<p>Hmm, according to the EA decisions thread, I see that a lot of applicants w/ decent stats have gotten deferred into the RD round. Well, I would like to consider myself as one of them- I received my lovely, white envelope this afternoon, as a matter of fact. </p>
<p>Anywho, I was wondering if anyone knows how 'being deferred' would take its toll on applicants in the RD round? Would these applicants be thrown in with the rest of the RD'ers or might there be a method as to how applications are reviewed? (RD'ers first, and then 'those deferred' later?) </p>
<p>My letter says, "Your strong interest in Binghamton, as indicated through your decision to apply early action, will certainly be considered during the Committee's deliberations." Therefore, would 'being deferred' work to my benefit? And what is the percentage of deferred applicants being admitted later in the RD round?</p>
<p>Yes, I have a lot of questions- perhaps, many of which you guys aren't capable of answering, but feel free to state your speculations, opinions, and whatnot.</p>
<p>Yeah I think that we all have a better chance of getting accepted than the RD people…
Ugh… Binghamton is so annoying sometimes… First, they took forever to make a decision, and now they deferred me…
Anyways, is anyone getting rejected or are they just accepting/deferring… ?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they had all the decisions way before, but decided to mail them out after the vacation, for obvious reasons. </p>
<p>I mean, seriously, it only makes sense. Accepted applicants were notified first; I did not hear of any rejections or deferments. However, now, I am hearing mostly about deferrals and practically no acceptance letters. Kind of offending to the applicants, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I really didn’t think Binghamton would play low like this, but I guess they did.</p>
<p>I was deferred and then got in during RD, I think they put you with the pool of students that is more even, and if you kept the grades, it is very likely you’ll get in, especially when many of the EA may choose other schools for various reasons (ED, money, choice, etc)
Don’t give up, it is not a rejection!</p>
<p>The deferral letter said we did not need to send in any additional materials. I think Im going to send them my midyear report anyways. Does anyone think that’s a good idea?</p>
<p>I would think deferreds just get thrown back in the mix and may come up short if Rd’ers have better stats.
It would be interesting to see how this has panned out in the past.</p>
<p>Nice to hear all of your input. I still have a pretty positive outlook on things and I wish all of those deferred the best of luck, as well! I just wasn’t particularly happy to have to wait until April. Oh, and even though the letter says that additional materials are not necessary, I doubt that it hurts to send in anything that supports your application, unless it is too much, extremely overbearing, and annoys the adcom. My school is going to send in my midyear for me, and I am planning on sending in two additional recommendations just for the sake of it.</p>
<p>I agree, I’m gonna send a rec from a Senior year teacher and stay in touch with Bing. Honestly, I hope they give deferred people their own pool. As a fact, I know people who are applying to Ivies are also applying to Bing as a safety, and I mean, I’m dying to attend Bing. Eh, guess that’s how the world works, haha. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>The admissions officers will be blind to the fact that you were initially deferred during the first round. Your application will be treated like just another RD application.</p>
<p>Are you sure that they’re blind to the fact that the deferred applied EA? On the letter, they seem to hint that applying EA and getting deferred gave us a subtle edge in the RD pool. God, 3 more months of sleepless nights, haha.</p>
<p>I was deferred yesterday, which is upsetting because I know people who got in and aren’t considering Binghamton as an option-they only applied as a safety. But I guess everything happens for a reason. My older sister was deferred when she applied and then was accepted. She kept her senior grades all B’s and A’s so she sent in her mid-year transcripts because an admissions person told her to do so. Legit, 2 weeks after they got it, along with a great recommendation from her Intel advisor, she was accepted. So I’m going to do exactly what she did and hope for the best. An additional, outstanding recommendation and good mid-year transcripts can only help. The best of luck to everyone!</p>
<p>dudecollege, your statement is incorrect. I emailed undergraduate admissions on thursday after i was deferred and in the email i received back from the admissions officer, he stated that my decision to apply Early Action is highly considered during the review process of my application again</p>
<p>for those of you who were specifically deferred to SOM, please understand that if Binghamton is your first choice school and you are willing to go in as a Harpur student instead, you increase your chances of acceptance exponentially…</p>
<p>Understand, though, that it is almost impossible to transfer into SOM later on…just very difficult…</p>
<p>thought you should know this going forward…</p>
<p>In theory maybe.
But look at it like an admissions person. If they are technically the same student, why not accept the one that put in the effort or cared enough to send in their application early? If that’s the only thing separating the two students.</p>
<p>There are an infinite number of good reasons why someone didn’t apply early but, has the same level of interest.
I can’t think of ANY easily supportable reason why EA’s should have preference</p>
<p>Mmm, who knows, really? Like I stated in my original post, I was informed "“Your strong interest in Binghamton, as indicated through your decision to apply early action, will certainly be considered during the Committee’s deliberations.” Interpret it in whatever way you wish.</p>
<p>That being said, there is really no saying whether or not deffered EA’ers will be preferred over RD’ers. We can only leave it to our speculation of the situation…unless, you know, there are actual Bing ad officers roaming around CC so that we can clarify, but I highly doubt it. I suppose it ultimately comes down to the AdCom reviewing the apps- that is, what THEY make of a deference. Nevertheless, even if there is no preference, I would say that ‘being deferred from the EA round’ should at least give a little bit more of a weigh, given that it shows that the student took the initiative as well as, like AAsupreme23 said, cared enough to apply early. Certainly, there are “an infinite number of good reasons why someone didn’t apply early” yet even so, the fact that EA’ers were able to do so despite the fact that there may or may not have been obstacles/reasons in the way shows that there was at least SOME interest on their part, and that’s significant when it comes down to prospective students. </p>
<p>Ah, perhaps, it’s just wishful thinking on my part, hmm?
Just my two cents.</p>
<p>Sure there could be good reasons you didn’t. Admissions doesn’t see that though, all they see is two applicants with the same stats, but one sent in their application earlier. Like I said, in theory it shouldn’t make a difference, but they said that it does so that’s the way it is.</p>
<p>All in the marketing, “New & Improved”!
I’d just like to know their justification. Especially since it’s a tax payer funded school, their methods should be transparent</p>