Check Application Status?

<p>The following message appears on the Check Application Status - "Your application has been received and is being reviewed. Thank you for applying to Penn State." Does it stay with this message until it says they've made a decision or does it change to some sort of message that says your application is complete? </p>

<p>The application was sent in on 9/17 and ACT scores and high school transcript and counselor form had been previously sent. Just want to know if I should be concerned that the status has stayed the same since the day after I sent it. If there's something missing do they let you know? I was hoping to get one of the early notifications (want to start in the summer - ACT 29 wgpa 4.31). What do you think?</p>

<p>You won't find out anything for a while. What it's telling you is that they've received everything. If they were missing something, it would be listed in your myadmissions account.</p>

<p>They seem to send out decisions in waves...my D was in the first wave (thankfully) last year and got her decision the first week of November. She was among a group of kids who applied and were admitted to the Communications School (her roommate among them), but I'm sure that doesn't mean anything for this year. Some kids who applied the same time she did last year didn't find out until January.</p>

<p>Rather than give my prediction, you should check this graph to see how your stats compare the Fall 2006's admitted students:
<a href="http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Hey S-Mom, when did your D apply last year, do you recall? and what school? summer or fall admission?</p>

<p>My application was complete on the last week of October, and I received my acceptance around the 3rd to 4th week of November for the College of Engineering.</p>

<p>She applied in early Sept. for fall admission for Communications but did check she was willing to start in the summer. Her stats were well within the blue area on the chart.</p>

<p>She has friends who applied for DUS whose stats were lower than hers (yellow area) and applied for summer; most were accepted for UP, and of those some had to start in the summer, most did not.</p>

<p>I'd say all of her friends whose stats fell into the black area are starting at other campuses or gave up on PSU altogether and went somewhere else.</p>

<p>Thank you both. This year, my S applied mid-Sept, stats in blue, to Eberly for fall and also checked he was willing to start in summer. So, we shall see.</p>

<p>So, I just want to be straight on this, I shouldn't expect to see any changes to my status from "Your application has been received and is being reviewed. Thank you for applying to Penn State." until they say a decision has been made and will be mailed? I just want to be sure it shouldn't say something about being complete.</p>

<p>Sorry for asking again, but I thought I had seen something from last year's posts that made me think it would say something about being complete. Maybe I inferred something that wasn't there. Someone please let me know that the status won't change until they make a decision so I know everything is in order. Thanks!</p>

<p>You need to chill. It's only the middle of Oct. Your status won't change until they make a decision.</p>

<p>Yo Penn state said they reached a decision and that i would hear from them in the mail what does that mean ?</p>

<p>crazadude429 - Are you illerate? It means exactly what it says. I don't think I can say what they said any better.</p>

<p>Does that mean it is easier to get into Summer Session and or when applying DUS (undecided)</p>

<p>my son got the same message, about reaching a decision and literally four days later his acceptance packet was in the mail.</p>

<p>ctmomof3-</p>

<p>Really thats awesome they said they reached a decision on the 19th but being the holiday season I guess I might have to wait a little bit longer.</p>