I was accepted to penn state, I think, but not into the Smeal Business School. To change my major to get in, should I re-apply to the college or just call and asking about changing it? If I go undecided, would I be able to go to University Park?
What makes you believe that you were not accepted to Penn State? If you change your major to be reconsidered for UP, then your application will be put back into “under consideration” status, where your application will be review for consideration for your "new’ major.
The way to worded the acceptance status was very odd, so to change my major, should i call the admissions office?
Yes, give them a call.
What major were you accepted to? If it was DUS/undecided you’re fine where you are. You can get into your major junior year from Smeal or DUS, depending on your GPA.
@areille1999, were you accepted into the 2+2 program: the first two years at another Penn State campus and transition to UP for their remaining two years?
I applied for a marketing major, it said they couldn’t accept me into the school of business but there were other options for me… i only applied to the main campus, they didn’t mention anything about a 2+2 program
Can you copy and paste what they said?
Thank you for applying to Penn State. We have carefully evaluated your academic credentials, and although we cannot offer you admission to the Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business with the intended major of Marketing at Penn State University Park there are other educational opportunities that await you at Penn State.
Penn State offers many alternative business and business-related programs. You can explore the many business-related programs that are not in the Smeal College of Business at admissions.psu.edu/academics/majors. We hope that you will consider one of these programs because your credentials indicate that you are well prepared to succeed at Penn State.
Please contact a campus admissions office or email us at admissions@psu.edu to learn more about your options.
We will not take any further action on your application until we hear from you.
A great Penn State education is still available to you. Although it may not start out as you had originally planned, I hope you will consider the opportunity to earn a Penn State degree and enjoy the lifetime of benefits it brings. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
I emailed and asked about what my options were, and they sent me a link with other majors, never mentioning summer school or having to pick another campus ??
So yes, you were accepted to UP, but not into Smeal. They want you to review other majors and pick one. Just call them up and discuss options with them. Other business-related majors might be economics or labor and employment relations, or even communications. If you like marketing, maybe consider advertising and PR out of the college of comm. So more like the marketing communications side of marketing. Then you can add the undergraduate certificate in business fundamental out of Smeal, which is designed for non-Smeal majors and covers the basics of each business discipline, including marketing 301.
Thank you! That helped me out a ton!