<p>OOS ¶
GPA ~2.9
SAT 1210/1600, 1830/2400
No APs
Few ECs</p>
<p>Hmm… Paterson, please let SUNY’s charge whatever they want to IS & OOS please? I don’t mind paying a bit more, as long as preference favors IS and OOS students begin paying significantly more.</p>
<p>You’re right iamhere, but keep in mind they the decisions are already pretty much finalized. Withholding the decisions until later on does them no good since they won’t get a better image of their IS yield, thus not knowing how many to waitlist. Seeing as those they are accepting are guaranteed spots in the class, it just does not make any sense.</p>
<p>My daughter just received notice of acceptance yesterday.
OOS- PA
SAT- 1150/ 1200 1780/ 2400
GPA- 3.66
12 honors classes
3 APs</p>
<p>Interestingly enough she was wait listed at Pittsburgh and did not get into University Park at Penn State. They offered her 2 years at another campus and the option to transfer.
Our in state tuition for Pitt or Penn State is about the same as the OOS for Bing. They just don’t fund higher ed in PA like they do in NY.</p>
<p>Binghamton is shady…the fact that they let OOS students in with sub 3.0 GPA is ridiculous.</p>
<p>The mission of the SUNY system is to provide the students of NEW YORK with a quality low cost education.</p>
<p>I hope the entire university goes under investigation, and not just those in cahoots with the basketball players.</p>
<p>Stats…
Instate
1290 SAT
3.7 GPA
5 AP’s
all honors
waiting to hear from Bing. got into Fordham, Geneseo, UCONN
Wondering chances of getting into bing…and which is the better choice Bing or Geneseo?
Pre- med/ PT</p>
<p>I honestly can’t believe they let OOS applicants know before IS…thats totally unfair.</p>
<p>D accepted 3/4 College of Community and Public Affairs
out of state
SAT: 1240/1600, 1870/2400
GPA uw: 3.52
Top 15%
lots of extra curriculars/sports/clubs</p>
<p>GCMom415- The sciences are very strong at Geneseo plus no TAs teaching classes. I would choose Geneseo.</p>
<p>Got my acceptance letter today!!! Was my first choice! So exciteddddd!</p>
<p>winniesc, are you out of state too?</p>
<p>I am a New York resident who is anxiously awaiting my acceptance letter! Congrats to all of you who have been accepted!!</p>
<p>Yea, OOS from NJ.</p>
<p>I for one am outraged about the favoring of OOS students. We fund the suny system with our tax dollars, only to make it one of the best values for OOS students. I’m seriously considering not going on the sole basis of being discriminated against the school that I fund.</p>
<p>CB, the frustration is understandable but look at in a positive light-all states are doing the same thing, so your chances of acceptance in an out of state school is that much better. Hum? harder to get into a NY school but easier to get into an out of state school (harder in one state but easier in 49–not SO bad). Obviously you will pay out of state tuition in those other 49 but your desirability has increased–you might be able to get into a school as an out of state applicant that an in state student with the same ECs, test scores and GPA might not. My S has been accepted into one SUNY school but into two out of state schools–and as the time goes on the out of state schools are looking more and more attractive.</p>
<p>Your logic is flawed. Obviously in out of state students are much more preferred for admission, seeing as they pay higher tuition. However, the argument is at the cost of attending out of state, in which our SUNY schools cost ~13k tuition, as opposed to ~30k+ for any other out of state school. This coupled with minimal aid merit and need based wise for out of state students means that little oos students will leave NY for other state schools, while other states will easily flock inward. Coupled with the preferred and earlier dates of admission, SUNYS are pretty much discriminating against IS students.</p>
<p>Yet Binghamton enrolls only about 10% from OOS and about 10% international. I don’t see that many OOS students flocking to the SUNY schools. My daughter would gladly attend an in state school, preferably Pittsburgh, but they wait listed her, I assume to accept another OOS student that would pay more. So I agree all the states are doing the same thing.</p>
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No they aren’t. Some states have charters or other requirements that demand preference for in state students. Most of us are fine with the admission preference given to out of state students. It’s the dishonest, disrespectful way in which the whole change from EA to “modified rolling” has been handled that is the issue.</p>
<p>not that it makes anything feel better for anyone going thru admissions this year, but it seems to me that binghamton is simply grappling with enormous changes on the admissions front – applications soaring, two years ago facing huge over enrollment, and on top of that the state keeps slashing their budget (pretty easy to see why OOS tuition dollars are increasingly valuable when albany keeps making deep slashes in the suny budget). </p>
<p>someone started another thread saying that at admissions session, binghamton said they’re going to change how they do things again for next year. seems to me that after years and years of things going on a fairly predictable path, with relatively predictable increases in applications, selectivity, and yield - the economy just set everything on its ears and binghamton admissions is taking a few years to figure things out – i also don’t think its really that unique.</p>
<p>and at the end of the day – i would bet that binghamton’s class of 2014 will still have a relatively small percentage of OOS, will have somewhat higher stats than that of the class of 2013, AND will probably be faced with tuition and fee increases over their 4 years there that will be unlike those that historically have been experienced. we can only hope that any future such increases will actually be allowed to go to the sunys – unlike the last tuition increase that went 90% into albany’s pocket. </p>
<p>as i’ve said repeatedly – people need to contact their state legislators to make sure they know to make sunys a priority, and not use tuition increases as a “tax” to raise general funds for the state. everything that is happening now with respect to marketing to OOS students will only get worse if the suny budget continues to be slashed. so many of you say that they shouldn’t give OOS preference when they are funded by the state – the problem is that the state keeps reducing that funding – it shouldn’t be surprising that this has had the results it has had.</p>
<p>“someone started another thread saying that at admissions session, binghamton said they’re going to change how they do things again for next year”…spoke to somebody in admissions this week; they are returning to EA next year</p>
<p>Zooser(man I like the sound of that), you are correct that some states have charters that mandate that a certain percentage of IS (or OS for that matter) are offered admission… But IMHO, and more importantly based upon reading thread after thread students and parents from pretty much every state are upset with OS students get preferential treatment. As JMF indicated final enrollment at Bing is only about 10% OS and 10% international–my guess is that Binghmaton just wants to be sure they get there 10%. As I metioned, I am hoping that this OS preference will enable my S to attend a top state school elsewhere–albeit a bit more costly–but I am counting on that extra cost to be balanced by a degree from a University with an international reputation. As for unfair, dishonest i am not sure what makes admission fair or unfair, if the University is looking for a green 4 handed giant and you fit the bill you are probably in-regardless of stats. I do believe that diversity inclusive of state of “residence” is important in assuring a well rounded education. Also, whoever said life is fair?!</p>