Here we go again. Scandals involving the previous President, I’ll agree to that. Unfortunately, scandals involving athletics and hazing on college campuses are too common across the country. I have no problem with you holding Binghamton’s previous administration accountable for this, although I wonder if you frequently post to other colleges’ boards holding them to the same standard.
You are way off the mark when you write, " the student body is filled with good students from the 2nd quartile to the upper 3rd quartile in high school…who were in the middle of the pack in high school." You know enough about the college admissions process that you could have easily checked Binghamton’s College Data Set and seen that this is false. For anyone interested in the truth, here is the link to Binghamton’s College Data Sets: http://www.binghamton.edu/oira/common-data-set.html.
Here’s what you would have found had to chosen to look. For first-time freshman entering in the fall of 2014, 56% had GPA’s of 3.75 or above, 19% were 3.50 to 3.74 and 15% were 3.25 to 3.49. Only 10% had GPA’s of 3.24 or below. For those students whose high schools calculate class rank (28% of enrolled freshman), 48% were in the top 10% of their class, 83% were in the top 25% and 97% were in the top 50%. This is hardly the 2nd and 3rd quartile that you erroneously claim.
You continue to claim that you are only offering your opinion. However, when your opinion is contrary to FACTS that are easily available to you and you no doubt know how to easily access, rather than contribute in any meaningful way to this discussion, you only insult Binghamton students past, present and future. Incidentally, I’m sick of reading this nonsense about how Binghamton is not the Harpur College of 1980. I was at Harpur College in 1980 and I also work with students. I can tell you with certainty that the students who apply, are admitted and enroll at Binghamton are at least as strong as my classmates and I were.