Penn State DECISION THREAD - Class of 2025. DECISIONS POSTED ONLY

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ACT: 32
SAT: n/a
GPA: 4.48 Weighted
Rank: 109/844
State Residency: NC

Applied date: 11/15
Early Action: Yes
Decision Date: 11/20
Decision/ College: COE - Comp Engg.
Campus: University Park

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ACT: N/A SAT: N/A (TEST OPTIONAL) GPA: 4.1 Weighted Rank: 206/446 State Residency: VA
Applied date: 9/19 Early Action: Yes Decision Date: 12/1 College: Ag Science Campus: UP

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ACT: 32
GPA: UW-3.55 W-4.2
Rank: 110/520
State: CT
EA: applied EA on 10/27
Decision Date: 12/1
Applied Campus/school: UP/College of Engineering
Accepted Campus/school: UP/College of Engineering
Other: Robotics club president/summer engineering program at Wake Forest definitely helped me

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ACT: N/A SAT:1550 GPA: 4.0 UW Rank: 5/ 450 State Residency:NY

Applied date: 11/ 12 Applied Early Action: yes Decision date: 11/18 Decision/College: admitted COE- comp science Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: university park

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SAT: 1420 GPA: 3.95 UW Rank: NA State Residency: NY

Applied date: 11/4 Scores not sent till 11/9 Decision date: 11/25
Decision/College: Accepted to Eberly College of Science
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: - University Park

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No SAT, GPA 3.9 UW Rank 14/262 State Residency: MD

Applied Date: Oct 27 Decision date: 12/1
Decision/College: Accepted to School of Engineering
Campus applied to/Campus Accepted to: Univ Park

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NJ resident, 4.017 weighted GPA, test optional, applied 10/28, docs in 11/1, admitted to kinesiology major at university park on 12/1, awaiting financial aid package

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Congrats! What was your HS course load like? How many APs?

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Thank you!

I had 2 APs, AP Bio and AP Statistics.

I will receive 13 college credits from 4 dual-enrollment courses at the end of this year.

  • 4creds - Bio 101
  • 3creds - Intro to Stats
  • 3creds - Elementary Spanish Level 1
  • 3creds - Elementary Spanish Level 2

I had 10 honors courses

  • Honors Biology (9th)
  • Honors World History (9th)
  • Honors Chemistry (10th)
  • Honors US History 1 (10th)
  • Honors Algebra 2 & Trigonometry (10th)
  • Honors US History 2 (11th)
  • Honors Pre-Calculus (11th)
  • Honors English III (11th)
  • Honors Spanish III (11th) - dual credit
  • Honors Spanish IV (12th) - dual credit

Senior year:

  • CP Calculus
  • AP Statistics (dual credit)
  • CP English IV
  • Volunteer Health Prevention Class (teaching the freshman)
  • Senior Gym
  • 2 Social Science Electives
  • Honors Spanish IV (dual credit)
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D got her decision today
ACT/SAT: No scores sent, GPA: 3.8 unweighted/ No Rank, State Residency: MA
Applied Early Action: Yes Decision Date: 12/02
Decision/College: Accepted - Health and Human Development
Campus accepted to: University Park

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SAT: 1400; GPA (W): 4.21; applied EA: 10/31, accepted: 11/30 College of Engineering UP

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Congrats! What were her courses like in HS? Honors and APs?

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Daughter applied 10/24, accepted EA on 11/11. Immunology and Infectious Disease at UP.

SAT - 1440, GPA (uw) 3.95. Rank 18/350. PA Resident.

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I am literally going insane. I have around a 3.4 GPA, 31 ACT, and lots of ECs, and applied to Eberly. Is there a reason I haven’t heard anything??

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I have the same gpa and lots of ec’s. I am thinking they accepted a lot of people with higher gpa’s first and people with lower gpa’s in the later wave of early action.

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aww man. is there any estimate as to when? i think i’ve been checking like at least 10 times a day…

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If you applied by the EA deadline then you will hear by Dec 24th. That’s all Penn State tells you.

Is your 3.4 weighted or unweighted? What major did you apply for? Did you select summer as an option? A 3.4 is below the 25th% of accepted applicants. Your ACT is good, but PSU decisions are 2/3 GPA.

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@jlhpsu j My GPA is 3.4 calculated by me but my school doesn’t do GPA’s. I go to an “elite” NYC private school with a great reputation that tells schools our regular courses are the equivalent of honors in public school. I applied as a Biology major, and I didn’t select summer as an option.

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Congratulations to you! But YES! I’m a parent of a middle qualified student with PSU as his first choice school for Engineering (its in his blood), and these scores now scare me. Will they take a 4.2/1350 student? Who knows now.

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I am a patent! Based on my research, My feeling is your kid is in! Will see in February. We applied without SAT/SAT, but not top Choice.