Regular decision

<p>Does anyone know when Binghamton will be pushing out decisions are RD appliers?</p>

<p>Says on the website “by April 1st”. So probably some time in March.</p>

<p>no idea but i got an email that they reviewed my application. maybe i’ll just call them and find out if i did or not.</p>

<p>Around mid-March to April 1st decisions will be announced. Best of luck to you all. Please let me know if you have any more questions!</p>

<p>Just got on this site after the early admission for Binghamton results came out. It was my most disappointing day as a Binghamton supporter and alumnus and spouse of an alumnus. After praising the school for my entire life and praising it for its academics and defending its campus spirit, networking and overall environment, I was crushed. My daughter was deferrred to regular admission. It is not like my daughter had unbelievable stats 94.5 avg and 1990/1270 SAT scores. She came home and told me stories of some kids admitted in her high school some with lower SAT scores and some with lower GPAs. I doubted her claims but after viewing peoples stats on this site that were admitted she was absolutely correct. The fact that my daughter appears to be borderline and my wife and I are successful and generous alumni made me think I have been wrong all these years. To cast aside a student of two alumni, who is clearly in the range of many admitted students is a slap in the face to the entire Binghamton Alumni population and clearly shows a disregard for dedicated supporters of the university. Its no wonder it will never be thought of in the same light as schools with rich histories such as Michigan, Lehigh, Harvard(of which I am also a graduate) and so on. Dont call me for donations any more.</p>

<p>drandmrsbing87 ask your Ds guidance counselor to contact rep if your D really wants to go. SUNYs are large understaffed schools and it might be just a case of not getting to your D’s application by the deadlline. And mistakes happen, My D was deferred at another SUNY, it made absolutely no sense since kids with lower numbers were accepted, but a phone call revealed that the admissions office didn’t have necessary information even though the status checker said application was complete and all information had been sent. She was accepted as soon as the information was re-sent, but chose not to go to that SUNY since it seemed like bad karma.</p>

<p>We checked out everything and spoke to the appropriate people to no avail. Hopefully she will get in reg admission. We are extremely disappointed and I’m not sure she feels welcome at the school. It’s a shame because she’s a smart kid with great enthusiasm. I feel like I let her down and I’m embarrassed to have been so supportive of the school for the last 25 years.</p>

<p>Maybe Binghamton does not consider legacies?</p>

<p>drandmrsbing87, I’m sorry for your daughter but I think you’re definitely looking at this the wrong way. I kind of think it’s a good thing that Binghamton doesn’t take legacies into account-- personally I’d rather have people who truly merited it on their own get in, rather than parents who donated a lot. I’d be really surprised if your daughter didn’t get in regular decision. As far as not feeling welcomed, that’s really silly. Binghamton gets thousands and thousands of applicants, it’s nothing personal. And once everybody gets here in the fall, no one knows or cares if you were originally accepted or deferred or waitlisted or not. My boyfriend was deferred and he’s seriously flourishing here, he leads one of the biggest organizations on campus and maintains really great relationships with his professors. Also don’t forget a lot of people are deferred because their stats are “too” good and the school might think it’s a safety and therefore wait till regular decision.</p>

<p>I would agree with you if my daughter did not fall within the range of accepted applicants but to see others accepted with lower scores and gpas is ridiculous. How will you feel if a college recruiter who may have graduated from Binghamton doesn’t show any allegiance to you upon graduation. It goes both ways!</p>

<p>I am also a Binghamton graduate, and my daughter is very interested in attending. She’s a junior now. As a prematurely-retired single parent, I can’t contribute money to my alma mater but I have volunteered with the admissions office at college fairs.</p>

<p>Although of course it has crossed my mind that my daughter could have a (very slight) advantage due to my alumni status and volunteering, I don’t feel very happy with myself for these thoughts. </p>

<p>I am a huge advocate of public education, and I think it should be a level playing field for kids who don’t have the advantages my daughter has had, with a college-educated mom who knew how to negotiate the lunatic NYC public school system and got her into wonderful schools. My kid goes to a high school with average class size of 34 kids; fortunately she’s able to jump that hurdle (more or less). But inequality is obvious in public schools and it works to the detriment of kids on the left side of the socioeconomic bell curve.</p>

<p>I am grateful for a state university system that doesn’t favor big-bucks contributors or alumni and (pretty much) gives everyone the same chance for admission.</p>

<p>In my extremely humble opinion.</p>

<p>Old mom, while I understand your perspective, I think shocked alumni has a point in that his daughter had better stats than some of the kids admitted. Schools like Binghamton need the support of alumni donors to help supplement short falls from budget cuts and to help bring these school to a higher level. I’m not saying admit kids who don’t qualify, I’m saying make sure you are taking a fair look at an alumnae’s child. Alumni donations can help fund scholarships for those kids who really need it.</p>

<p>According to the acceptance letter there were more than 33000 EA applicants this year. While I understand your disbelief and frustration drandmrsbing87, there are many more components (ECs, essays, teacher recs) that contribute to an acceptance, deference or denial. If all those match up I’d be surprised if your daughter does not get in by April 1st. Good luck!</p>

<p>Alumi connections are likely one of the biggest sources for employment after college. When students are choosing schools, many of them look for strong alumni networking. Networking is the reason for the popularity of sites like LinkedIn. Without regard for its alumni network, binghamton will never be held in the same light as other well known state schools with strong alumni networking, such as Michigan, Virginia North Carolina Penn State.</p>

<p>I just got my acceptance letter today.</p>

<p>i got my acceptance letter today i was so happy!</p>

<p>This is regular decision??</p>

<p>yes it is! my friend also got her acceptance letter today. we both applied regular</p>

<p>I got my acceptance letter today too and I’m so happy! I applied Regular Decision by the way, so I guess decisions are rolling out now.</p>

<p>Can you guys post your stats??</p>