was on the list of schools still accepting applicants in May. I wonder how many remedial classes are offered so that foreign students can learn English. I doubt I can go to college in China and expect them to teach me Chinese while grading my papers written in broken Chinese.</p>
<p>From USNews website: <a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/most-international”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/most-international</a></p>
<p>Percentage International Students:</p>
<p>Binghamton 11 %
Stony Brook 10 %</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon 19%
Univ of Rochester 16 %
Univ at Buffalo 16 %
NYU 14 %
Columbia 13 %
Harvard 11%
Tale 11%
Penn 11 %
MIT 10 %
Penn St 9 %
Cornell 9 %
Syracuse 9 %</p>
<p>Binghamton and Stony Brook are hardly abnormal in this regard. Stony Brook might feel more so due to the large number of commuters and locals who go home on the weekend. </p>
<p>Nbaron1204: being a practicing and hiring engineer who is familiar with all of these schools, I’d say Buffalo, Stony Brook, Binghamton in that order, but any of them are fine as they are all ABET accredited. In my opinion fit and opportunities are more important factors than the differences in ranking or reputation between these schools. </p>
<p>I also agree with sprinkles12, cast a wider net - there are many choices for mechanical engineering out there, but make sure they are ABET accredited.</p>
<p>Lostaccount: So what is the point of your last post besides being an Xenophobic ramble about international students and another opportunity for you to bash Binghamton and SUNY in general?</p>
<p>Bear in Honey-feel free to post what you’d like to convey and so will I. A school with an appreciable international population is not going to empty out during weekends. It would be a long commute for many of them. In this polarized society of ours, information is often categorized as being “for it” or “against it”. This is simply information. My opinion is that I think that American universities ought to find ways to reduce the segregation. </p>