Official Class of 2015 Penn State Decisions Thread

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<p>As some acceptances have already been reported and more are coming daily, it gives me great pleasure to start this thread for the Class of 2015...</p>

<p>Please use this thread only for decisions, not chances, congrats or questions...thanks!! Also, please note campus (in general comments) especially if not University Park.</p>

<p>Good luck and best wishes to all!!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>Example</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[list]</p>

<p>SAT: 2400 800CR 800M 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 800 Global History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/250
Other stats: 5's on every AP available
Subjective:
Essays: perfect
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: superb
Hook (if any): triple legacy, recruited athlete, nobel laureate
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arkansas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity/Race: Eskimo
Gender: male
Other Factors: Elected mayor of a small town
General Comments: I'm so psyched to major in under water basket weaving!</p>

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<p>Accepted - College of Engineering - University Park</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100 740CR 680M 690W (single seating not superscored)
SAT IIs: none yet
GPA: 4.26W (3.8UW)
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: 5 APUSH, 4 EnglishLang
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: n/r
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: large suburban public
Ethnicity/Race: Chinese/White
Gender: male
Other Factors: 2 yr Drum Major, Homecoming King, NHS, NSHS, alto sax 8 yr
General Comments: Wants to do the flip for the Blue Band!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted (Smeal College of Business)
Stats:
SAT: 1920/2400 (700 Writing, 610 Math, 600 Readin
SAT IIs: 750 U.S. History, 600 Literature
GPA: 96% weighted average
Rank: 45/386
Other stats: 3 AP’s, a lot of honors, strong upward trend in grades.
Subjective:
Essays: Just a short personal statement
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: None (I think?)
Hook (if any): In-state, applied early.
Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors:None.
General Comments: So happy, but I’m still not sure if I’ll be attending.</p>

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<p>do they accept teacher reccomendations i was told no</p>

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<p>

Why do you think we need a second thread for 2015 acceptances?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/penn-state-university-park/1016986-class-2015-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/penn-state-university-park/1016986-class-2015-results-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>OOOOOOPPPPPSSSS!!! Sorry, I was just too darn excited, go ahead and ditch this thread if you have that ability. I seriously didn’t see anything but anyone posting single threads so I started it. </p>

<p>My bad.</p>

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<p>^^
No problem. I doubt it makes any difference to those that are happy and excited to be accepted. Congratulations!</p>