Yes, you’re right - makes it easier to apply TO and if the scores are good to “change his mind” and add them, than the other way around.
Overall yes I 100% agre, if he’s borderline, applying by dec1 is probably his only chance since the “Rolling” applicants will only be selected based on the few spots available, making the process extremely competitive. Applying Summer/UP by Dec1 is his best shot.
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Yes sorry. That is what he’s doing. I just talked to him. His app is in and the portal says “under review” or however they put it. If he gets rejected he will try again with scores if they come in high. I am trying to encourage him. Even if PSU ends up being a no, it’s possible that better scores could stand him in good stead when he really starts scraping for money at other schools. I know kids last year who had colleges in bidding wars into June. Not sure that will happen every year, but he’s already in a few places that he likes (St. Vincent, Duquesne, etc.) so he’s not panicking. Thanks for all your help!
Excellent if his app is in! Did he check “summer” (not Fall)? If his stats are borderline that’s his best shot.
Oos here as well. Yeah, i am getting the imprssion from reading about last year, ect, that it is in batches. I think mostly high states engineering went first. My student is mid stats and psych so may not hear until Dec for us. But i am officially glued to this thing now.
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Yep. Mid-stats and Communications on our end. Fingers crossed for early December!
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We were told by our PSU admissions counselor that anyone applying 11/1 or earlier is considered early action even if they didn’t mark it
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Do they typically send out any decisions over the weekends or just weekdays?
Today afternoon I saw in portal the following message: your application has been updated.Please check back soon for status update.But after an hour it went back to under review message.Anybody get like this?
My daughter ‘s TO button disappeared yesterday ant 7PM and I thought that the decision comes out at midnight. She now has a message that says that they are unable to retrieve her application details and said to check back later. Has this happened to anyone? I’m concerned.
I think user B4 said they had an error messages after having the button disappear and then maybe got the descision soon after. But I would see if it has changed today and then call.
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Anyone have a suggestion for a mid 1300 SAT, 3.8 GPA, numerous AP classes, applying for Engineering. Would you change to TO? Parent attended PSU. Applied EA. OOS.
So here is some info we were told at an open house:
- there are two buckets the stats go into. One TO and one with scores reported. The selection criteria is then made separately for each bucket so not to disadvantage a kid who didn’t report over who did report.
Check the portal after 8am. I was told they sent a batch of decisions this week at 8am so maybe it’s everyday at 8am the batch goes out?..…
That is what happened to my daughter’s portal as well. Her decision was in the portal a little bit later in the day.
are you in PA or from another state?
if you have the error message, you can use this link to get in: https://lionpathsupport.psu.edu. Log in with same ID and password. Then click on “undergraduate admit” and you should be able to see the letter
Thanks - we got similar news through our school counselor. And now we just wait. 
Same here! Fingers and toes crossed here-we are OOS.
Will I receive a decision if I’ve done everything except the Schreyer’s app? I submitted Oct 24, I’m in-state and high stats, everybody similar to me has gotten a decision already…
Accepted this morning (11/16) UP Campus!!!
Applied 10/16 to the College of Information & Sciences
OOS, 98.62 Weighted, 8 AP/ 2 Dual Enrollment
SAT 1420, but switched to TO when found out Penn State does not Super Score.
Strong ECs and good essay.
Test Optional Button did NOT disappear and is still on the page with the acceptance. We just kept obsessively checking :).
Good luck everyone!
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