<p>"Congratulations! We are very pleased to offer you admission to Binghamton University for Spring 2014. This year we had so many talented students apply, we do not have room for everyone in the Fall. Therefore, many students will begin their studies in the Spring. Should a space open up for you for this Fall we will notify you immediately. In the meantime, we are very excited to offer you admission for Spring."</p>
<p>After being deferred early action to regular consideration, and then waiting until April 1st for a decision, Binghamton has accepted me into their SPRING, class of 2014. I was already accepted into Stony Brook, Albany, and Molloy College, however bing has been my #1 mostly because I believe it has the best overall college experience to offer. </p>
<p>My question is to how I should continue from here? I can hope for a spot to open during the Fall, but obviously I need a backup plan. Would it make sense to attend Stony Brook, Albany, or Molloy for 6 months and transfer out? Would I be allowed to transfer in after 6 months? Would I have to pay for a full year of dorms and lose money because Im leaving after 6 months? </p>
<p>You pay per semester. You should be fine. Go on the waitlist right away. Express interest and tell them you would accept for fall if asked and you are thinking about spring. They are your number one school. Wait a few days to call since they are prob getting alot of calls today. You could also write a letter to your admission person which is on the website.</p>
<p>My name is Rob and I’m a Binghamton University Student Ambassador.</p>
<p>You certainly can attend another school during the Fall semester and transfer into Binghamton for the Spring. You wouldn’t need to file any additional application for the transfer, as you’ve already been accepted for Spring. You could attend any of the colleges you listed and still come to Binghamton in the Fall, and you might also want to consider attending a local community college for a semester if money is an issue, considering that you could save on costs and still have a guaranteed spot at a 4-year university for the spring.</p>
<p>At least at Binghamton, you are not required to pay for housing for a semester if you’ve withdrawn from the university, even if you signed a housing license. I would double-check with any other college you plan on attending and living at, but I would assume that is the policy at most schools.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any other questions!</p>
<p>My son is in the exact same situation and is very excited to be going to Binghamton, even for the Spring.</p>
<p>How does it work with college credits? He is considering going to New Paltz for the first semester and then transferring to Binghamton in the spring.</p>
<p>another question is about how the waitlisting situation works. are the people that are waitlisted and accepted to the spring session higher in the pack than the people that were just waitlisted? </p>
<p>hftmrock: Transferring college credits would work the same as for transferring dual-enrollment credits. You would need to have your transcripts sent to the appropriate department at Binghamton - most likely Admissions. You can find a lot of our course-to-course equivalencies for transferred credits online at the following URL:</p>
<p>I highly recommend checking that out before scheduling classes at any other school if you plan to attend Binghamton in the Spring. You’d be at an advantage if you took courses in the Fall that would cover general education requirements at Binghamton or possibly even preliminary requirements for your major (if you’ve thought that far ahead).</p>
<p>what about the waitlist vs. waitlist - spring accept situation. is one more advantageous than the other when it comes to possibly getting accepted in the fall?</p>
<p>How does he go about talking to his college that he is going to about this? tell them that he is transferring after 1 semester? tell them nothing until he is ready to transfer? Not sure of the right protocol here.</p>
<p>hftmrock: This depends on what college your son decides to go to.</p>
<p>At a community college, you should definitely be up-front about being a future transfer student. That’s what community colleges specialize in, and they’ll be able to help your son best if they know what his academic plans are.</p>
<p>At a 4-year college, they’ll be much less happy to hear that your son will be transferring out. If I were in your son’s position, I wouldn’t feel obligated to inform the university until the end of the fall semester. Just be sure to look at the housing information from the other 4-year university to ensure that you inform them with enough time to prevent having to pay anything for housing in the spring.</p>
<p>Rob - I have one more question (sorry to be a pest)</p>
<p>As I said, my son was waitlisted and has the spring offer.</p>
<p>if he replies back that he wants to stay on the waitlist and hope for a fall offer, does that mean that he loses the spring offer? I haev read mixed things on this</p>
<p>hftmrock: I just got an answer to your earlier question from one of our admissions counselors (and it coincidentally contained that response to your other question).</p>
<p>If your son accepts the Spring offer, then he will attend Binghamton as a student in the spring. He will no longer be on the fall waitlist.</p>
<p>If your son decided to hope for a Fall offer, then there are many factors that would determine whether he is accepted. The fact that he was given an offer for the Spring is indeed a very good sign - he would typically have a higher chance to get in on the waitlist than those that did not get a spring offer. This is not always true, though, because there would be consideration given to what program your son wished to enter and whether there was any space open in that specific program.</p>
<p>For instance, it’s quite possible that space could open up, but only in one of the colleges. If, say, Watson has a few seats that open up, then they would look for students that were interested in Watson when pulling from the waitlist. Admissions counselors would also re-read applications to determine who to pull from the waitlist if they need to pull anyone.</p>
<p>We did have over 29,000 applicants for the fall 2013 semester (a new record high!) and only around 2,500 freshman seats this year. At this time, the admissions counselors do not expect to pull many students from the waitlist if they even have to pull from it at all.</p>
<p>While not what I wanted to hear,I sincerely appreciate all that information.</p>
<p>Just for the record, I called the Binghamton admissions office and they told me the exact opposite. They told me that if I put the deposit for the spring. he would still be on the waitlist and there would be no problem.</p>
<p>hftmrock: Let me e-mail back the admissions counselor and make sure I didn’t misunderstand the e-mail to ensure you have the correct information. I may have misinterpreted what they had written.</p>
<p>I absolutely understand. The admissions counselor that I contacted is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, so he’ll definitely know the correct answer. He’ll also make sure that the rest of the staff knows the appropriate answer if there was a mistake made and you were given the wrong information when you called, as we definitely don’t want to be giving incorrect information to our prospective students.</p>
<p>I had my wife call today just to make sure I ddnt hear wrong and make a mistake.</p>
<p>She asked this exact question</p>
<p>"My son has been waitlisted for the fall 2013 semester and has the spring 2014 offer. If he puts down the deposit for the spring 2014 semester, does he forfeit his place on the fall 2013 waitlist?</p>
<p>at first the person said yes he would forfeit his position. My wife then told him that she has heard different stories. the person on the phone said that he will check it with someone else. After a few minutes, he came back on the phone and told her that he would NOT lose his place and that he would probably be in a good place on the waitlist since he was offered enrollment in the spring.</p>
<p>I hope I can find out the right answer. Let me know what your source tells you. </p>
<p>The admissions office should be completely clear on this! My daughter was offered wait list and spring admission at SUNY Geneseo, but she did not have to put a deposit down on spring until October and it was clear she could remain on the waitlist and enroll in the spring if waitlist didn’t work out. I don’t think giving you the choice is fair.</p>
<p>Alright, folks. Sorry for the confusion that I appear to have caused on this. I misinterpreted the answer I was sent by the admissions counselor the first time around.</p>
<p>To be entirely clear: Officially agreeing to attend Binghamton University in the spring will NOT cause you to forfeit your spot on the fall waitlist. You will still be on the waitlist and will continue to have a better chance than someone who was not given an offer for the spring at being offered a place at Binghamton in the fall.</p>
<p>The admissions counselor did want me to reiterate that it is probable that very few students (or possibly even none at all) will be admitted to the university for the fall through the waitlist. It is still a possibility, but please don’t count on a position being offered to you due to a place on the waitlist.</p>
<p>So in summary:
If you accept the spring offer, you are guaranteed a spot at Binghamton in the spring.
Your position on the fall waitlist is not affected in any way by whether or not you accept the spring offer.
The fact that you received the spring offer at all does give you a better chance at being accepted through the fall waitlist over someone who did not receive a spring offer.
Overall, Undergraduate Admissions expects to be admitting a low number of students, if any, through the fall waitlist.</p>
<p>I hope that clears up any confusion, and I apologize that I got that answer wrong the first time around. Please let me know if you’re still confused in any way or have any other questions.</p>