Thank you so much for the response. Super helpful. Could you tell me some reasons your kids loved the summer start? It seems like it could be a lot of fun with a light courseload.
Oh no! I hope your D isnât too disappointed. PItt and Udel both have great nursing programs. My D was OOS, 4.27W, 3.9U, 1400 SAT.
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Thanks! Sheâs already committed to Pitt so sheâs fine, itâs more the reality of rejection 
Get used to it kiddo!
Thatâs great! Mine still has a few more to hear from so we donât know what to expect 
Congrats to your D!
Nursing at PSU is ridiculously competitive. And Iâm a bleed Blue and White Penn Stater - Both my husband and I and three kids so far have gone there as well as a gaggle of nieces and nephews - so it may not sound logical when I say what Iâm about to sayâŠBUT -
For nursing (as a nurse myself working in Pittsburgh), there are MANY more opportunities for clinical experiences in a city school, and especially a medical city like Pittsburgh. Even with as much as we love Penn State and dislike Pitt (lolâŠgreat education at Pitt, just an inborn rivalry ), I told all of my kids if they wanted a direct medical program that needed clinical experiences to look at Pitt rather than PSU.
Your daughter will be great - Pitt nursing is highly regarded in the area and she will get really, really great clinical experiencesâŠand she wonât have to move to a different campus for a year like you do at Penn State.
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Summer start gives you a great way to get familiar with PSU classes and campus without the jarring start of fall. My kids loved the Leap program, made tons of friends in the summer and knocked out 6 easy credits. Summer in state college is fun - especially without a full classload and a whole bunch of freshmen! As I said, my daughter was accepted for Fall 2022 in the college of IST, but switched to summer and doesnât regret it at all.
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Is the LEAP program what summer start kids do? Or is that something separate?
LEAP is what most summer students do. You can technically do summer as a freshman without LEAP but I donât know why anyone would. LEAP gives you the advantage of taking a âgroupingâ of classes so everyone in that âgroupâ, or Pride as Penn State calls them, is taking the same two classes at the same time. You get to know the people in your classes because they are in the same dorm area and in the same classes. You can pick a pride based on your interestsâŠso thereâs an engineering pride, or an IT pride etcâŠand you get one general ed out of the way (usually English 15 unless you are transferring that in) and then one pride focused class.
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Welcome to another week of âwill the test optional button go away tonight or wonât it?â It is almost like being on the worst game show ever LOL!!!
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Oooh! Our test-optional button has disappeared! Wish us luck!
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Good luck! What college at PSU?
GOOD LUCK!!! That is exciting! Ours is still thereâŠaaagggghhhhh!
Dâs is still there also. Aaaagggghhhhh!
my test optional button just disappeared 
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DSâs TO button also still there
D applied to CSD major - Health and Human Development
Summer option selected
In-state - PA
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Good luck!!
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Welcome to the âdecision @midnightâ group then!
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Good luck 
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My sonâs is still there. Applied to Smeal. Looks like it will be another long week
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