PSU Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread

<p>Accepted- Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: M-32 — R-31
GPA Cum: 3.87
Rank: Top 15%
AP’s & Honors
Doubled up on sciences classes all 4 years
Science Award
NHS</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Completed
Teacher Recs: Outstanding
Counselor Rec: N/A</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Connecticut
Male
School Type: Public
Gender: Male
Other Factors: NROTC Scholarship Candidate / Naval Academy Candidate
Applied to the honors college, waiting for response.</p>

<p>Sports:
2 Teams
Captain of one team - Co-Captain of the other
8 Varsity letters when Sr. is complete, currently 7
Varsity Club</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to UNIVERSITY PARK!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:2080 Superscore, 760 Math, 670 Reading, 650 Writing
SAT IIs:none
GPA:3.55 UW, 3.98 W
Rank:Top 50% (My school is SERIOUSLY competitive. My 3.98 is terrible here compared to the rest of my class, not due to grade inflation just an incredible school and incredible class. Pennstate probably took this into account)
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:???
Essays:My essay sucked because the person who came to visit said they didnt matter.
Teacher Recs:AWESOME almost for sure!
Counselor Rec:Probably good!
Hook (if any): I’m a pretty cool kid, smart too!</p>

<p>Location/Person: MD
State or Country:USA
School Type:High School
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male</p>

<p>Other Factors:My resume was REALLYYYYY good!</p>

<p>Tallerthanyou, I’m in the same boat! Haven’t heard yet.</p>

<p>Admitted-School of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT: 32
GPA: 3.62 UW
Rank: N/A
AP’s: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Literature, US Government, European History</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Wrote in 10 minutes on the spot
Teacher Recs: Physics and math teacher (very close to, taught me 7 classes)
Counselor Rec: Very close to my counselor, one of his favorites
Hook: Nothing really special</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State: Minnesota
School type: highly acclaimed public school (about 2000 students)
Ethnicity: South Korean
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
President of Diversity Council
State champion on Varsity Baseball
Orchestra mentor and council officer
Science Olympiad medalist
National Honors Society
Freshman mentor</p>

<p>General Comments:
As long as you stay on top of school and show that you’re involved, you should have no problem whatsoever getting into Penn State. My stats and stuff are not that special, yet they sent me an acceptance letter just over a week later. Good luck to everyone who applied!!!</p>

<p>I am rejected :frowning:
College of Engineering
Stats:
ACT: 30 (M:36 E: 28)
SAT IIs: math2 780
GPA: 3.95 weighed
Rank: N/A
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: great(according to my teacher)
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:<br>
State or Country: NY
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
applied before November 30</p>

<p>Accepted to CoE. 2320 SAT, 800 Math 2, 800 Physics, 4.0 UW. Got into cornell ED, but I would have been happy going to Penn State. Congrats to all who got in! Great school with lots of opportunities.</p>

<p>LeceaSun, were you offered admission to another school at PSU (or did you not select a second choice)? Your stats are very good–I wonder if the engineering school reached capacity early this year? Admissions to Penn State are up this year.</p>

<p>yeah they give me a slot in york campus but i am not likely going there, I am waiting for a few other colleges. And yeah I think capacity is the reason, they do send me a letter tells me that they have no room left for me :frowning:
But it seems that everyone here get accepted(congrats btw!) with a 2100+ SAT score so that is pretty reasonable that I didn’t make it</p>

<p>LeceaSun</p>

<p>I applied by the priority deadline and selected Computer Engineering as my major. I was wondering if you had the same major and if computer engineering is oversaturated now.
Stats:
Gpa: w 4.00 uw 3.7
Act: 29
Hook: legacy (uncle and aunt), grandfather taught spanish for 37 years and was a member of their board of development?
Extracurriculars:
Cross country junior and senior
Winter track all 4 years
Spring track first 2 years and senior year
Varsity for junior and senior year
Divisional champs frosh and soph year (track)
Divisional champs junior year and Varsity (XC)
Varsity Tennis
Band all 4 years (1st chair oboe senior year) excellent on NYSMMA
NHS, Spanish club, History club, Vocal Jazz, Interact club</p>

<p>Other Stats:
((9 AP classes and the rest all honors and college with regular classes in Freshman year) I attended a Private school Freshman and Sophomore year and a Competitive Public school Junior and Senior)</p>

<p>Subjunctive:
Essay: same as Common app
Recs: AP Literature teacher and H-Intro Calc teacher
Guidance Rec: None
I also checked off that I would be fine with summer</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State: New York
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Asian/White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Accepted : Smeal College Of Business</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2060
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.4
Rank: 1
Other Stats: None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Haryana, India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<h2>General Comments: -</h2>

<p>QUESTION: Since our session here in India ends in April and our leaving examination results are out in May or June, I had to submit predicted marks for the leaving examinations. So I want to know, is the offer conditional or not?
There were no comments about the predicted marks in the acceptance or anything.</p>

<p>Stats:
ACT Comp:30
SAT IIs:
GPA: 3.45 (upward swing, Soph and Junior GPA 4.0)
Rank: n/A
Other stats:Honors classes Junior year, AP classes senior year. Cheerleading in HS, average community service</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great, wrote about Freshman year and how my grades improved
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:NJ
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:W
Gender:F</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Accepted DUS UP Fall 2014 Very very excited. First choice feeling so happy. Attending 2/14 admitted students day.</p>

<p>Having been anxiously waiting since November, status continues to read “We are currently reviewing your credentials, a decision will be made soon” Losing hope for main campus. Applied PreMed. .</p>

<p>Wow! Not happy to read that the school of engineering is full! Very disappointing. We were hoping to hear back by the end of January for admission.
It’s been such a long wait.</p>

<p>@CLG2018 i’ve been seeing that status since october/november, too. i’m losing hope for university park ***</p>

<p>@CLG2018 i’ve been seeing that status since october/november, too. i’m losing hope for university park ***</p>

<p>my daughter has been anxiously waiting since October/November too and is now losing hope. She is so close to committing to Temple at this time, but I know PSU is her number 1 choice. I just hope she will be patient. Like they say, “No news is good news”. Good luck to all who are still waiting to hear.</p>

<p>@CLG2018 i’ve been seeing that status since october/november, too. i’m losing hope for university park ***</p>

<p>CHANCE ME!!<br>
From a very highly ranked high school in PA. Last year around 30 kids went to psu from my high school.
Sibling recently graduated from PSU.
GPA: 3.54
ACT: 25
Applied directly to summer.</p>

<p>Same here…no news yet
Applied on: 11/28/13</p>

<p>maybe it’s cuz I’m an international applicant and have scores on the lower side:/</p>