I most likely won’t be attending SBU, hopefully me declining the offer opens up a spot for one of you on the waitlist 
When do they start notifying the wait listed students? I am really anxious! :((
•~• @anon9362 may I know your stats?
Hey guys! I’m a current Stony Brook freshmen, so if you have any student questions, let me know! (Also, for those of you nervous about being waitlisted, I was waitlisted too and got in, so don’t lose hope Also, to answer a question I’m sure may come, I found out I was accepted May 7)
the college app process has been a little bizarre to say the least…almost no rhyme or reason to it…my son was accepted to SBU two weeks after applying at the beginning of Jan…OOS Bio major…the bizarre part is his stats are so borderline (based on what i read for online data from several college ranking sites) that i almost didn’t bother to have him apply, i thought it was a waste of an application fee…once he go accepted to SBU i thought that’s it, he’ll get into the other 4 schools he applied for…wrong, wait listed for Umass Lowell…huh?..still waiting to hear from Umass Amherst, not feeling too optomistic …for those still waiting to hear, good luck and keep the faith…
@mandy731 if you don’t mind me asking what were your stats and major?
@mandy731 I keep hearing the campus empties out on the weekends. My daughter will not be close enough to come home every weekend. Is this true?
We know from meal card data that there are thousands of students on campus most weekends. Yes, there will always be a population that goes home, but if she’s active and involved, she’ll definitely find things to do and people to do them with.
Chris
I feel bad because I did not post this earlier. Ah well, better late than never, right?
Well, some of my friends and I decided to apply to Stony Brook, and among them I was kind of in the bottom academically. Here’s my app info:
SAT: 2260 (R: 720 M: 800 W: 740)
ACT: 35
AP Exam scores: World H (5) Chem (5) U.S. H (5) Comp. Sci. A (5)
Senior Courseload: Law Studies, College Econ., AP Calc BC, AP Physics C,
AP French, College Prep Writing, Film, Anthropology
GPA out of 100: (Weighted 101.6, Unweighted 97.7)
Extracurriculars: Vice Pres. of a cooking club, Treasurer for robotics
Volunteering: 150 hours at the public library
Essay: decent, about the meaning I’ve found for my own life
Demographic: Asian-American (it’s an ORM, but Stony Brook is more friendly to Asians)
Decent family income (both my parents went to good schools)
I applied around Jan. 10, got accepted via email Jan. 25. I applied as an in-state applicant.
Admission is pretty strange. I know some people with the same or higher stats as me get waitlisted. I applied for EOP but was overqualified. Applied in Dec and accepted in late Jan.
Decision: Accepted
Major: AOI in Comp Sci
SAT: 1850 superscored (680 CR, 640 M, 530 W / First sitting was 1800)
SAT II: 690 Math 1 / 660 Literature
ACT: Did not take
AP: None
GPA: 91/100 weighted
Extracurricular: Clubs / Robotics Team / Peer tutoring
Volunteer: Nothing significant. Just tutored a bit
Reccomendations: Okay
Essay: Okay / wrote about my robotics class