<p>Hey jana,
Do you know if most people who graduated from SOM go on to business graduate school?
Or do many of them are able to get jobs and start their careers from there?
As of now, I’m probably going to be studying for dental school or business school, but who knows, that may change dramatically.
Do you know if the pre-dental courses are difficult?</p>
<p>If I still plan on doing business and cannot get into SOM, I’ll probably major in Economics and then business grad school. How common is this among binghamton and other colleges? Because many liberal arts& science colleges dont offer business as a major. </p>
<p>I do not know the percentage of people who graduate who go on to grad school and other schools but I know the percentage is fairly high. It is fairly common for students who can not get into SOM to take Economics. A lot of times as you get into the upper level classes can take some of the classes in SOM (if spots are available). In terms of how hard the courses are, they are going to be science courses so they might be a little tougher but if you like what you are learning it really doesn’t matter so much.</p>
<p>Should I be worried if I haven’t received any info on campus housing? My email and everything is active so they definitely cleared my deposit. I heard some people got emails</p>
<p>Unfortunately I do not know if emails were sent out but I am assuming they were. If you aren’t receiving emails please contact admissions. They should be able to check what is going on. You should be good though about registering for housing if you have your email set up. You can go to reslife.binghamton.edu on the 20th and sign up following their instructions.</p>
<p>what are the options if you want to live off-campus? i find the dorm costs to be a little high for my budget but cannot afford a car either. are there a lot of apartments that are within a walking distance from campus? how much are their rent? </p>
<p>I also heard that there are lots of buses in binghamton too. is taking a bus to the campus a hassle? how safe are the buses? Thanks.</p>
<p>I sent an email to reslife… hope they get back to me. My Bing email is totally not working actually. I sent an email to my Bing from my Gmail and never got it, but I was able to send mail from my Bing to my Gmail. Weird.</p>
<p>As a freshman, unless you live within 50 miles of the University you must live on campus. After that there are a bunch of options and student apartments near the university. Not all of them are within walking distance but many of them are right near the bus stops (which you can ride for free with your student ID). Most of the buses in this area stop at campus and depending on where you live will determine how many students are with you on the bus. There are locals who travel using the bus but a lot of the time they are also Binghamton students.</p>
<p>transfer2010 - at least you will be able to work it out now. They should be able to help you out. You also should still be able to register for housing on monday.</p>
<p>Ok. I was under the impression that housing registration was going to be done completely through email so I was worried since my account seems to not be working (it’s worked before when I first set it up… oh well)</p>
<p>How housing registration works is that you log on to the site reslife.binghamton.edu and then on that website you will rank 1-5 which communities you want (best to least) and answer some very basic questions. You should get your community assignment in July and your room assignment in August.</p>
<p>About going to graduate school in business without majoring in business undergrad- absolutely! In fact, the top graduate schools of business (Wharton, Harvard, etc) don’t want undergrad majors in business - they want you to learn their way of dissecting business. And they consider you a much more well rounded person.</p>
<p>I applied to SOM as an international transfer student on Feb 09,2009 and one of my friends applied to the same school on Feb 28th, 2009. We are both international students. I didn’t receive any news from Binghamton but my friend received a rejection letter about three weeks ago. When I called Binghamton they said that Binghamton did not review the international transfers’ applications yet. Also, my American citizen friend received his decision a week ago, which was an acceptance letter. Isn’t Binghamton a rolling basis admission? Thank you.</p>
<p>With incoming freshmen it is a rolling admissions with all the decisions made and students notified on April 1st. For transfers the admissions is rolling until they fill up the class. This year about 4000 transfer applications were received and I believe usually about 700-800 students are admitted.</p>
<p>How competitive are the sciences at bing? How many Bing bio/psychobio majors get into top grad schools? If I went to bing, I’d probably major in psychobiology.</p>
<p>Is it hard to get into some sort of undergrad research?</p>
<p>How accessible is internet at Bing? I read that only 10% of bing has wireless.
Can you access internet in the dorms or you need that dsl box set up?</p>
<p>my son got into Watson for Comp Sci which is the major he wants, but he is very worried about the bigness of Binghamton, and is thinking seriously about choosing Bard which offered him a 15 K scholarship plus loans. While comp sci is his passion, he thinks the idea of spending a couple of years in the liberal arts world is not a bad idea for a freshman and sophmore; he and we, his family, are a bit scared by the 1-32 ratio, Bard’s is more like 1-9. He is not a terribly pro-active person, not the kind of person who will fight to get first in line for the classes he wants, etc. I am wondering if Bing is the best place for such a kid?</p>
<p>JNE23 - The sciences, especially if you are trying to get into labs and working with the professors, is competitive. I don’t know the exact percentage offhand but a majority continue on in either Masters or PhD programs. If you are interested in working as a research assistant in a lab you should get to know the professor early on at Bing. Then when you have taken a few more classes and you find yourself wanting or needing to work in a lab for credits you will have less of a problem. Obviously it also depends on the lab as some are more popular than others.</p>
<p>aznclamgrl91 - Bing is I believe just about fully wireless and yes you can get internet in the dorms. You can either connect wirelessly on the buwireless network or connect via ethernet (i personally prefer ethernet because I find it both faster and slightly safer)</p>
<p>Morvoren - I know people who are just like your son and they usually don’t have a problem getting in. If he is going into Watson, most likely the classes that he needs will not be closed as Watson students have their schedule basically laid out for them. In terms of the liberal arts general education classes, generally the classes that students take to fill those requirements are large enough that you will not need to petition to get in. If a petition is needed, he may not even need to contact the professor in person, he can just send him an email explaining his situation.</p>
<p>I’m going to Korea for a summer program from June 27 till August 13, therefore, I will be missing orientation during July. This means that I have to go to orientation right before school starts… Will I be at a disadvantage in some way such as class registration or forms etc.? I have this feeling that I am going to get left out some how. Thanks.</p>
<p>shimshimhey – you’ll get to do the orientation in august [Beginnings</a> - Binghamton University New Student Information](<a href=“Orientation | New Student Programs | Binghamton University”>Orientation | New Student Programs | Binghamton University)
they supposedly hold some spaces in courses for freshmen that they make available at each orientation so there isn’t supposed to be any advantage to going to an earlier orientation (other than peace of mind of having it over with). which doesn’t mean there won’t be closed courses - but if go you prepared with various alternatives you should be ok.</p>