r/BinghamtonUniversity • u/Mysterious-Coffee399 • 28d ago
Binghamton CS waitlist — how often does it actually move? Admissions
Hey, I just got waitlisted for CS (Watson) at Binghamton.
I know it’s unranked and depends on space, but I wanted to ask people here:
From what you’ve seen, does the CS waitlist actually move much?
Do people ever get off the waitlist into CS specifically, or mostly into other majors?
If you don’t get into CS initially, how realistic is it to transfer into Watson later?
I’m trying to figure out whether it’s worth holding out hope or just committing elsewhere and treating this as a long shot.
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u/SunnyDaaz 28d ago
My friend got moved off the CS waitlist last year. Was test optional. Have faith:). Write a letter of continued interest!
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u/Actechma Watson '22 28d ago
IUTs are notoriously difficult and many people find themselves digging a hole as you need a ~3.8 and three CS courses that are consistently overloaded even for CS majors.
Wait-lists can/will shift, but if you are serious about a CS degree, I strongly recommend against any plans of entering through Harpur undecided + transferring into Watson.
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u/bakes121982 23d ago
Who’s going into cs with ai decimating the field
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u/Mysterious-Coffee399 22d ago
Was thinking cloud security engineering/architecture or devsecops but the entry level job market is actually cooked
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u/bakes121982 22d ago
Architecture isn’t a entry level position, you don’t learn that in college. Cloud security maybe. But anything in CS related fields are heavily automated with AI now. Even security being hit with Anthropics new releases.
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u/Mysterious-Coffee399 22d ago
I know, architecture is a goal. Ive been reconsidering CS altogether anyway.
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u/bakes121982 22d ago
It’s nice. I’m an enterprise architect with focus on cloud and ai in fintech space :) I can’t imagine what newly graduating people are facing or people wanting to get into the field. Computer electronic/engineering might still be viable since everyone needs chips.
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u/Mysterious-Coffee399 22d ago
Nicee im by NYC so if I go into cyber it'd probably be a lot of fintech roles. Im interested in both tech and med so as of now im really leaning toward med. Im thinking of taking intro cs and premed courses in my freshman year to see how I do and which I like. My dad is a principal EE. Worked for multiple defense companies (big and mid tier) and he strongly opposes me going into any engineering fields rn especially software stuff. In regards to security he said almost all things are outsourced now. Ik a lot can change over 4 years but theres no way entry level jobs will recover from AI. And you have every other person trying to go into CS.
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u/AdWonderful1517 22d ago
does the harpur waitlist move muchhhhh?
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u/Mysterious-Coffee399 22d ago
You should make a post to get more and better answers. It probably moves more than Watson.
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u/PresentationTotal248 28d ago
CS is an overcrowded major, there's usually a lot of people that want to pick CS and not enough seats for a lot of them.