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

OOS NJ
SAT 1330 high math
GPA 3.7 top high school in NJ
Applied 10/22
Accepted 12/22
Major : COE - CS UP campus , Fall 2021
Tons of EC’s and Music singer for 7 years +
Takewondo 10years , FTC robotics lead and many more EC’s
Very strong and interesting essays

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OOS OH
Accepted 12/21
No test scores
Applied 10/20
GPA: 3.78 W
Major: Global + Int. Studies
Strong ECs, essay, and recs.
UP Campus, Summer Session

OOS TX
Applied 10/17
Accepted 12/21
GPA 3.962
Rank 5/105 - Top 5% of my class
Applied TO
College & Major: Liberal Arts, Criminology
Campus: UP Fall 2021
Strong EC’s
Strong Essays - Wrote about how I started an organization on my local community college campus and encouraged voter registration.
Personal Statement as well
Several jobs throughout H/S
Graduating H/S with 60 college hours as well
Over 20 Dual Enrollment courses

SAT/ACT: n/a
GPA: 95.11 (W)
Rank: n/a
State Residency: NY

Applied date: 11/15/2020
Accepted: 12/17/2020
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on Pre-Med Track
Summer Start: No
Decision/College: University Park (all 4 years) Fall 2021
Strong Essays
LOR: Waived right to view, however, I would say they were probably around 9/10
8 Dual Enrollment Courses, 2 AP classes, 5-7 Honors Classes
EC’s were prominently strong
Applied for Schreyer’s Honors College and Millenium Scholars

I got accepted to Smeal, but to the Abington Campus:(
I really wanted to go to University Park, but if I didn’t even get into UP, I’m not even considering the school anymore

Did you list Abington as your 2nd campus choice or did they just offer that to you randomly instead of UP?

OOS
GPA 3.9 UW
32 ACT
school does not rank
UP campus fall start
Smeal for finance
Lots of EC

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OOS
GPA 3.9 UW
1400 SAT
UP campus fall start
CLA for Psychology
Lots of EC

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OOS
No Scores
4.0 weighted
Lots of volunteer hours, job & just one activity since little (equestrian)
Accepted to Smeal for Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship
UP campus
Fall 2021

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ACT: n/a
SAT: 1380
GPA: 3.8
Rank: unknown
State Residency: CT

Applied date: October
Applied Early Action: YES
Decision date: 12-23-2020
Decision/College: Accepted. Engineering w intended Comp Sci Major. Fall.
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: University Park / University Park

Lots of Honors and 6 AP’s. Not too many EC’s of note. Part-time job. Private/Catholic School. Older sister is currently a Junior at PSU. Didn’t choose Summer session as an option. Sister did Summer and loved it but extra $'s we didn’t want to incur this time round.

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OOS
Test optional/School does not rank
3.73 W (not sure what UW is)
Great EC’s including 150+ volunteer hours and 2 years at job (with promotion)
3 APs and 13 honors
Accepted to UP campus for sociology

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ACT: none
SAT: 1240 (wish I didn’t send it :frowning:)
GPA: 3.56 UW
OOS Bay Area
Applied to: Nursing
Accepted to: Nursing
Campus applied: UP fall 2021
Campus accepted: Schuylkill (I just randomly chose one on the app w/o thinking about it lol)
ahhh I wish I was accepted to UP for fall start alakdjdjasdk

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OOS : CA
GPA : 3.69 uw/3.92 w
No scores
APs : 5
Accepted DUS at UP fall ‘21

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OOS NJ
ACT: 29 submitted
GPA: 4.46W
Applied: 10/31
Accepted: 12/22
Accepted into College of Agricultural Sciences with intended major of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

UP campus Fall 2021 start.

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OSS: CT
SAT/ACT: didn’t submit
GPA: 3.7uw and 3.9 w
Rank: 23/146 public school
Applied to: Nursing on Nov.1st
Accepted: Nursing UP Fall 2021 on 12/23
80 hours community service, great extracurriculars, hispanic, mix of honors and 3aps.

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SAT/ACT: Went test-optional
GPA: 3.76UW and 3.9W
Rank: 60/236 (top public school)
State Residency: Connecticut (OOS)

Applied date: 11/14
Applied Early Action: Yes
Decision date: 12/23
Decision/College: Smeal College of Business - Finance
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: University Park (Fall 2021)

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OOS NY
ACT: 30
GPA: School doesn’t calculate but around 3.3
Rank: No rank
EC: Lots of well rounded EC’s
Applied: Oct 27
Decision Date: December 23
Decision: Accepted UP
School/Major: Eberly/Biology

OOS
ACT 35, GPA 3.78 W, no rank, large rigorous public HS
Not a ton of ECs but heavily involved/leadership roles
Paid work related to academic interests
4 APs, all honors math, science, foreign language for 4 yrs
Applied EA end of October, decision date 12/23
Accepted Fall '21 UP Aerospace Engineering

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S21
ACT: n/a
SAT: 1330
GPA: 3.53/4.5
Rank: ~top 25%
State Residency: PA

Applied date: 10/15
Applied Early Action: yes
Decision date: 12/23
Decision/College: Accepted/Smeal-Marketing
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: UP Summer Start

ACT: 29
SAT: n/a
GPA: 3.9
Rank: 32/419
State Residency: Utah

Applied date: 11/2
Applied Early Action: yes
Decision date: 11/11
Decision/College: Eberly science, forensic science
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: University park