<p>Quite frankly, I would be very alarmed if Binghamton released decisions extremely early. I would rather know that they put a great deal of thought and effort into making their decisions. rather than rushing to let everyone know.</p>
<p>Binghamton will not look at a student’s file before it is 100% complete – this includes teacher recommendations, test scores and all other required materials. Given they have previously received over 30,000 applications, I think it is understandable why they may be taking so long.</p>
<p>Additionally, Binghamton Admissions has made the switch to a new electronic system this year for all paper documents; I don’t personally know what effect this may or may not have had on their processing speed in comparison to previous years.</p>
<p>I know this is a long process, but I can personally attest to the fact that Binghamton has done, and will continue to do, a great job at selecting students. If this is a process that takes them a while, it’s definitely worth it for everyone here.</p>
<p>Bing, have to agree with Donna here, this drawn out process has put a bad taste in our mouth. Bing is one of the last schools my S is waiting to hear from. Has heard from STANFORD, UCLA, UCSD, Rochester, RPI, VA Tech, Suny Buffalo, Northeastern, Cal Poly–but then again still waitng for Cal,UPenn, USC, UCD, UCSB and Binghamton. For what it is worth “things do happen” UCD–(UC Davis) was suppose to release decisions today per their website-- but today the website changed to indicate the decisions would be availalbe late March.</p>
<p>I’m not disagreeing in saying that the extended period of time from first applying to receiving a decision isn’t excruciatingly long, but I firmly believe it’s an inherent part of a process designed to pick the best and brightest students out of such a large and diverse group.</p>
<p>This is in no way official, just my PERSONAL speculation (which is why this is NOT being posted via BingAmbassador):</p>
<p>OOS students make up roughly [url=<a href=“http://mzakariya.com/BUGuide.pdf]15%[/url”>http://mzakariya.com/BUGuide.pdf]15%[/url</a>] of Binghamton’s student body. Perhaps Admissions has this as a set figure; they intend upon having that 15% each and every year. A vast majority of applicants to Binghamton are IS students. </p>
<p>With that in mind, it’s easy to see why Admissions is able to notify OOS students earlier in the game: there are fewer of them, and they already know how many of them they wish to accept. Perhaps they receive enough OOS applicants to meet their 15% goal very quickly. With IS students, they receive far more applications, and so they might have more flexibility in terms of picking the best students. Also keep in mind the yield for OOS students might be different than that of IS students. Maybe only 10% of OOS come to Binghamton because of the higher pricetag (so Admissions would need to accept more OOS students than IS students to meet their 15% goal, which would explain why some OOS students tend to have lower ‘numbers’ than IS students), or perhaps 40% choose to come here because OOS tuition might be lower than THEIR IS tuition at their state school.</p>
<p>OOS = Fewer applicants, 15%, Admissions has a smaller pool to work with, different yields than IS students
IS = Huge number of applicants, 75%, Admissions has a much larger pool to work with, and this pool makes up a whopping majority of the student body</p>
<p>If Admissions notified IS students as quickly as they did OOS, they’d run out of slots WAY too quickly, and would have to automatically reject students because the class of 2014 would already be full.</p>
<p>Of course, I’m sure the additional $32,000 that an OOS student nets Binghamton over 4 years is something they consider. Let’s be realistic.</p>
<p>If Admissions notified IS students as quickly as they did OOS, they’d run out of slots WAY too quickly, and would have to automatically reject students because the class of 2014 would already be full.</p>
<p>Not true at all. Binghamton obviously has to review IS applications along OOS applications. While reviewing and even after, why do they withhold their decision for IS students until literally April 1? If the student will be accepted ANYWAY, why the wait? Are they seriously going to go back and reject an IS applicant after being ‘accepted’ because they saw a better IS or even OOS applicant in the pool?</p>