Awesome! Congrats!
Are you OOS? Im curious why onky one yesr for OOS since tuition is so high and its not typicall for students to have more money in years 2-4.
Why do you say it’s not typical for students to get money in years 2-4?
Actually, I’ve always heard exactly the opposite - that many Deans save merit money for juniors and seniors to see who is performing well in years 3 and 4.
Gpa?
I apologize if this was already asked and answered anywhere in here. My daughter has decided to enroll elsewhere, and we can’t seem to find the decline button. Does anyone think she needs hit the commit button to get to a decline option? Hitting commit seems scary when she’s not committing. Thanks!
ACT: Did not take
SAT: 1420
GPA: UW 3.3, W 3.65
Rank: not given
State Residency: NJ
Applied date: 10/27/2021
Applied Early Action: Yes
Decision date: 11/27/2021
Decision/College: Information Science - IST
Campus applied to/Campus accepted to: University Park
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My son is offered admission to the Schreyer Honors College.
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got in schreyer honors
1510
3.8/4.2
lot of effort in essays (spent 3 weeks)
no interview
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Son was waitlisted to SHC. Anyone have stats on how many kids are waitlisted and/or admitted from the waitlist?
My son was accepted in January. He has aid/ a loan listed on his Lion Path portal. No merit. Does Penn state give merit? Is it just not there yet? Are we looking in the wrong spot? Obviously we need some merit, we are out of state. I’m sure in state people want merit too. Every other school sent him Merit. Except one other we are still waiting for.
I’d like to know the same.
Penn State gives very little merit. Schreyer Honors College students receive $5000 a year. There are some other merit awards, but the vast majority of students, whether instate or out of state, receive no merit, regardless of stats. Penn State also gives very little institutional need-based aid.
We are wondering the same! Only Penn State and Ohio State are the two we have not heard about scholarship. It makes it very difficult when those are the top choices. Of course! Lol
We are between Rutgers Business (in state) and Penn State. I knew out of state would cost more but I figured they would throw us a bone. A few thousand just to help swing the vote their way. It’s still early in March so I guess we can be patient? Going to an open house in March and would be nice if we knew all the info so our son could have all the ingredients to choose. I hear Rutgers doesn’t offer much but it’s in state for us so that’s OK. They are all so crazy expensive.
That’s not fun to hear.
My daughter is going to an open house as well in March. Also Syracuse. But if she doesn’t get $ from Syracuse (if she gets in) then that’s a big NO. All the schools she got into with lots of merit, not at the top right now except for Indiana. This is painful. Lol
I agree. I thought the application part was stressful. The paying part is “painful.”
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I’m in PA and thought Rutgers would throw us some merit. Just checked and got zero merit. Only the loan shows.
We are OOS, D loves PSU, and we could JUST barely afford it, but she has expensive grad school lurking in the future, so will likely have to attend elsewhere. Hard for us, since husband and I are PSU grads and would love for her to go, but no merit is no merit. 
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How long does it take back for a acceptance decision. My DD applied mid January I think?
If loans are showing in your financial aid area, then your financial aid package has been released and if there were grants or scholarships they would show. Penn State gives very little aid, institutional or other. They participate in all federal programs, but merit aid is usually in the form of Schreyer’s honors college (about 5K) or departmental scholarships that are given after the first year. There are a few awards that are given to freshmen, but they are far and few between and not typical.
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