What are my chances ? please

annabelle93
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:41:01 +0000

I wish you the best of luck getting into Binghamton. My daughter applied there last year and got in applying early action. She had a 28 ACT 1900 SAT and and a 101 GPA weighted. She got into a lot of her schools but not her top choices including Colgate, which was her number one choice. She did early decision there, then regular decision and then was waitlisted and never got in. She even had a former member of the Colgate board who is also alumni of Colgate call and recommend her on her behalf. Her SAT scores definitely counted against her at a lot of her top choices, including Colgate. However, she did get into Wakeforest, Fordham, Loyola, Providence, Lafayette and got a lot of money at several. But she didn’t know what she wanted to major in (she is undecided at Binghamton) and really really liked Binghamton. I kept asking her “are you sure?” as I didn’t push her there just because the price is awesome. When she did not get into Colgate, she felt that Binghamton was her next choice, which surprised me. I thought she would want to go to one of the private colleges, but she really, really liked it there. She says the people are really really nice and she has made a ton of friends, in spite of being somewhat introverted in HS. But she said the classes are really hard and she has to study a lot to maintain an A average. I wish you luck and am curious if you do get into Colgate as I see your name is “Hopefully Colgate”.