<p>When I check my application status online it shows a picture of a guy in a nittany lion suit with his hands in the air and big letters saying "Accept Your Offer of Admission." So after I click the image it says on a new screen:
"Congratulations on your acceptance to Penn State University Park. Now that you have decided to join the Penn State community, a world of opportunities will become available to you. In the coming months and years you will be part of an educational community that will prepare you for life as well as career. You will become part of the chorus of voices that proudly say, "We Are Penn State."</p>
<p>I was extremely ecstatic that I was "accepted into University Park" until I received in the mail today a letter saying:
"Given the high level of competition we are not able to offer you admission to the University Park campus at this time. However, we have placed you on a wait list for admission to University Park. This will allow us to keep you under consideration for University Park admission if space becomes available. Our goal is to notify you as soon as we can about the possibility of your admission to University Park, but you will receive a final response from us no later than June 2, 2008."</p>
<p>HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
I am in a deadlock between UCF and PSU. I need to reply to UCF and pay my tuition deposit by May 1st which is 4 days if you choose to count today. I really want to go to PSU though but now I don't even know if I am accepted into UPark. Should I pay the UCF tuition deposit and give up on PSU? Or should I wait it out for PSU and decline UCF?</p>
<p>I am a Florida resident so I will be getting 100% of my UCF tuition paid for. As we all know, PSU tuition is very expensive especially in comparison to what I will be paying if I attend UCF, however, I can still afford PSU. </p>
<p>Because I need to make a decision I have a couple of questions that I hope can be answered:</p>
<p>Does PSU have a better college for Pre-Medical students than UCF?
How is Penn State's business program? Would it rank higher than UCF's?
Would it be wise to save a lot of money for UCF rather than spend a significant greater amount for PSU?</p>
<p>I just realized I asked a lot of questions about UCF in the PSU forum that probably should have been brought up in the UCF forum. Just to put things into perspective Penn State is ranked #48 by USNEWS' list of best American Universities and UCF is third tier.</p>
<p>Any help and guidance on what I should do would be greatly appreciated!</p>