<p>You got screwed appeal or call and see if you can change major to dus and see if they can re review you. Maybe who got satellite campus did that and it worked.maybe your essays were off. Idk you should have gotten in</p>
<p>When did you apply? Did you apply before Nov 30? My daughter got into engineering and no way did she get a 800 on math. It does not make any sense…but maybe being a girl applying to engineering helped. Who knows anymore. I am so baffled with how some of these acceptances are decided by so many schools. </p>
<p>You deserve it more than me my scores suck balls I was frisking lucky</p>
<p>When did you apply? My first two guesses would be that UP was full by the time you got your application in.</p>
<p>I applied in early january. Also, I am a legacy I guess. My mom got her bachelors at main. My grandpa as well.</p>
<p>Yes I agree. PSU is getting more popular with out of state applicants. By the time you applied my daughter paid her housing deposit ( just in case) Even though it is OOS tuition it still is a much more affordable option for Engineering then some of the privates and for a state school the department is highly ranked. I think the same thing is happening for my daughter at our flagship. She applied just under the wire for engineering and she has yet to hear anything. It told her the ship has sailed for that department. </p>
<p>@Dreadpirit</p>
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<p>That was my guess as well, but the letter made no mention of available spots, simply that I was not qualified enough. Well, that was what I inferred.</p>
<p>Got accepted for engineering 
Is the facebook group also for PSU ?</p>
<p>It’s a form letter – January is late, especially for engineering. Rolling admissions is a queue, and you arrived well past normal for one of PSU’s most competitive schools in a very competitive year. </p>
<p>@immasenior
My son was given a similar response. They did put him on the wait list if space becomes available or he can go to a branch for 2 years, get an Associates degree and then transfer. That just seems like a pain. I would rather him find his niche of a school and do the 4 years and not have to transfer. </p>
<p>He is OOS.
He is still waiting on his last college for a decision. So, haven’t decided one way or another yet.</p>
<p>SAT 1900 (cr660, m640, w600)
SATII 710
gpa 3.75uw, 4.1w
7 AP’s, 12 Honors
Varsity sport, clubs, NHS, Beta Club
Many hours of service.
And…a legacy, father.</p>
<p>I think it was because he applied in late Dec or early Jan.</p>
<p>ACT: 29 Composite || 31 writing || 29 Math || 28 Reading || 28 Science || 9 writing
GPA: 3.67 UW || 4.2867 W
Rank: 8% percentile (24th/341)</p>
<p>Essays: strong, about losing weight by running and applying characteristics I’ve learned from it to other parts of my life
Teacher Recs: Strong, from English and Math teachers
Counselor Rec: unknown</p>
<p>Location: OOS - Michigan
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>
<p>Other Factors:
President of micro-financing organization; 4 years varsity swim; volunteer with Special Olympics; etc.</p>
<p>Waitlisted College of Engineering</p>
<p>Other schools applied/accepted to (all school of engineering):
UW-Madison; Minnesota Twin Cities; Michigan State; Ohio State; waiting on UMich</p>
<p>Interesting fact, looking on the Common Data Set for Penn State last year they have no policy for placing students on a waiting list and they record 0 students being placed on one, accepting placement on a wait list or being admitted from a wait list.</p>
<p>So if there is no policy and PSU is your #1 top school, you might want to consider calling the admissions office and asking them for an explanation. </p>
<p>Depending on how the rest of my son’s admissions go we he may be making that call as well. </p>
<p>@notreadymom … We are OOS. My daughter’s best friend applied late to PSU. Sometime in early January after my daughter was already admitted ( desperate attempt to stay together?) They have almost the identical GPA, the difference in test scores are minimal. Daughter’s friend was waitlisted. It was too late to apply. My niece is a tour guide there and she warned us to apply early. We took her advice. </p>
<p>It was good advice! PSU was the only out of state school he applied to. Hence, didn’t do our due diligence on research of the timing of applications with a rolling admissions. I actually like the policy. Quickest decision of any of them. </p>
<p>I’ve heard that some schools will show partiality to a wait listed student who is in contact with the admissions office. As long as they do not become pests. </p>
<p>Just had a conversation with my son about this. He is fine with his other choices so far and won’t be pursuing the wait list. </p>
<p>I checked my application status just now and found the pic above and campus info changed into PSU Harrisburg, and the status was that they would release decisions in few days. I’m an international applicant and I applied before 1st feb. I chose UP as my first starting, Harrisburg as alternative. Does that mean I will only be admitted by Harrisburg?</p>
<p>Yes. According to what has happened to others you have been branched. </p>
<p>@Twinmom2014 OMG that’s awful </p>
<p>You can try changing your major to dus many did that and git into main.</p>
<p>@135pipe My initial intention is dus</p>
<p>Oh what were scores then </p>