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Comparable Schools'
Campus Housing Grades:
Quick StatsUndergrads Living on Campus
65 %
Number of Campus Owned Apartments
2
Freshmen Required to Live on Campus
Yes - Exception if parents made previous arrangements with the Office of Residential Life to allow them to reside off campus.
College Prowler Take
The most important part of having a pleasant dorm experience at Binghamton is finding the community that best suits you. Having one or more roommates you do not get along with will only aggravate you and make your life in college more difficult. Student descriptions of the different communities may indeed be stereotypes, but they have been established for many years now and are probably the best guide for picking the community that matches your personality. It is true that the newer dorms like Mohawk and Mountainview are nicer, but they are also much more popular. Overcrowding is a major problem at Binghamton, and the more popular dorms tend to fill up very quickly. If you choose a place to live based on what you believe is the best community, rather than trying to get into the most modern dorm, you are much more likely to be happy with your arrangement. Students Speak Out
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Each community has a personality....
Each community has a personality. Hinman is very scholastically oriented and can be cliquey, CIW is really friendly, but if you’re not into drugs, it can be kind of a bad place for you, Dickinson people study a lot, and Newing is for the future frat boys and sorority girls of America. |
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Try to get into Mohawk. It’s the...
Try to get into Mohawk. It’s the newest dorm, and it’s actually rather nice. If you want to live in a single room, I recommend Susquehanna over Hillside. |
Anonymous says: |
The newer the dorm, the nicer it...
The newer the dorm, the nicer it is. Dickinson and Newing are the oldest and least desirable, although Dickinson has a few advantages location-wise. Hinman is the best in terms of proximity to some of the academic buildings (including the lecture hall and the main library) and the largest parking lots. College in the Woods has very nice rooms, a pleasant outdoor environment, and the best dining hall. |
Anonymous says: |
From personal experience, avoid...
From personal experience, avoid Dickinson and Newing; they are the typical double rooms. You want to try to get into the suites in CIW or Hinman. |
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I personally like suites, so...
I personally like suites, so freshman year I lived in Hinman. I do not regret it, but the floor I was put on was kind of secluded. All my friends were essentially in College in the Woods. So the next year, my friend pulled me into CIW, and we got a suite there. So I got the best of both worlds, living-wise, for sophomore and junior years. It is all about getting a feel for the campus. Living on campus is also cool because you can roll out of bed 10–15 minutes before class—what a beautiful experience. |
FactsWhat You Get
- Bed
- Central air-conditioning (some buildings)
- Closet
- Desk and chair
- Dresser
- Floor lamps
- Window coverings
Room Types
- Apartments
- Doubles
- Quads
- Singles
- Suites
- Triples
Also Available
- Binghamton offers students the chance to participate in Learning Communities, specialized courses taken with other members of your residential college and led by a Faculty Master who is a faculty member with an office in your residential college. The courses include first-year experience seminars, as well as language, literature, and science courses. Visit the Living/Learning Web site at discovery.binghamton.edu/learningcommunities/.
Dormitories
College in the Woods (Residence Halls: Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca)
Number of Occupants: 1,350
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles, triples, and quads, five- and six-person suites
Basketball and volleyball courts, Nite Owl Café, library, close to the Union, great social environment, chem-free floors available, newly-remodeled grounds, buildings are old besides Mohawk, small rooms, parking can be difficult.Mohawk is a new building with central air and nice facilities.
Dickinson Community (Residence Halls: Champlain, Digman, Johnson, O’Connor, Rafuse, Whitney)
Number of Occupants: 900
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles
Basketball and volleyball courts, study lounge, rec lounge, kitchenette, laundry, grills, co-rec field, close to the gym and academic buildings, small number of students per floor, old buildings, small rooms, very quiet.
Hinman College (Residence Halls: Clearview, Cleveland, Hughes, Lehman, Roosevelt, Smith)
Bathrooms: Shared by suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Three-person suites with three singles
Basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts, Nite Owl Café, Ethernet hookups in each room, piano room, laundry, TV lounges, study lounge, pool table, close to lecture halls, close to nature preserve, nice common building, newly redone dining hall, far from other communities, parking can be difficult, can get very quiet.
Mountainview College (Residence Halls: Hunter, Marcy, Cascade, Windham)
Number of Occupants: 1,100
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles, four- and six-person suites
Study/TV lounges, kitchenette, laundry, volleyball and basketball courts, co-rec field.
Newing College (Residence Halls: Bingham, Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Endicott)
Number of Occupants: 1,100
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen and upperclassmen
Room Types: Doubles, triples
Basketball courts, Night Owl Café, Discovery Center, free gym, music room, close to the gym and resident parking lots, lively social environment, small rooms, far from academic buildings, some say environment can get too lively.
Campus Owned Apartments
Hillside Community
Number of Units: 700
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: apartments have singles and doubles
Bus service to main campus, special parking lot, nice views, comfort and privacy of apartment living close to campus, cold walk to class in winter, buses run infrequently late at night, bedrooms are small, very quiet community. Apartments include living room, full kitchen, and bathrooms, large, modern apartments, fully furnished, use of campus cable and Ethernet.
Hillside includes the following residence halls: Adirondack, Belmont, Catskill, Darien, Evangola, Filmore, Glimmerglass, Hempstead, Jones, Keuka, Lakeside, Minnewaska, Nyack, Palisades, Rockland, Saratoga
Susquehanna Community (Residence Halls: Brandywine, Choconut, Glenwood, Nanticoke)
Number of Units: 400
Bathrooms: Private
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen, and student families
Room Types: Four-person apartments with four singles, three-person apartments with a double and a single
Bus service to main campus, special parking lot, common lounge with television and snack bar, 24-hour quiet community, closer to campus than Hillside, large apartments with large bedrooms, fully furnished, use of campus cable and Ethernet included, small parking lot, even quieter than Hillside. Apartments come with storage rooms, kitchens, and living rooms.
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