<p>I just checked and you’re right, there were a few where we did have to check off Early Action or Early Acceptance.</p>
<p>mdcissp - just to provide further clarification - you may apply to as many early action schools as you want and no more than one binding early decision school. (There are some exceptions for colleges that offer restrictive early action or single choice early action, but none of the schools you have mentioned have this feature, so let’s skip it). </p>
<p>For Salisbury - the best thing to do would be to determine if there is a Salisbury admissions person who is responsible for your county. Your son should e-mail this person and ask to be moved from RD ro EA. Make sure your hs knows of this change as well and gets the transcript and any letters of rec. in on time. I’m not positive if you live in MoCo - but a simple phone call to the Salisbury admissions office will help you find the correct person to communicate with.</p>
<p>Towson does more of a rolling admission - so there is not a deadline date. But with rolling schools, the earlier you get everything in, the earlier you get a decision.</p>
<p>Most colleges have a place on the application where the student indicates whether they are applying for EA or RD. If a student indicates EA but does not get everything in on time, they are automatically pushed back into the RD pool. Changing from RD to EA should not be a problem for Salisbury since the deadline is still a month away.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.salisbury.edu/admissions/staff/[/url]”>http://www.salisbury.edu/admissions/staff/</a></p>
<p>Use this link to find the appropriate contact person.</p>
<p>mdcissp: Binghamton notifies OOS applicants earlier than instate…</p>
<p>Many thanks for all your help clarifying about EA. Will discuss this further with S2 tomorrow.</p>
<p>Rodney: When do you think we will hear OOS EA from Binghamton? People say it is easier to get into Binghamton OOS. Do you have an idea of what kind of ACT score is ok for Binghamton OOS?</p>
<p>mdcissp: I can’t remember if your son applied to SOM or decided to go the Harpur College route? Anyway, I don’t recall when OOS students heard last year but there was big uproar from in-state parents on the Binghamton forum when they did (you could search there starting around November)…</p>
<p>If it’s for Harpur College, my best guess is probably in the 26-27 ACT range (which corresponds to approx 1150-1200 M/V on SAT) , but don’t quote me…and I imagine it would also depend on GPA</p>
<p>School of Management is probably just as competitive OOS as it is IS</p>
<p>Any ideas about what a neurotic Jewish mom (me, of course) should do in this situation?</p>
<p>We are in California, btw. DS applied to Purchase College using the Common App approx. 5 weeks ago. HS definitely sent transcripts and GC and an English teacher sent LORs electronically. The problem: DS’s MyPurchase site shows that they have not received the transcript or LORs. Calling Purchase results in a long recorded message telling prospective students NOT to call about the status of their applications and to check their MyPurchase accounts for details. They ignored DS’s email, sent three weeks ago.</p>
<p>Should I ask the GC to resend transcript and LORs, or just wait? Maybe they simply haven’t downloaded all parts of his application yet… What would you do?</p>
<p>Wait. I know this is really hard - but it takes colleges weeks to sort,scan, match mail to files. If it doesn’t change within another week - ask the GC to call on your behalf - colleges are generally more receptive to a call from a GC than from a Mom.</p>
<p>RE: Binghamtom</p>
<p>I believe OOS heard in January. In-state, we heard at the END of March.</p>
<p>D got waitlisted with her 26 ACT and 3.6 WGPA (In-state) - this was for Harpur, not SOM.</p>
<p>calv1n: Rest assured, you are not the only neurotic Jewish mom on this thread!</p>
<p>Regarding your question, just wait. You can keep checking online… it will eventually be there. I wouldn’t start freaking out till it got much closer to the application deadline date. As RVM said, it takes time for processing.</p>
<p>if you are basing things on past experience, i think it may be hard to predict when binghamton will announce decisions – in-state or out. they’ve changed things just about every year recently. a few years ago, i think i knew an in-state kid who heard by thanksgiving (if not that early, definitely in december). then a couple of years ago they were so swamped with applications, they weren’t even issuing EA decisions within the timeframe they had published – i knew kids who were hoping for an early binghamton answer who were going crazy. then last year, they didn’t have EA, but they apparently notified OSS earlier than in-staters – presumably as a push toincrease OSS presence. this year they say they have EA again. i think it’ll be interesting to see if there is any change as a result of the outcry last year that they notified OSS before IS, or if they do the same thing again and also to see if they stick to the EA notification date this time.</p>
<p>Is Purchase a first choice school? Why? I think if you can’t get a person on the phone, then I would reconsider this school as first choice, if it is first choice, and apply to other schools as well. I have made phone calls to various U.S. universities and there is always a person in admissions answering the phone. Agree-see if your school can re-send the transcript or whatever they need from your high school. Try to relax–just be sure you have at least 2 safeties.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. DS has also applied to two in-state safeties as well as a few high matches OOS. Already has an acceptance from Northern Arizona University, which is reassuring, but really loves the idea of Purchase (he’d only visit after being accepted, so doesn’t really know if it’ll live up to the fantasy). We’ll wait a bit and then see about asking his GC to make a call to inquire about the alleged incompleteness of his app.</p>
<p>The only good thing for me about the stress of application season is that I won’t get fat. Churning inside on my kid’s behalf really burns up those calories!</p>
<p>^^you must not have discovered dark chocolate Kisses yet then…</p>
<p>^^^ah, but you are mistaken. I take prescription strength chocolate for my nervous condition!</p>
<p>If you don’t mind my asking, what about Purchase made it so intriguing to your DS?</p>
<p>(I feel like a noob asking what LOL means, but is DS Daughter or Son, do you have fraternal twins?)</p>
<p>LOL=laugh out loud. DS=dear or darling son.</p>
<p>I sometimes wonder if making the application process easier, for example by using the Common App, encourages students to apply to schools they are not really interested in attending. This article highlights the HUGE number of applicants applying across the country.</p>
<p><a href=“College Applications Continue to Increase. When Is Enough Enough? - The New York Times”>College Applications Continue to Increase. When Is Enough Enough? - The New York Times;
<p>Thanks for posting that article. I thought it was interesting, and pretty much confirmed the information that our school’s GC gave us (take all of the mailings w/ a grain of salt because the more students a college gets to apply, the more they can reject, and the more selective they appear), and what I believe is happening at U-M this year. I’ve heard that although last year had the highest number of applications than ever before, they’ve already surpassed that number w/ the introduction of the Common App this year. That’s why decisions are coming out later this year…the admissions office is overwhelmed. I’m hoping for my S’s sake that since we are instate, the number of apps from other instaters hasn’t changed much because they probably would have been applying anyway (my way of trying to rationalize and stay positive :)</p>
<p>It’s interesting that they mention U-Chicago. My S has received unbelievable amounts of mail (snail and email) from them. Sometimes 3 a day. He’s never expressed an interest in going there, and he laughingly told me that they want him for the arts (he’s engineering all the way). They’ve also done 2 presentations at our school this year in addition to the usual college rep visit. W/ all that said, he probably wouldn’t even get in if he applied.</p>
<p>I believe you said that your son also was applying to Mich, MoltoBene. Just a FYI, a GC at our school told my S yesterday that Mich probably wouldn’t be releasing any decisions before Thanksgiving break. Take it for what it’s worth, but our GCs have pretty close ties w/ the admissions reps at U-M.</p>
<p>I thought that the article was interesting also. I hate the way some colleges get kids hopes up by “courting them,” only to reject them. I was pleased when my daughter got a priority ap from Tulane, but now I see that they sent 130,000! She has also gotten tons of mail from Chicage, which just makes us laugh. My highly intellectual nephew attends and loves Chicago, but it’s not a fit for my daughter. </p>
<p>Good luck with the U Mich applications. My older daughter applied when it was rolling, and she heard from them in a month. I think a lot of strong applicants are applying in the hope of getting an early acceptance.</p>
<p>Thanks Umich, my son checks the Michigan web site everyday. You are lucky you are in-state. As OOS his chances are even harder, although he has some legacy due to sister attending there right now. He also got tons of mailings from UChicago and he did visit it with his Dad. He thought the kids were interesting, although a bit too introverted for his tastes. We all agreed that their postcards were by far the most creative. We loved getting them in the mail. All his friends are anxiety ridden and stressed out because they are all waiting to heat from their top choices. My husband and I went through a couple of days wondering if we should have done ED at one school instead of RD, but for financial reasons we didn’t want to limit ourselves. I hate this process, as a parent you want to offer your kid the best education he has worked hard to achieve, but realistically with 3 kids you can only take on so much tuition. It’s a tough lesson to learn for your children and one I learned when I didn’t get to attend my #1 choice because of finances. I just want him to love where he goes to school and get the most out of his college experience. I did not love where I went to school and I wonder if my perceptions were skewed because it was not my first choice. UGH…such an emotional time for us all!</p>