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<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Undecided/Pre Professional Studies</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2250/2400</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math IIc - 770 Lit - 770</li>
<li>GPA: 3.4 UW/4.1 W</li>
<li>Rank: about 10%</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: had to cut very short due to character limit</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: None</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: None</li>
<li>Hook (if any): My Dad is grad</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: Fairly competitive public</li>
<li></li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>

82

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

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1990/2400</li>
<li>SAT IIs: N/A</li>
<li>ACT: 32 Composite</li>
<li>GPA: 3.7 UW/4.4 W</li>
<li>Rank: Top 15%</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Okay, not great</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them, think they were good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Standard</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CT</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Submitted mid-November, received decision today (12/2/09).</p>

83

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: School of Engineering /Summer</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2250/2400</li>
<li>SAT IIs:Math 2 700, Chem 730 </li>
<li>ACT: 32 Composite</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0</li>
<li>Rank: 6/421</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Submitted November 10th, received decision 12/2/09,applied for honors program</p>

84

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

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1220/1800
SAT IIs:-
ACT:-
GPA: 3.7
Rank: non-rank school
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: -
Teacher Recs: -
Counselor Rec: -
Hook (if any): 710 Sat I math as engineer applicant
Location/Person:
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

85

<p>Posting for my son…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Major: Engineering (Architectural Engr)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1330/1800 2080/2400
GPA: 3.9 Weighted
Rank: about 20%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: - good, personal
Teacher Recs: -
Counselor Rec: -
Hook (if any): maybe 7 years spent living overseas (4th-10th)
Activities - 2 years of band, active in 3 different band groups, misc activities overseas</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State: TX
School Type: Public, very competitive high school/district
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male </p>

<p>Also applied to Honors College</p>

86

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

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1840/2400 (M: 610, R: 640, W: 570) </li>
<li>SAT IIs: 680 US History 2 </li>
<li>ACT: bad. </li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 weighted (I don’t know what it is unranked) </li>
<li>Rank: Top 10% </li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Excellent</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good. </li>
<li>Hook (if any): member of peer leadership and NHS </li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NJ </li>
<li>School Type: public </li>
<li>Ethnicity: white </li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: :slight_smile: I’M SOO HAPPY. Penn State is one of my top choices, and as long as everything goes as planned, I’ll be there fall 2010!!!</p>

87

<p>Grxx3
Congratulations to your son!!! Finally the long wait is over.</p>

88

<p>Thanks QuietType! Everyone was doing the “happy dance” in my house today!</p>

89

<p>Grxx3
Congratulations</p>

90

<p>Decision: Accepted!!
Major: Political Science</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1280/1600 1920/2400 (M: 610, R: 670, W: 640)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: none</li>
<li>ACT: 28 composite; 22 (math) and 36 (writing)</li>
<li>GPA: 3.42 UW, 3.84 W</li>
<li>Other stats: 19 honors classes, 1 college-equiv. class</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: not sure since I never saw them, but they were probably pretty good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): great extracurriculars. student body president, 4 year varsity letter for swimming, NHS, student ambassador, etc.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments: SO EXCITED, PSU has been my #1 choice since day one :slight_smile: Class of 2014!</p>

91

<p>celestemarie37 we are identical! Well your stats are a little better than mine, but same major, PSU has been my #1 the day I visited and I’m a swimmer. So weird. But congrats!</p>

92

<p>thanks, tonyecc!</p>

93

<p>Decision: accepted
School: Division of Undergraduate Studies</p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 1890/2400 (580 CR, 690 M, 620 W)
ACT: 30 ( 34 Reading, 31 Math, 28 Science, 27 English, 11 Writing)
SAT 2s: none
GPA: 3.7 weighted
Rank: 12%
Classes: year above in math and science, 4 honors, 3 AP
Essay: pretty good
Teacher recs: none
Hook: don’t think any, have done some community service
Location
State: NJ
School type: public, pretty competitive , sends many students to top schools and several to Ivies
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

94

<p>Accepted–>Communications</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 1900 (680 M, 570 CR, 650 W)
ACT: 29
GPA: 3.7 Weighted
Rank: 70/360 (top 20%)
Classes: No AP’s, a lot of honors
Lots of extracurriculars
State: NY
School: Public, fairly competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

95

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!
School: Division of Undergraduate Studies</p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 1980 620cr, 690m, 670w
ACT: did not take
SAT 2s: us history 690, bio 660
GPA: 93.5 weighted
Rank: school does not rank
Classes: all honors, ap world (5) ap stats(4) ap us (4), 4 more aps this year
Essay: ok
Teacher recs: none
Hook: community service
Location
State: NY
School type: public, competitive, sends many students to top schools and several to Ivies
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>I am very excited to have received my first acceptance!</p>

96

<p>Decision: Accepted!
MAjor: business undecided</p>

<p>Stats
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.667 weighted
Rank: 73/322
Classes: mostly honors, regular math, ap chem, ushistory, euro, and bio
Essay: ok
Teacher recs: none
Hook: community service ?
Location
State: NJ
School type: public, competitive, sends many students to top schools and several to Ivies
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female</p>

97

<p>Decision: Accepted Fall 2010
Major: Comparative Literature</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2060 (CR: 690, M: 620, W: 750)
[</em>] SAT IIs: -
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] GPA: 3.6 uw, 4.7 w.
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t report
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: About a writing audition.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: –
[</em>] Counselor Rec: –
[<em>] Hook (if any): Obsessed with Latin, writing oriented
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large, diverse public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: State Officer, Editor in Chief of Literary Magazine, Competitive Dancer as activities.</p>

98

<p>My DS just found out he got accepted to Penn State, University Park location for Fall 2010. It is his first acceptance so as his mom I am very happy for him. He is taking an AP stats test now so I’ll text him afterwards with the good news. Congratulations to everyone else…</p>

99

<p>Decision: Accepted Fall 2010
major/college: pre-med/bio PSU University Park</p>

<p>SAT: 1980
gpa: 4.0
rank: N/A</p>

<p>essays: fairly decent
state: NY
school type : LARGE public school
gender: F
race: indian (asian)</p>

100

<p>have been waiting over 6 weeks
still have not got a response </p>

<p>ACT 30
SAT 1860 (590 CR 650 MATH 620 WRITING) </p>

<p>few honors…decent GPA in a very competitive all boys private catholic school in NYC
community service…full time job for 3 years… a few sports & clubs</p>