ACT: 32
GPA: 2.76 uw (extenuating circumstances due to extended illness, admissions knows about my situation)
Rank: 401/695
Extra: 6 APs, 2 political internships, Model UN, started a politics-related community service project at my school
State Residency: CA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Applied date: 9/27
Applied Early Action?: yes
Decision date: n/a
Decision/College: Liberal Arts (political science)
Campus: UP/UP summer/Harrisburg
@ziveli513 I have 2 that went, 1 waiting for acceptance, this one has slightly higher stats, different SAT measurement, I honestly think youâll be fine. I think Eberly does take longer typically, if you look at other sites, there was only 20 acceptances out of the 50K received. Donât worry, if stats are middle of the typical acceptance pack
@ziveli513 I would say you should ask, just make sure you get through to the appropriate admissions personnel, not a student. There has been such a small percentage of acceptances so far, this is the first year with EA, which could really slow things down a bit. Call Monday, what could it hurt?
@ziveli513 Most likely switching now will put her in the back of the line. But definitely call and askâŠyou never know! Iâm curiousâŠhow does your friend know what they missed Eberly acceptance by? Penn State doesnât usually have hard and concrete cut offs.
@ziveli513 Very possible. Sometimes after a denial, the school will give you more information as to why they were deniedâŠespecially if there is an appeal process. That would be a hard pill to swallow for sure. I still think your daughter is fine, but you can call to ease your mind. The admissions people are usually pretty helpful.
@jlhpsu I was ready to wait after being reassured by you and others earlier
But then sad1010 had specific info from Eberly decline with higher stats than my daughter
That scares me!
And since there is no negative to applying DUS and taking all the chemistry pre major classes⊠I think why not switch?
Waiting is hard but I thought we were waiting with a very reasonable expectation of getting accepted
I donât want to make an error that causes a declined application
^ itâs probably a combination - itâs never such a clear cut thing as â.07â. It could be that one class was missing, for instance (they like as close to 20 honors+AP+IB+DE classes as possible, for Eberly they want bio+chem+physics+ one of those at the AP level, they prefer level 4 in a foreign language, math through precalculus honors or calculus⊠any of these could have tripped an applicant).
Another issue is whether the student youâre referring to applied and had their application complete including transcripts before November 30 or after. Students with application complete after the November 30 date get the spots not given to kids whose application was complete before Nov 30. Now, it means that kids who apply after Nov 1 get the leftover seats from the Aug-Oct crowds, then the kids who apply in January get whateverâs left. Two years ago I know a kid who applied in February for financial reasons with a strong curriculum, 1450 SAT, and 3.8 GPA was put in summer session, simply because most of the seats had been given out; he was clearly qualified but summer session was the only way for him to have space.
It always feels too long. It depends on many things but Iâm certain your child will get in and youâll hear by Dec 24.
Sit tight. It feels long - just read last yearâs thread⊠parents and students were going through the same woes.
Do call, but when you call ask to talk to someone whose name can be found on the Admissions organigram, otherwise youâll be given a student worker who just processes calls and whose answer is unreliable (read last yearâs thread, too, on that issue).
If she is declined (and she wonât), you can STILL call the very same day and ask to be reconsidered for DUS, and they will.
@MYOS1634 thank you very much for your thorough reply!
Well, my d has all the math science and language classes you mentioned including her senior year schedule
I do recall we can ask to be reconsidered if declined
Sigh I guess I will just wait and not switch
I hope everyone who said sheâs probably getting into Eberly is right