Official Penn State - University Park Decisions Thread

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140
[</em>] SAT IIs: horrible.
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.1 W, 3.95 UW
[<em>] Rank: 7/300ish
[</em>] Other stats: idk.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: it’s just a personal statement. nothing too spectacular.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: none
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): female studying engineering? idk.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors: I only had like 3 extracurriculars listed. guess it didn’t hurt.
General Comments: yay.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2200
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II - 800, Physics - 770
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 3.9ish unweighted
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: ECs are pretty good.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good I guess.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m super awesome.
[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private Roman-Catholic College-Preparatory
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Yay lol.</p>

<p>This is for D2:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Arts & Architecture</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 670CR 640M 710W
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: 4.33W/3.97UW
Rank:Top 20 in class (Class size ~ 450)
Other stats:
6 AP Classes (Calc AB & BC- Physics-English Lit-English Comp-Spanish)
11 Honors Classes</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:Pretty good
Teacher Recs:Outstanding
Counselor Rec: Did not get to see - assume very good
Hook (if any):Legacy? Grandmother </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:PA
School Type:Public
Gender:Female </p>

<p>Other Factors:
Architecture apprenticeship
2 years of studio art classes
President - local chapter of national youth oriented community service organization
VP - local school-based service organization
Secretary - Habitat for Humanity
250+ Hours of community service
NHS
Five varsity letters
Guitar and violin</p>

<p>General Comments:
This may not be her first choice, but it’s her mom and dad’s first choice!!! (In-state tuition hooray!) (Man, does it hurt a Pitt grad to say that PSU is a first choice, but Pitt has no architecture program.)</p>

<p>Found out this morning!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!
Major: Architecture</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2110 (740 CR, 680 M, 690 W)
SAT IIs:720 Math I, 680 Chem
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.17 W
Rank:3 /76</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: wrote about arch. summer camp there
Teacher Recs: didn’t see
Counselor Rec: didn’t see
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:M</p>

<p>General Comments: Very Happy! My first acceptance</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Physics
ACT: 35
GPA: 97/100
Rank: 5/350
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Didn’t do
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity:
Gender: male
Other Factors:
General Comments: hoping for some scholarship…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Business (Finance)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1490/2220 (800 math, 690 critical reading, 730 writing)
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 math level 2, 660 physics
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.49 UW, 3.98 W
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other stats: school clubs, volunteering, work experience, extracurriculars
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: good
[</em>]Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian) American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Business</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1580/2350 (CR: 780, M: 800, W: 770)
SAT IIs: 770 U.S. History, 740 Math, 720 Chemistry
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.72 W (at time of application)
Rank: 1/628 (not reported; at time of application)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): N/A
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>

<p>First acceptance, yay. :)</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!
Major: Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1550/2240 (800 M 710 W 750 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 US History, 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.8/4.0 (unweighted), 4.3/4.0 (weighted)
[<em>] Rank: 3/482
[</em>] Other stats: 12 APs taken through high school, dual enrolled in MVCalc and Diff Eq at local community college
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I talked about how I drive around a nearby town on Saturday nights and what I’ve learned about diversity. Didn’t really try too hard, but I guess they liked
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Captain of Track Team, Eagle Scout
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian – Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Applying to Schreyer’s Honors College
General Comments: My first acceptance! I’ll definitely consider attending if I get a lot of financial aid and honors college…Good luck to everybody else!!</p>

<p>We should also start posting the date that all our materials got in and the date we found out, for future classes. I’ll start:</p>

<p>Everything received by: November 3, 2009
Accepted on: November 16, 2009 (Well that’s the day I got the letter, so prolly a few days before…)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>wow i applied sept 22 and still nothing >:(</p>

<p>Loba92 : All decisions are for blue by now. How about your stats.</p>

<p>Loba - know you’re pain! DS applied mid-Sept…THOUGHT everything was in…only to find out transcripts had never been input into computer. So, only really considered “complete” last week. He is comfortably in the “blue” of the 2008 chart. Will just have to see. :(</p>

<p>Grcxx3:
If he is comfortably in the “blue” , just wait comfortably. Upper right “blue” is OK :)</p>

<p>oh but tony…that doesn’t help the waiting!!! </p>

<p>Besides, didn’t someone post that the 2008 chart was a bit off because the fall 2009 group was more competitive and this one is also expected to be more competitive??? That could lesson his “comfortable” status!!!</p>

<p>:) waiting on the blue chair is much comfortable than yellow:)</p>

<p>I only have seen the 2006 chart. Could someone link to the 2008 chart? Thanks.</p>

<p>^^</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The link has “06” but at the bottom of the first page is says updated in 2008.</p>

<p>Have any Nursing students been notified yet?</p>

<p>Grcxx3-Thanks. That is the one I’ve seen…still in the blue!</p>

<p>blue is good… :)</p>