<p>you can never really tell who is applying just as a back up -- and truth is, it is not uncommon for people who apply as a backup end up attending when they either don't do as well as they thought they'd do in admissions elsewhere or they can't afford to go elsewhere. i've known plenty of kids who've ended up at schools they thought were just their backups.</p>
<p>they always know that a large percentage of the people they accept will end up going elsewhere. predicting their yield is always something every admissions office hopes to do as accurately as possible, but they cant always. for the class entering this fall, binghamton underestimated the number who would accept admissions and they ended up over enrolled.</p>
<p>there have been some private schools that get the reputation for rejecting candidates they think are overqualified for their school and will end up going else where. (this is often referred to as the "tufts syndrome" though tufts claims not to do it. ;) ) i really doubt that state schools would engage in a practice like that. but that's just my guess.</p>
<p>I completely agree with Iamhere. Some private do tend to do that (i've heard of Tulane sometimes rejected the best because they have a rather low yield...but i'm not sure how true that is).</p>
<p>Tbellx12-It isn't my number one choice yet simply because i've not gotten the chance to go up and experience the campus yet.</p>
<p>emp - i would strongly encourage you to visit during the winter. it gets cold and snowy -- A LOT -- coming from FL you should really see what that is like before you decide if you want to be there. i've known kids from warmer climates who start bundling up in oct thinking its getting cold -- when truth is it still has a long way to go at that point!</p>
<p>wxly -- part of the issue is that no one is sure what the admissions office will do THIS year as opposed to prior years -- they were absolutely swamped with applications this fall. that plus the over enrollment and trying to figure out how the economy will effect their yield -- no one is really sure how things will play out this year.</p>
<p>Binghamton University experienced a large increase in the number of students interested in early action for fall 2009. The Admissions Committee reviewed your application and noted that you have significant strengths. However due to the large number of early action applications, we are deferring a decision on your application until March. At that time the Admissions Committee will evaluate your application again and give you a decision by April 1.</p>
<p>Because you applied early action, we now have all of your credentials and don't need any additional information. Also, your interest in us through applying as an early action candidate will certainly be considered during the Committee's deliberations.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>I was expecting this. It is a very encouraging letter but I bet it is extremely generic. The only thing I am curious about is if a lot of kids were deferred. An ad-com said most will be rejected or accepted. So good luck to everyone else and check your mail!!!!</p>
<p>Rochester...yeah I guess its better than being rejected especially since an ad-com said that most people would be accepted or rejected. Hopefully you are accepted, maybe those letters go out later or something.</p>
<p>Yeah i`m thinking that it's either really good or really bad news that people haven't received letters yet, cause i got my deferral on a diff day than others got acceptances, and everyone else i knew that got deferred got their letters the same day. so maybe they do deferrals one day rejections one day and acceptances another?</p>
<p>I`m talkin about SUNY stonybrook. I got my deferral the same day as about 7 other people from my school, and the kid that got his acceptance got it a day or two later.</p>