<p>@sowrongitsfiona. I think you have a good chance. You’re ACT is a little low but your gpa makes up for it. Plus having alumni in the family helps!</p>
<p>Accepted- College of Liberal Arts, University Park</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2030 (730 M, 630 CR, 670 W)
SAT IIs: 750 Math 1, 650 Lit
GPA: 3.7
Rank: None
Other stats: IB Diploma candidate, 5 SL French (The only IB exam I’ve taken so far)
English, Biology, and Art were my HLs. Self-studying for AP Calc because it overlaps with my SL Math class. </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:PA resident
School Type: Private/Quaker
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Most likely going to attend!! (Going to wait it out… :P)</p>
<p>** I applied September 10 and received a decision on November 9… I’d wait AT LEAST 2 mos. to get anything back ***</p>
<p>Accepted to Smeal College of business. </p>
<p>SATs: 2140
ACT: 34
Ranked 11/650
4.57 Unweighted GPA</p>
<p>Essays: Probably allright. I didn’t really put that much time into them, basically just copied and pasted my common app essay.
Teacher Recs: I can’t remember if I did them. They might have just been for the honors college.
Hook: Test scores/Class rank</p>
<p>PA resident, white male</p>
<p>Other: Penn State was my safety school, probably not attending. I also applied to the Honors College.</p>
<p>3.5 WGPA and 23 ACT both Dad and Brother attended University Park what are my chances</p>
<p>how long exactly did it take you guys after the “coming days” status appeared?! mine changed to that saturday morning. when should i expect to know?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (710 Math, 710 Reading, 730 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53, Weighted 3.98 (Attend top 50 school in country, IB Diploma Candidate)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL, IB 20th Century World Topics/ History of Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Math SL, IB French SL, IB ESS TOK, AP Macroecon
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State level winner for business plan competition (advanced to nationals), photography student of the year, state level winner for photography competition, school science fair 1st place and 5th place, Model UN awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout (Assistant senior patrol leader), Varsity Soccer (Captain), Model UN (Secretariat chair), Science Bowl, NHS,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teacher at non-profit science class
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship at medical clinic, volunteering (see above)
[</em>] Essays: 7/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Called me one of the most talented students I have ever taught in her 8-year career
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Kind of generic, but not as generic as those of other students
[<em>] Additional Rec: Standard
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Top 20 high school in country past few years, dropped to top 50
[</em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: N/A
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Accepted to engineering, and applied to honors.</p>
<p>Accepted-College of Engineering </p>
<p>SAT: 1890 (570 CR, 700M, 620W)
GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Rank: N/A
Other stats: 3’s on AP GOV, AP English
Essays: About being a triplet
Teacher Recs: Very good recomendations
Counselor Rec: Good </p>
<p>State or Country: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: White European
Gender: male</p>
<p>I applied summer too, and I am in. Excited for you!</p>
<p>Still haven’t received any decision 
applied to the college of engineering, petroleum engineering to be exact</p>
<p>Hello all!! Okay…so I applied early action to the main Penn State campus.
I applied as a history major for the Liberal Arts college…when do you think I will hear back?? And what do you think my chances may be?
My current status says “We are reviewing your credentials. A decision will be available here as soon as one is made.”</p>
<p>SAT: did not submit.
ACT: 20 (25R, the highest I received on a single section of the test) …very low, I know. truly feel the SAT and ACT do not test accurate capabilities.
GPA: 88.15 unweighted/88.65 weighted
Rank: top 40% of 217 students in my grade
Other stats: 95 on US History Regents (if that helps?)</p>
<p>Essays: wrote about my acceptance of invitation and my experience of attending a leadership conference + the inauguration of President Obama
Teacher Recs: did not get to read but was told they were very good.
Counselor Rec: did not read.
Hook (if any): my sister currently attends University Park, also I had an alumni letter from a graduate of the same major I applied for</p>
<p>*also applied for summer </p>
<p>Location/Person: long island
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public/somewhat very small/rural
Ethnicity: White/Native American
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: 100+ hours community service, National Honor Society, Business Honor Society, long list of extra curricular’s & also descriptive resume of my various travels since I was 9 to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites</p>
<p>ACCEPTED - DUS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: didn’t submit
ACT: 25
GPA: 3.51 uw 4.26 w
Rank: 51/354</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: okay
Teacher Recs: didn’t submit
Counselor Rec: not sure
Hook (if any): Parents both went there, all honors classes throughout high school with a few APs</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>And I sent my application 10/5, SAT scores got there for a completed profile 11/16. Got coming days status 12/14, received decision 12/16.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to The College of Earth & Mineral Sciences</p>
<p>SAT: 1650 550CR 610M 490W
SAT IIs: 550 Chem, 670 Biology (Molecular)
GPA: 3.72 uw 4.4 w
Rank: 19/587</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: talked about my leadership role in my school
Teacher Recs: 3, very good
Counselor Rec: AMAZING </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity/Race: Black
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Included a long list of all of my extracurricular activities (ex. NHS, marching band, track and field etc.)</p>
<p><em>Applied November 22nd, got a decision December 17th.</em></p>
<p>Accepted to College of engineering
Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I: 2130 (730 reading, 770 math, 640 Writing)
ACT: 33
SAT math II 770
GPA 3.55
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP scholar (history, calculus BC, psychology)
</code></pre>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP statistics, ap computer science, ap physics, and other regular courses</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars: strong
Job/Work Experience: yes
Volunteer/Community service: yes
Summer Activities: NA
Essays: strong
Teacher Recommendation: NA
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Additional Rec: None
Interview:
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
</code></pre>
<p>Applied in November, school submitted transcript 11/18. Accepted 12/12</p>
<p>When is the deadline to accept the offer? If we accept now, but change mind next April, will that be okay?</p>
<p>Accepted UP fall 2014 DUS</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 29
GPA:3.4ish uw
Rank: 109/516
Other stats: all honors & 8 AP</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: good personal statement, about how I grew up loving penn state
Teacher Recs:none
Counselor Rec:none
Hook (if any): double legacy (both parents) + cousins, aunts…
Said I’d do summer</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS (Illinois)
School Type:public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:female</p>
<p>Other Factors: 5clubs/honor societies with leadership in all, summer job,
General Comments: got online notification around 7pm three days after “coming days status”, also the UP picture/description never changed for anyone keeping track</p>
<p>College of Arts and Architecture
Stats:
SAT:1750 (580 Math 580 Critical Reading 590 Writing)
SAT IIs: none
GPA:4.04 W
Rank:80/577
Other stats: AP Scholar, President of French Club, Art classes(including AP Painting currently), Marching Band for 4 years</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays:Pretty personal, I personally thought it was good.
Teacher Recs:none
Counselor Rec:none
Hook (if any):none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:Texas
School type: Public
Ethnicity:Hispanic
Gender:Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Considering the stats of other accepted students, was not expecting to get in.</p>
<p>Where’s my acceptance letter!</p>
<p>sowrongitsfiona - you mentioned earlier that you were open to summer admission. I’m just curious whether you were accepted for summer or fall. Your stats are similar to those of my daughter.</p>
<p>Accepted UP fall 2014 DUS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1880/2400 (580 CR, 680 M, 620 WR)
GPA:around 13.4/20 (junior), 13.8/20 (soph), 16/20 (fresh, but it was on a different scale) —> so my gpa is around 3.3~3.6, not sure
Rank: /
Other stats: French Bac (Scientifique) / School music club / a part of the school talent show organizing comittee / give music lesson / translator at Vietnam Television and World Vision Vietnam…</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: average (i think)
Teacher Recs:none
Counselor Rec:none
Hook (if any): i love music, 7 years in Vietnam National Academy of Music (got certificate but didnt send or mention it)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:Vietnam
School Type:public (french school)
Ethnicity:Azian
Gender:female</p>
<p>I applied on the 3rd of Nov and got the decision today! Good luck everyone dont lose hope just look at my stats i got in !!</p>