A wide variety of people exist at Binghamton University, whether we catch someone studying in Bartle or speaking up in a lecture. Regardless of the situation, usually, a person can categorize himself in at least one of the following groups. Whether you have experienced pledging or merely witnessed someone asking for notes, you have seen at least of these types of people or you may be one of these students.

These classifications remain applicable on a larger scale, and most universities have similar types of students. However, Binghamton University would not be regarded with such high esteem if it called itself, "The Prepared One." We encounter dozens of individuals on a daily basis and each one of these students calls the same place Home. Without all fourteen categories, we would not have such diversity on campus. Most likely, a majority of students would not enjoy attending a university with a similar type of student across the line, although sometimes, we can do without the one who never comes to class.

1. The One Who Lives on State Street

This person does not necessarily coincide with the same person that needs to talk about his weekend up until Wednesday. However, he does have a minor preoccupation with discussing his experience at Tom and Marty’s or the Rathskeller last Friday. Everyone needs a break, usually designated for weekend evenings. Then you have the student who goes out Tuesday's, Thursday's, Friday's, and Saturday's on a regular basis. You’re in a morning class on a Thursday and the guy next to you is talking about coming in first place at trivia, while you think to yourself how you fell asleep before midnight. Maybe he has a lesser course load or maybe he just can't resist Larry’s tweets.

2. The One Who Stays In on Weekend Nights

This individual would rather stay inside on a cold Binghamton evening watching television, catching up on work, or hanging out with friends. At orientation, we assumed "staying in" meant Late Nite Binghamton. If you want to play Just Dance or grab a free cappuccino, then head over to the Old Union. However, this isn't everyone's version of staying in. This person stays away from State Street on weekends and most likely has had more sleep than anyone trying to catch a cab on a Saturday evening.

3. The Fraternity Brother/Sorority Sister

Whether this person joined a professional or social fraternity, he has countless amounts of clothing with Greek letters. Despite great contributions these groups have made to our campus and community, we noticed how all of you seem to monopolize tables and study rooms at Bartle. You all may have more friends then the rest of us and therefore, need an entire table at the Marketplace to seat your brothers. When you wear your letters proudly, we either have the moment in which the non-Greek life students wish they'd rushed or simply question whether you could not decide what to wear that morning.

4. The Debater

We all know the student who feels the need to debate everything and most of us know his name. We sit in our intro lecture course and each time the class meets, that one guy speaks up. He either believes he knows more than the professor or solely, feels the need to express his opinion. In some cases, his argument may contribute to the class discussion or bring up a valid and previously unacknowledged point. This is not to say you should refrain from speaking, however, constantly disagreeing with the professor does not mean you’re more intelligent than him. The man standing before you has several degrees and if you wish to be that one student who raises his hand arguing with the professor in a lecture with two hundred other students, please be prepared to defend yourself.

5. The One Straight Out of Eric Forman’s Basement

This one speaks for itself. If you do not understand the reference, then please bingewatch Netflix for the next few days. However, most of us have experienced or have been the one that walks into an 8 A.M. class with a scent other than cologne or perfume. This student walks by your desk in a cramped Union classroom and attempts to sneak gum without the rest of the class noticing him.

6. The Technology Addict

Technology has consumed our lives. That remains undeniable. The technology addict spends his time uploading photos to Facebook, playing Candy Crush, or rather updating his LinkedIn account during class. Most of us remain guilty of this at least at one point in our lives. If you could read Buzzfeed articles while updating your Pintrest board and still remain attentive in class, then I applaud you. However, if you spend the entirety of class watching Netflix, you may want to consider staying home next time.

7. The “Too” Involved Student

Most of us either hate this person or want to be him. We admire the president of his professional fraternity who volunteers at the animal shelter in his spare time and remains on the executive board for the club he created his Freshman year. Secretly, the rest of class compares themselves to the one who has become too involved to fit his accomplishments onto a one-page resume. Campus involvement has become a key to establishing friendships and developing interests, although we can all name that student who advertises his club a bit too much during class.

8. The One Who Asks for Notes

In every class, there is that one student who e-mails the entire class the night before the exam asking for notes. Most likely, he spent the whole semester coming up with a well-rehearsed excuse rather than attending class. This does not indicate that in rare cases that student who has had a medical excuse or has undergone some other experience does not deserve to pass the class. For those people, hopefully, other students will assist you and other resources exist. However, if you e-mail the class twelve hours before the exam stating, “I haven’t been to class in a couple of weeks and realized we have a midterm, can someone send me the notes?” expect no response, especially from the ones who take notes rigorously.

9. The Prepared One

This student comes to every class, has reviewed his notes prior to lecture, and has been studying for the final since the midterm. Despite the fact that his backpack has caused all his back pain and he managed to fill up two notebooks with notes, we all wish we had the same work ethic as this person.

10. The Athlete

Whether you just came from the East Gym or wear your Binghamton baseball cap on a daily basis, you work out more than the rest of us. The minute you walk in the room, I want to stop studying and go lift weights. You lay your lacrosse equipment or tennis racket aside and we immediately all wish we could call ourselves athletic. People may know you for your position on the Binghamton Bearcats Men's Basketball team or as a midfielder for our soccer team. Either way, you have become a student-athlete.

11. “Is He in This Class?”

In large lectures freshman year, most of us could probably name a couple of students in our class, unless you experienced PSYCH 111 with everyone else you know. Then we started taking smaller classes, the classes in which the professor takes attendance. Then the kid we’ve never seen before walks in halfway through the semester expecting to take the midterm. We ask ourselves how he expects to pass the class, but he persists that he should be allowed to sit for the exam. Maybe rightfully so, but we all question why he’s never showed up once.

12. The Complainer

Whether this person constantly needs to inform others that Binghamton was his safety school or certain programs do not prepare him well enough for post-graduation, he remains the person we let complain even if we too wish we were elsewhere. College remains stressful for most people and sometimes we all need to complain about our lives. However, we have that person who complains about his upcoming exams with no intention of preparation.

13. The One Who Talks in Class

We turn our heads to the one stuck in elementary school, who hasn’t managed to grasp the concept that talking in class is not only disrespectful to the professor but to the other students who came to class. Many of us feel the need to discuss last night’s episode of "Grey’s Anatomy," but class is not the time.

14. The One Everyone Else Envies

This individual manages his academic, social, and work life well. We all desire to become this student.

Everyone admires that one student with a high GPA, thriving social life, who has become involved in several clubs. However, the select few that remain in this category must drink a great amount of caffeine throughout their day.

We may want to walk out of class when that debater student has spent the first twenty minutes of class arguing his point, but without such opposition, we would not be able to form our own opinions. If we removed the athletes at our school, we still would not have a football team, but Binghamton would not have such recognition in the NCAA. Without Greek life, we may find a greater number of people at Late Nite. Each type of student influences one another in more ways than he or she knows, and Binghamton would not be the same without each and every one of them.