<p>Does anyone know how well regarded SUNY Binghamton's School of Management is!?
I got in today, and my dad says its a great program, especially the 5 year MBA program.....but I am still not sure if I would be "settling" if I were to go there.</p>
<p>Anything notes about Binghamton U would be great! thanks guys!</p>
<p>Congrats, lulubelle, on your acceptance! I too am eager to hear what the folks on this board have to say.</p>
<p>Congrats on UBing! I hear their program is good (I'm from NY), but I never thought it competed w/ the Sternies or Sloan's of the business world. Its not ranked high, but not sure how accurate rankings are. I visited the school and the location isn't too great...coming from a city boy. If you're from Chicago you might now like the location too well either.</p>
<p>lulubelle, what are your other choices. UBing is considered one of New Yorks best Publics, but what are you comparing to ?</p>
<p>see thats the problem, compared to my other schools, I would look like a fool choosing Bing, I have been accepted to U of I urbana (my state school) into the LAS, and U of Iowa with scholership money. I think im competitive to get into syracuse and ithaca, and most of my other schools, depauw denison and american, but im not sure about all of them. U of Rochester is my first choice, and if i get in there, then i probably will do that. The plus of Bing is the price tag, but then again, U of I is sooo cheap for me, but I hated the school. I have family in Ithaca that I am very close to and location matters a lot to me. I loved all four of the NY schools i visited, including bing. Maybe not loved, but liked. ugh...what should i do....</p>
<p>thanks guys!</p>
<p>Hi again, lulubelle. I'm sorry you're suffering over this; I truly understand what a big decision this is for you. Can you tell me why Rochester is your first choice? Have you posted about that school on another thread? We haven't visited it yet but plan to.</p>
<p>I have visited, and I loved it. Its a great school, really competitive, and i am a little scrared that I might not actually get in. The size is ideal for me, (4000), and it seems that there is a lot of freedom within. Though I am looking to ultimatly go into business, its comferting to know that i would get a great ug education there, study things i may not have at a business school...and then go onto a great graduate school. My family is also just south of Ithaca, and being close to them is a huge priority, and i feel i am almost basing a lot of my college decisions off of being close to them. good thing they are around 4 good schools, UR, bing, syracuse and ithaca.<br>
I have talked about those 4 schools on several threads...and i began this search having syracuse as my first choice, and after visiting for the second time, its campus and largness was too overwhelming.<br>
any other thoughts? thanks for ur concern worrywart!</p>
<p>binghamton is alotttt closer to ithaca than rochester is. It's one bus stop away. The Bing business program (school of management) is rated very highly amongst new york companies (Fortune 500 corporations) but im not sure about places outside of new york. Management students dont really start doing heavy duty mangement coursework until I believe the fall or spring of sophomore year. So you'll get youre liberal arts classes in there.</p>
<p>vvvery interesting. im from chicago, and im concerned that maybe the work that i would do at binghamton would not be as impressive for the companies there, and that i would not match up to those coming out of U of I-urbana...whereas in NYC i would have a step up?? any thoughts?</p>
<p>i wish i had more information for u about the school of management. I really dont know how highly its regarded in other areas other than New York. I know that lots of large Manhattan-based corporations ("Fortune-500's" ...everyone's always saying that haha) give lots of internships and eventually jobs to Binghamton SOM students.</p>
<p>reallly......i lot of people have been telling me to think about where i want to live when im done with college...and nyc doesnt sound that bad...but affording that is gonna be a problem if i have some dinky position at a company....whereas in chicago i know it and i can live cheaply and happily...but then again ive spent my life in chicago and could use a change.<br>
They say that i can get my MBA in 5 years through their program...waht does that mean? does that mean I dont need graad school?</p>
<p>the 5 year mba program is a little different. its also called something like the dual fast track program. This is generally for people who wish to get an MBA, but dont necessarily want to major in business. With the 5 year program, you can major in anything (english, psychology, whatever), and finish that major in 3 years (so its a little more intensive since you arent taking any electives, just courses towards ur major). Then, you enter SOM for your senior year and one more year so u get ur MBA. It certainly will save you some money.</p>
<p>lulubelle,
You need to know that outside of New York State (and within it too, for that matter) SUNY Binghamton has very little reputation at all. The SUNY system is, unfortunately, just not very highly regarded. </p>
<p>SUNY Bing is poplulated with fewer than 7% of the kids from outside of New York State (and I'm very surprised it's that high - that is for the freshman class, I wonder what the profile looks like later on). And, regardless of what the web site claims, it will feel like all 93% of them are from Long Island. So, it really lacks diversity big time. (Which was my major complaint about the place in the late 70's.)</p>
<p>I think you will find that basically the students who go to SUNY Binghamton are fairly good students, but just lack choices due to economics. I think you will find most of them would tranfser to a school like Syracue, Rochester, Denison, American in a HEART BEAT.</p>
<p>Sorry to be so down on the place, but you whould really talk to a lot of kids there before you choose Bing. But, you have a lot of time, right? See what other offers you get.</p>
<p>weenie's correct about geographical diversity, or the lack thereof. A Long Islander myself, I find that everyone I speak to is from Long Island or Westchester. This creates a very "safe" feeling, and its one reason why im strongly considering transferring. </p>
<p>I don't nessarily agree, however, about weenie's analysis of the caliber of Bing students. The school's major flaw happens to create a strength. As weenie said, a great deal of students go there because they couldnt afford other schools. Among these students include a large number of Ivy acceptances, top LAC acceptances, etc. Also, however, theres lots of kids who probably justt made it in. Though im sure this is the same at most schools.</p>
<p>Personally, I would never transfer to a place like Syracuse of American. Binghamton kids like to party, and the frat scene is extremely dominating. I don't personally like this drinking culture, and so I'm applying to some schools in Manhattan which I feel would help offer other alternatives (you can only go to the Binghamton movie theatre so often before realizing that something's not going right.)</p>
<p>If you plan on working in Manhattan, SUNY Binghamton has a great repuatation. It's much harder to be accepted into SOM as a freshman than it is to get accepted into the Harpur school for arts and sciences. SOM kids seem to be smart students.</p>
<p>thank u guys so much for ur input. every comment leads me more and more toward the no....but im still going to look into it. I want to see where else i get in, and compare costs. the cost is really whats keeping me going. the 5 year program is also of much interest, but i still dont quite understand it, so if anyone else has any other information on bing, management prgm or anything, i would reallly appriciate it...thanks again guys@!</p>
<p>binghamton is a solid suny, in my opinion the best. congrats.</p>
<p>thank u i appricate that...however do u know how solidly it stacks up to other universities then sunys?</p>
<p>lulubelle:
A partial answer to your above question is that US News ranks it 34 in its list of Top Public Universities.</p>
<p>ahhh...ok....thats not that bad right? and its not ranked among business schools?</p>
<p>It all depends upon your frame of reference. #34 in public universities is decent but NY should be able to do much better. If you count all universities, Binghamton is rated # 74 which is mediocre. As far as Bing students accepted into Ivys, based upon the stats I highly doubt there were too many in each class. Binghamton ua generally considered a secondary choice and most students reviewed on Princeton Review, **************,etc... are generally much unhappier than students elsewhere.</p>
<p>If you are looking for better state universities, you will have little trouble finding them in VA, MD, PA, CA, MI, IL, NC and other states.</p>
<p>Binghamton's reputation and the caliber of students attending have not kept pace with the other public universities.</p>
<p>Check out old posts on the Bing board for further information.</p>