Now we’re back to comparing Binghamton to the flagships of other states? Probably why Binghamton is not included on the most selective lists of the best public universities, but on a second list of top public universities as can be seen here:
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegerankings/tp/top_public.htm
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegerankings/tp/good-public-universities.htm
However, you started this thread to suggest that Binghamton is using the Advantage program to hide a much weaker student profile than they report, with Binghamton Advantage students much less qualified than admitted students, with half or more having SAT scores below 500 on each test, and that Binghamton is unique is having a guaranteed transfer program that you label as “deceptive”.
Links to articles that I have included on posts above indicate that Binghamton Advantage is part of the SUNY Chancellor’s “SUNY Advantage” program and that guaranteed transfer admission programs (as well as deferred admission programs) are not unique to Binghamton. What is unusual is the ability of these students to live in the dorms, most likely as a result of overcapacity with the opening of the new dorms. You dismiss without a shred of evidence statements from Binghamton and Broome officials that students in the Advantage program have stats just below admitted students and that students who posted that they were offered and in some cases accepted entry in the Binghamton Advantage last year are unrepresentative of Advantage students as a whole. If you’re wrong, I’ve seen nothing to indicate that you aren’t, that’s very insulting to those students in the program.
Do Binghamton’s stats benefit from the Advantage program? Only if these students would have otherwise been admitted to the university and then not to the degree that you suggested. The NY Times article that I provided a link to in the post above, indicates that deferred admission/guaranteed transfer admission has become a common practice, and whether the intention is to lift a school’s stats or not, that is often the effect. I see no evidence to single out Binghamton for criticism in that regard.
Surfing on my laptop to find information about the Binghamton Advantage program gave me something to do while my bracket was getting busted on TV yesterday. You clearly have an agenda when it comes to Binghamton. It was interesting to see past threads you have started highlighting what you perceive as crises and cover-ups at Binghamton. Faults of the university are magnified and presented as unique to the school. Unless you have some specific information about the Advantage program to support your claim that the Advantage program is being used by the school to hide the less competitive qualifications of the student body, I’m done posting to this thread. Hopefully, I’ve provided some balance to readers. I’d hate to think that a student or his/her parents are making a decision as to whether to apply or to attend Binghamton based on the picture of the school that you consistently paint in your posts.