D19 Accepted!!
SAT: 1420
GPA: 3.90
Rank: Top 10%
Extra: lots of volunteer hours, active in clubs, total 9 AP’s
State Residency:NY
Gender: Female
Applied date: approx 10/29/18
Applied Early Action?: Y
Decision date: 11/30/18
Decision/College: Computer Science/College of Engineering
Campus: University Park
Two questions:
WOW! Twin daughters just accepted (via the portal) tonite. This will give us 3 kids at the same place (son is a Jr now). This will give us 4 Penn Staters as Dad is an alum too!
As they are identical twins, freakishly enough their test scores/stats are exactly the same. GPA may have varied by .001 of a point:
ACT: 24
SAT: 1200
GPA: 3.83 (UW), 4.2 (W) 3 APs and lots of Honors classes
Rank: 23/477. & 30/477
Extra: Softball, Various Clubs
State Residency: PA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender:F
Legacy: dad, brother (jr), uncle, aunt, cousin
Applied date: 9/24
Applied Early Action?: Y
Decision date: 12/8/18
Decision/College: DUS - Summer
Campus: University Park
ACT:
SAT: 1440
GPA: 3.9/4.6
Rank: 9/392
Extra: track & field, several community service activities, internships
State Residency: NM
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Applied date: 12/2
Applied Early Action?:
Decision date: 12/7 (quite quick)
Decision/College: pre-med/Eberly
Campus: UP
Accepted
ACT:N/A
SAT: 1440
GPA:3.75
Rank:N/A
State Residency:TX
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Applied date: Early October
Applied Early Action?:
Decision date: 12/5
Decision/College: Political Science
Campus: UP
ACT: 35
SAT: N/A
GPA: 3.77UW/4.12W
Rank: 61/680
Extra: Good extracurriculars, great essays
State Residency: Out of State / Minnesota
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Applied date: October 31
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: December 4th
Decision/College: Accepted into Eberly College of Science/ Biochem and Molecular Biology
Campus: University Park
ACT:
SAT:1350
GPA: 4.2 Weighted (uncapped)
Rank: 120/470ish
Extra: President of " Future Engineers of America" club at my school and participated in a few sports
State Residency: California
Ethnicity: Latino (Mexican)
Gender: Male
Applied date: October 28th
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: November 30th
Decision/Major: Accepted- Petroleum Engineering
Campus: University Park
ACT: 31
SAT:1320
GPA: 4.11 Weighted
Rank: 33/302
Extra: Football, Beta, NHS, Senior Class Office, DECA
State Residency: Virginia
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Applied date: 10/01
Applied Early Action?:yes
Decision date: 12/7
Decision/College: accepted- DUS
Campus: UP
Son accepted
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.8 UW
Rank:
Extra: Golf, many community service hours, NHS, science research award winner
State Residency: NY
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Applied date: 10/31
Applied Early Action?:yes
Decision date: 12/7
Decision/College: accepted- Engineering
Campus:
Accepted
SAT: 1470
GPA:4.0
Rank: 10/253
Extra: club president, band, leadership, tons of ECs
State Residency: NJ
Ethnicity:AA
Gender: female
Applied date: 10/31
Applied Early Action?: yes
Decision date: 12/4
Decision/College: Eberly College… interviewed for Shreyers after acceptance
Campus: UP
My D was accepted by mail on Dec 10. Applied on Nov 30.
Accepted: COE Computer Science.
Gender: Female.
SAT 1420, GPA 3.79, WGPA 4.52.
11APs. Best High School in MD. EC. Legacy.
DS accepted 12/12/18
SAT:1410
GPA:4.1
All honors plus 5 AP classes
Captain of Cross Country
Captain of Track
NHS
World Language Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
VAASA
Accepting into Engineering for CS
OOS
Accepted Comp Sci in Engineering
Applied: 10/31
Accepted: 12/11
OOS, white male, no hooks
SAT: 1480
ACT: 33
UGPA: 3.52/4.0
WGPA: 4.24/5.0
Project Lead the Way (Engineering)
Junior Year: AP English, Calc A/B and Physics
Senior Year: AP English, Calc B/C, Stats, Physics E&M
Everything else was G/T (consider AP equivalent in our school) or Honors (except for Art and Weightlifting)
Lifelong soccer player (Club/JV/Varsity)
Top competitive gamer (Overwatch)
Best Buddies
Self taught two computer languages (Lua for Roblox and Swift for iPhone)
ACT: 27
SAT: 1260
GPA: Weighted:4.46/5.0 UW: 4.0/4.0
Rank: 3/315
Extra: Track and Field, 13 APs, 14 Honors, CRASC (student leadership group), ELETE (school specific senior mentor program), Living the Example, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Girl Scouts, etc
State Residency: MD
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Applied date: 09/18/18
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 12/12/18
Decision/College: Acceptance to Eberly (Forensic Biology)
Campus: University Park (Main Campus)
Sorry for the late post! Was busy with other things
Applied: 9/28
Accepted into Smeal: 12/1
SAT: 1520
Rank: Top 20% of my class
Extra: tons of EC’s
Residency: out of state
Gender: male
SAT: 1470
GPA: 3.5 GPA
State Residency: NY
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Applied date: 10/28
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 12/11
Decision/College: Accepted/ Engg
Campus: UP
SAT: 1370
GPA: 4.1
Rank: 37/294 (top 13%)
Extra: Varsity basketball, karate for 7 years + black belt, VP of debate club, multiple coding classes, heavy involvement in high school music program (captain of drumline, first chair cello and tenor sax), 100 community service hours
State Residency: California
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Gender: Female
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 12/11
Decision/College: Accepted/College of Engineering (Computer Science)
Campus: University Park
My Daughter was accepted into Altoona last night (her 2nd choice), it was expected. Does anyone know if any merit awards are given to the branch schools ever?
SAT: 1210
GPA: 3.458 W, 3.3 UW
Rank: 121/300
Extra: Captain Varsity HS & Club Volleyball, Multiple Clubs, Work, Community service hours, No AP, 10 Honors
State Residency: PA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Applied: 9/29
Decision date: 12/12
Decision/College: Accepted/Smeal College of Business
Campus: Altoona
Accepted today!
SAT 1290
GPA 3.78
honors classes
2 AP classes 5/5 on both tests
Dual Enrollment senior year
jv/varsity wrestling
various debate, model UN, model congress, JSA- best speaker and country awards
numerous school clubs
worked all through high school
summer internship with municipal judge (and recommendation letter)
I believe very good recommendation letters from AP teachers and guidance
Applied EA 9/21
Decision 12/12-13 (saw at 6am)
Decision/college: Accepted/ Liberal Arts- Political Science
Campus: Main
It was well worth the wait! Hard and a little stressful. Hang in there either way the 24th is quickly approaching.
Still waiting on a decision for main campus. I’m concerned that her stats are on the low side, especially for Nursing since it’s so competitive. She applied EA, and checks the portal often. The wait is agonizing. Students from her school with lower stats have heard; some were accepted to main campus and some were not. Not sure if it’s dependent on their major. Any thoughts on the below stats for the nursing program?
SAT: 1240
ACT: 27
GPA: unweighted GPA 3.4
School Stats: The school she attends only offers honor classes as a minimum (no regular classes). So all of her classes were honors, several AP and dual enrollment college courses; lots of extra curricular activities - sports, clubs, leadership roles, p/t employment, 100+ hours of community service, and internships. Her HS does not rank.
Try looking at the CDS:
https://budget.psu.edu/CDSRedesign/cds.aspx?reportindicator=FreshAdmn&Location=UP&AY=20172018
Scores look in the ball park. Maybe just below the mean.