<p>does anybody know when the “undecided” major choice decisions will be sent out?</p>
<p>I can we can agree that they need to change the title of these decisions - this is NOT “early” - early is people that heard in the fall. The colleges should call these EARLY for Fall decisions, REGULAR for Winter decisions and LATE for Spring Decisions!!!</p>
<p>"does anybody know when the “undecided” major choice decisions will be sent out?'</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure a number of those have already gone out.</p>
<p>Yeah I was undecided and was accepted like a month ago</p>
<p>I applied undecided on October 7 and have been staring at the same “as soon as a decision is made” screen since November 4. Ridiculous.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.87, SAT 1610, 4 APs, 14 honors classes, Girl Scout Gold Award, good ECs including volunteering, varsity & varsity competition cheerleading, NHS, NHAS, etc. I’m sorry I applied undecided, because I think that’s holding things up.</p>
<p>I am a transfer student from an oos community college, and I received a letter just before Christmas. This letter asked for an updated transcript with my final grades for the fall semester. It sounded as though they were considering me, but they wanted to be sure I was still doing well. My GPA was a 4.0 for the fall, so I am assuming this will be good. Has anyone else received something like this, and what happened for you? I am hoping that they will see my final grades and accept me. I am only applying to the UP campus. I am waiting on decisions from many other places as well, but I really love PSU.</p>
<p>ughhhh I can take it anymore !!! I want to know now !</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I made it harder on myself by applying as a music ed major and then changing my mind because I am completely unprepared and at a disadvantage to many of those that I know that have auditioned and been rejected in the past…
Changed to Education (Undecided) last week, and they said I will hear back by the 31st.
My GPA is what’s scaring me (3.67w, not sure what it is uw), but my SATs are 1990 so I think they’re pretty secure. I appleid at midnight september 1st (so technically august 31st) and there was no essay at that time on the application, just a personal statement. That wasn’t my strongest work, but also not my worst.
Hoping to hear back before the 31st (my birthday is January 24th… looking for an early birthday present to be an acceptance to PSU!)
Good luck everyone :)</p>
<p>jln5162 - What is your weighted GPA out of? A lot may depend on your unweighted GPA since I believe PSU uses that first and then takes into account your weighted GPA. I also think the bubble chart is based on the unweighted GPA. It should be pretty easy for you to calculate your unweighted GPA since you it’s just your grades out of a 4.0 without taking into account any increase for honors or AP courses.</p>
<p>Bubble chart is definitely based on weighted gap.</p>
<p>Whoops, meant to say weighted GPA.</p>
<p>Do they update statuses on weekends?</p>
<p>i read somewhere on this forum that they do i am not sure though</p>
<p>“Bubble chart is definitely based on weighted gap.”</p>
<p>I do not think this is right. The bubble chart states “The scale used is based on a 4.0 grading system that takes into consideration weighted grades.” Since the scale is based on a 4.0 grading system, I do not believe it is based on the weighted GPA. I think the chart uses the unweighted GPA (i.e., the GPA out of a 4.0 scale) and PSU then takes into account the weighted GPA when making its decision.</p>
<p>Absolutely disagree. This discussion has been on these boards before, and the chart goes up to 4.4. Of course it’s “weighted.” Yes, it’s a 4.0 grading system and weighting is the only way so many people go up over 4.0 </p>
<p>In addition, they explained at the info session we attended at UP that they consider weighted grades primarily, and count on your high schools having a “weighted” grade to submit.</p>
<p>I spoke to admissions and they do look at the weighted GPA and single sitting SAT scores.</p>
<p>"Absolutely disagree. This discussion has been on these boards before, and the chart goes up to 4.4. Of course it’s “weighted.” Yes, it’s a 4.0 grading system and weighting is the only way so many people go up over 4.0</p>
<p>In addition, they explained at the info session we attended at UP that they consider weighted grades primarily, and count on your high schools having a “weighted” grade to submit."</p>
<p>Ooops - I guess I misread this. Upon reading it again, I see where you’re coming from. I wonder what they do for schools that have a weighted system that goes over 4.4. I’ve seen some schools with a system up to 5.0 or even higher.</p>
<p>Here’s what I don’t understand though so maybe someone can explain it to me. I find it hard to believe that a university admissions office would look strictly at a “weighted GPA” and make that 2/3 of a decision without taking into account what courses the student took to achieve said “weighted GPA”. My son has a “weighted GPA” of 3.6. Yet there are students in his school who also applied to Penn State with weighted GPAs of say, a 4.1. Yet the course load they took isn’t even close to as challenging as his. Doesn’t Penn State look at the courses as well? Am I to believe that they base their initial decisions of acceptance solely on GPA without glancing at the courses taken? I am naive in this process because this is my first child going to college. But my son’s GPA was adversely affected by two “Cs” he got in Honors courses freshman and sophomore year. The way his school treats a C in as honors course is such that if you get below a 3.0 it is not weighted. So a 3.2 in an honors course is a 4.2 but a 2.9 in an honors course is a 2.9. I guess what I am asking is, “does Penn State also take into account the rigor of the applicant’s curriculum”. Also, does class size matter. My son’s graduating class is close to 900 students. Lots of his friends go to private Catholic schools where the graduating class is like 75 students. Does this matter either? I know Penn State gets like 60,000 applicants so obviously they can’t look at each and every student as an individual. But these are questions that bug me and I don’t know the answer. Thanks, in advance to anyone who has some light to shed on this for me.</p>
<p>Here is the latest Common Data Set for University Park - you will see that GPA and Testing are Very Important and then rigor is the next consideration. </p>
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<p>From what I understand “rigor” is the MOST important factor along with GPA, they go hand in hand. Since most schools vary in their school’s possible highest GPA, they have to look at rigor. Also, most schools have adcoms dedicated to a particular state or region, so they’re pretty darn well-versed in what exactly a 3.9W means at that school. This is also where class rank comes in. At my son’s school a weighted GPA is based on rigor. A High honors or AP class gets you like an extra .5. So the kids with the highest GPA 9/10 have the highest rigor. Now it’s possible a kid can take regular level classes and get all A’s, but when the school sends that little “school profile sheet” saying that 57 Honors and High honors, and 32 AP’s are available, it’ll be obvious the kids a slacker. This is also where those much maligned standardized tests come in. My niece who graduated with a 4.2 in the top 10% of her class got a combined score (taken 3 times out of 2400) of 1350. She’s in SoCal where grade inflation runs rampant. Interestingly enough most Cal State schools don’t require tests, so she got in a few. Sure enough, She did poorly on her freshman placement tests in Englisg and math and actually spent HALF OF HER FIRST SEMESTER taking remedial (read: High school level) Math and Writing for NO college credit!!!</p>