Official binghamton university class of 2017 ea results

Colleges and Universities A-Z Binghamton University - SUNY
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 660 Math, 690 Writing
ACT:31
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Psych,
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP American Gov, AP Anatomy and Physiology, Lit and Film Honors, Cal Honors and other classes…
Major Awards Honors Role
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis) the usual
Job/Work Experience: IT job at school
Volunteer/Community service:The usual
Summer Activities:Summer programs on college campuses
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Big public - Great reputation school
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>

<p>Comments: Psyched</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (SOM)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown)(Superscored): Reading: 700 Math: 680 Writing: 770 Total: 1380,2150 </p>

<p>Weighted GPA (school sends out weighted) (out of 4.0): 3.86</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro: (3), US History: (4), English Language: (4), Psych: (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit, AP Stats, AP Gov. and Politics, Ecology, PLTW Biotech, Health, Creative Writing, gym of course</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Outstanding Accomplishment (an engineering class), Outstanding display award (for a technology expo at a local community college)</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>Photography club, electric car club (not nearly as fun as it sounds), Religious classes for a year or so, guitar hobbyist </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Worked occasionally for my uncle (busy work, lifting, sometimes helping customers)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: National Honor Society, Helping immigrants with their English (not many volunteer hours, really)</p>

<p>Summer Activities: A lot of camping with my best friend. </p>

<p>Essays:</p>

<p>My short essay was about how camping changed my perspective.</p>

<p>My long essay was about my cat.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: AP English and AP Psych teachers, both of whom I’m on very good terms with. (I was actually worried that my counselor sent both, I know Binghamton only wants one)</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: My counselor did have me fill out this big info packet to get to know me better for the recommendation, probably helped quite a bit.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): NY</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class (like that means anything)</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Relatively prestigious High School in Upstate NY</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT Score, Metric buttload of APs, Writing skills, Diversity of interests </p>

<p>Weaknesses: Really not a lot of extracurricular hours</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted: SAT Score, 8 APs upon graduation, Tried to pour my heart into the essay</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most notably, accepted by Northeastern, also accepted by: SUNY Albany, Siena, Hofstra</p>

<p>General Comments: It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted ! </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 550 reading 570 math 500 writing 1620 overall
ACT:-
SAT II:-
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):21/197
AP (place score in parenthesis):2
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:ap gov, psych, honors calc, sociology, Ap English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):national honor society, honor roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):history club (grade rep), SADD, student council, French club, math club
Job/Work Experience:babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: CCD teachers aid
Summer Activities: vacationing
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation: 3 different ones
Counselor Rec: yes
Additional Rec: no
Interview:-
Other
State (if domestic applicant):PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:female
Income Bracket:100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation college student
Reflection
Strengths:math
Weaknesses:SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my grades and hard work ethic
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to NYU, Duquesne Univ., Wesley college
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 Writing, 660 Math → 2240
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 780 Lit, 770 US History, 620 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Latin: Vergil (4), Psychology, American Government and Politics, Microeconomics
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-School Council (Freshman class Rep, Senior Class Rep, Student Body Rep to Department Head/Faculty Committee)
-Solo piano (ABRSM 5-8 passed with merit)
-Varsity tennis, four years
-Writing Tutors for three years, History Tudors (co-founder and co-head)
-Lacrosse, two years (co-captain)
-Junior-only a capella group (co-head)
-Newspaper, three years (Section Editor)/Yearbook, two years (head copy-editor)
-Mock Trial, two years (Lead Defendant)
-Theater, three years (Lead roles in four plays)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Nursing home every summer, since young age; Mongolia service trip (taught Democracy and Politics courses)
Essays: different, written in the 2nd person (but hopefully not too cliche!)
Teacher Recommendation: excellent
Counselor Rec: see Teacher Recommendation
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private, boarding, single-sex
Ethnicity: Middle-Eastern
Gender: F
Income Bracket: > $100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, grades, variety in leadership, NY resident
Weaknesses: no hook? definitely didn’t show a lot of interest (attended info session at my school)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m from NY and a pretty qualified candidate.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Cornell ILR ED, applied RD to Brown, Tufts, Georgetown, Amherst, URochester, NYU, Hamilton, UVA, Syracuse, Trinity, and Villanova
General Comments: So glad to have been accepted!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 620 CR, 650 M, 700 WR 1970 total
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% out of 421
Senior Year Course Load: WISE (internship) program Eng/SS, Calculus Honors, College Chemistry (SUPA), College Spanish II, Anatomy & Physiology</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
-Steel Drum Band (Instructor to Middle School Students)
-Interact/Rotary
-Spanish Club & Spanish National Honor Society (VP)
-National Honor Society
-Varsity Golf Team (Captain)
-School newspaper
Job/Work Experience:
-Summer Patient Forms Administrator at a pediatric medical practice in CT
-Delivery Job at local pizzeria during school
Volunteer/Community service:
-Over 150 hours; steel drums, interact
Essays: Essay about steel drums; not particularly strong but good overall
Teacher Recommendation: 2 Strong Recommendations
Counselor Rec: Good; counselor knows me well
Interview: No interview</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Highest
No hooks</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Writing, Math, grades went up every year, all honors classes
Weaknesses: Essay, freshman grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All high level classes, skipped Pre-Calc and went right into Calculus Honors - successful 1st quarter
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
-Accepted: U of Pitt, Babson College, Stony Brook, St. John’s University
-Deferred: Northeastern</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1970
ACT:30
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):roughly 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):4 AP english comp. 4 AP World History 3 US History 3 Psychology
IB (place score in parenthesis):4 IB Psych 4 Math Standard lvl
Senior Year Course Load:Doing IB Diploma, hardest curriculum available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Bunch of Scholar Athletes, Eagle Scout, etc.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Soccer, Basketball, Track, Scouting (Senior Patrol Leader), Started my own company, NHS President, Stuco treasurer, LEO club, venturing crew, ski club
Job/Work Experience: Farmhand
Volunteer/Community service:200+ hours
Summer Activities: backpacking trip in New Mexico
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: I thought they would be good but really worried because this deffered came as a complete suprise :frowning:
Counselor Rec: should be good
Additional Rec:
Interview: I visited
Other
State (if domestic applicant):NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection My grades as a freshman and sophomore were low but finishing junior year with a 102 average, starting my own company, what else do you want!?! :frowning:
Strengths:Definitely extracurriculars and the last quarters of the report cards
Weaknesses: Beginning of high school report card
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I have no idea :frowning:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted fordham, denied Cornell
General Comments: :frowning: this was my top choice</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR 650 Math 570 W (1300/1870 total)
ACT:
SAT II: 650 Math II 630 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only has it out of 100… 94.16 unweighte
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/540
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (3) …only notable one, took AP Chem and AP US as well
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RIT Innovation and Creativity Award, 11th grade, Scholar Athlete Awards 10th and 11th (not sure if these count as “major”)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Indoor Track 9th-12th, Varsity Outdoor Track 10th-12th, Varsity Swimming 12th (co-captain), Model UN 11th-12th, Peer Support Network (peer mentor to kids at my school with Autism Spectrum Disorders) 12th, National Honor Society 12th
Job/Work Experience: 2 years working as a lifeguard and counselor at a summer camp
Volunteer/Community service: Local Humane Society since 9th grade, various other volunteer jobs through my temple
Summer Activities:
Essays: wrote about how being a counselor changed me, thought it was a bit too simple, but I guess they like it :stuck_out_tongue:
Teacher Recommendation: I know I had one really good one from a teacher I had for 2 years, not sure about the other one.
Counselor Rec: Should’ve been good, though she didn’t know me very well
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, inner-city school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not sure, but I’m middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: probably grades, since my SATs were average…maybe my essay? ECs were average
Weaknesses: SATs? not a lot of volunteer work
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. Plenty of people with better SATs and grades were deferred.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Vermont, deferred at Northeastern
General Comments: So happy! I will probably be going to Binghamton.</p>

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<p>To Binguadmissions</p>

<p>For those of us that were deferred is there anything we can/should do to prepare for the regular admissions pool? For instance update our transcript and recent accomplishments? Personally I became an Eagle Scout and would like to share this with the people that review my application.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted SOM</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110: 780M 660CR 670W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 780MathII 770Physics 740Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84 (93.44)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5USH 5Stat
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: APCalcAB, APLit, APChem, APMicro & Macroecon, APPhysicsC Mechanics+E&M
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: nothing special
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: nothing special
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing special
[<em>] Essays: excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: generic, i would assume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic, i would assume
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NYC
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <20k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, QB finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, gpa, essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: lack of extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: numbers
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted @ UMich for ChemE and Stony for Chem+Molecular Engineering. 3/3 so far!</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: don’t really plan on attending since I don’t plan on majoring in business.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M- 760, CR-720, W-730, 2210 (total)
ACT:
SAT II: Math Level 2- 760, Biology M- 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Statistics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, Comparative Literature I & II, Ethics & Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): qualified for national merit </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Serious fencer (for five years now), Congress (organized career fair)
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, made website for ophthalmologist one summer
Volunteer/Community service: Work as member of EMT & volunteered at hospital
Summer Activities: Fencing summer nationals, travel
Essays: I mean I think they were good…
Teacher Recommendation: Both really good (my teachers told me they were the best recs they wrote)
Counselor Rec: I’m sure it was ok idk not that close with counselor
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation of family to be born in america (but not go to college)</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: good SAT score, fencing, good AP scores
Weaknesses: GPA sucks
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my SAT scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far accepted to UNC Chapel Hill & Stony Brook, rejected from Duke & MIT
General Comments: good luck to everyone who is still waiting to hear & congrats to everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): Writing 670, CR 630, Math 620
• ACT:
• SAT II:
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25%
• AP (place score in parenthesis):
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: English 101/102, AP US History, College Criminal Justice, College Criminal Law, US National Government (College), Macroeconomics (College), Gym, Pre- Calculus, Honors Law program
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Lacrosse, Film Club, National Art Honor Society
• Job/Work Experience: Bussing (1 year), Camp Counselor (Summer), Ice cream stand (4 months)
• Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Camp Counselor (180 hours)
• Summer Activities: Camp Counselor
• Essays: My essay, by the standards of my English professor, was pretty good. I wrote about my obsession with grammatical correctness.
• Teacher Recommendation: I had four, and from what my guidance counselor told me, they were all excellent.
• Counselor Rec:
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:</p>

<p>Other• State (if domestic applicant): NY
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type:Public
• Ethnicity:White
• Gender:Female
• Income Bracket:75,000-100,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation college student</p>

<p>Reflection• Strengths:Writing
• Weaknesses: Low GPA (90)
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:My GPA is pretty average for Binghamton
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>General Comments: I was actually expecting to be denied from Binghamton, so I was actually surprised that I got deferred. Binghamton is my first choice, and I hope to get accepted regular admission. I’m still waiting to hear back from the only other schools I applied to, which are SUNY Albany and Stony Brook.</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted to Watson **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1830 - 570 CR, 670 M, 590 W
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/26
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, Honors English, Anatomy, and French
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent amount, nothing crazy
Job/Work Experience: I have a part time job this year
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: Good, I guess
Counselor Rec: Good
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
School Type: Very small private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Reflection:
Strengths: DEFINITELY my essay
Weaknesses: Grades, scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay, my scores and gpa are not that great compared to others.
General Comments: I’m honestly really surprised that I got in.</p>

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<p>Accepted SOM
In-state
1/75
4.0 UW
32 ACT </p>

<p>Congrats to all other accepted students and good luck to those who were deferred!!</p>

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<p>@ Bingadmissions-Just a question , My son was accepted and invited to the scholars program. Will we find out about financial aid package shortly after acceptance? We submitted Fafsa by Feb 1. Thanks</p>