ACCEPTED: College of Engineering
Stats:
SAT: 1950 (610CR, 760M, 580W, 10 Essay)
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.842 UW, 4.92W
Rank: Top 20% out of 520
Other stats: 8 APs
Subjective:
Essays: none
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): a lot of acitivites
Location/Person: Baltimore
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
My son got in after midnight! So proud and excited!
ACCEPTED: College of Communications (Telecommunications) Fall UP
Stats:
SAT: 1800 (not superscored)
ACT: 27 (not superscored)
GPA: 3.66 UW, 4.2 W
Rank: No HS ranking
Other stats: 3 APs, 17 Honors
Subjective:
Essays: yes
Teacher Recs: 2
Counselor Rec: 1
Hook (if any): long list of activities & honors, both parents and grandparents are PSU alum
Location/Person: out of state
State or Country: NC
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
looks like a lot of OOS action overnight!
ACCEPTED to Eberly College of Science, Premed for Fall 2016!!!
SAT: 2080
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.4 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: No rank
Other stats: 4 APs, and IB Diploma Candidate
Subjective:
Essays: I wrote it fast, but it was okay
Teacher Recs: Sent 1, I think it was good
Counselor Rec: Probably great 
Hook (if any): Nah
Location/Person: out of state
State or Country: FL
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Who knows if I’ll end up going here, right now it’s between Penn State and University of Florida, but I’ll get to that once I get an admission decision for Florida
Also, if anyone was curious, my app was complete on like November 2nd(I think), and it changed to under review only 2 days ago, and then when I logged on today I had a decision.
My daughter applied during the last week of October. All of her documents are in and the message says something about verifying credentials. It has said that for about 4 days. Is this the same message as “under review” or does it change from the verifying credentials message to an “under review” message before a decision is made?
Super excited and proud of my son! Updated after midnight…he does not know yet! Will probably wait on the
letter to come in the mail.
Accepted to: College of Engineering Fall of 2016
Stats:
SAT: 2000
ACT: 30 Composite
GPA: 4.62 weighted
Rank: School does not rank
Other stats: AP: APUSH/BC Calc/USGov/Microec/German 5/CHS Physics (Pitt)
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: N/A
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person: Pittsburgh Area
State or Country: PA
School Type: Large competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: JAFROTC Vice Commander, Crew team, Camp counselor, Community Service, Work part-time
General Comments:
Big batch of acceptances…Congrats to everyone!
My son was accepted to UP College of Engineering for Fall 2016. We’re excited for him!
Stats:
SAT 1950
WGPA 4.3571
NWGPA 3.9546
Rank 8/157
AP Bio, AP Calc, AP English
Extra C: Student Council VP, Varsity Baseball (co captain), Math Team, NHS, Student Mentor
Pittsburgh, Small AA school, White, no hook.
Applied Sept 15th
Congrats to all and good luck!!
@pagiea14 - now the long wait for UF as they don’t announce decisions until Feb 12th! My daughter applied there as well.
@Mecsesq1 - the credential verification lasts for about a week or so then you will get the Under Review status once they’ve received your transcripts and test scores
D- ACCEPTED
UP Smeal College of Business Fall 2016
Stats:
ACT: C- 31
SAT II: Math 2 -690
GPA: 4.0 UW
11-APs,Honors and SUPA courses
Rank: 12/367
Essay: good
Teacher Recs: sent in- counselor said they were outstanding
Counselor Rec: I believe good, has a great relationship with her
Hooks: 3 years Student Council Rep, All School Student Council Secretary ('15-'16), NHS, Varsity/JV Cheerleading,JV Field Hockey, Red Cross Blood Drive Coord- 3 yrs, Hearts for Hope, Leadership Academy, AP Scholar with Honors,
U of Rochester Xerox Innovation/Information Tech Award- '15
Suburb of Buffalo, NY
Public
White
Female
Applied 10/21…was under review for approx. 2 weeks and went from under review to accepted this morning.
@jlhpsu- I made the comment about this being more of a parent forum…here I am posting my D’s stats! Thanks for all of your info!
Good Luck to all! Our son is a junior at PSU and loves it!
Accepted- College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Stats:
ACT: 30 C
GPA: 4.11 W
Rank: 1/143
Other stats: 15 honors courses including 2 AP courses and 5 college courses
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: N/A
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): First generation college student
Location/Person:
State or Country: Alabama
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
General Comments: I could not be more excited to be a Nittany Lion!
Thank you for the reply!
Hoping to hear soon and hoping it’s good news.
Daughter has 4.25 weighted out of possible 4.4. 3.85 unweighted.
Has taken I think 10 dual enrollment college in high school classes including through penn state. Toughest curriculum in her small private high school.
1800 SAT one day score. 1880 superscore but PSU does not super score so oh well PA resident
Awesome ECs including lettering in 3 varsity sports (basketball soccer track) AAU basketball, international basketball tournament (in austtria at United world games) silver medal winner. Musicals. Forensics. 350-400 hours community service. Several science awards (PJAS and PRSEf and pa society biomedical research and Westinghouse honors institute ) Attended national student leadership conference for leadership and community service. Attended Pitt summer Bridge program for college prep and leadership. Runway and commercial and movie modeling/actress for charity as well as pay. Other part time work. Student ambassador. Home room representative. Summer vbs day camp counselor. Poetry award. Summer high school leadership STAFF program. Outreach program. Probably forgetting something. Haha.
She is looking to be a physical therapist or a physicians assistant.
Accepted to: Division of Undergraduate Studies University Park Fall 2016(Undecided)
Stats:
SAT: 1970
ACT: 29 Composite/ 31 STEM
GPA: 4.3 weighted
Rank: 50/385
Other stats: AP: APUSH/ AB CALC/ PSYCH/ STATS/ BIO
Subjective:
Essays: Personal statement
Teacher Recs: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Hook (if any): None
Location/Person: Pittsburgh Area
State or Country: PA
School Type: Large competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Lots of sports and activities!
my daughter also wants UF as her first choce but they are so tough to get into
I posted it this morning but I didnt really have time to elaborate .
Accepted: College of Engineering (Undecided Engineering)
Stats:
SAT: 1950 (610CR, 760M, 580W, 10 Essay)
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.842 UW, 4.92W
Rank: Top 20% out of 520
Other stats: 8 APs (US History, Computer Science, Stat, Econ Micro, Econ Macro, Calc AB, Physics, Env. Science)
Subjective:
Essays: none
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): Help with my schools special need sports program, president of club, NHS etc.
Location/Person: Baltimore
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Penn state received all my materials October 7th
Applied to Smeal College of Business on September 1st
SAT: 1850
GPA(Unweighted out of 4): 4.0
AP Scores: 5 on US History, 5 on US Govt and Politics, 4 on English Language
Rec Letters sent for Schreyer
Clubs: Board of Ed Rep, Class Government, Mock Trial, Basketball, Baseball
What are my chances and when should I expect to hear??
I got in today!
Accepted: College ofCommunications (pre-major)
Stats:
SAT: 1900
SAT IIs: None
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.8 W
Rank: Top 10% out of 839
Other stats: 10 APs (US History, Spanish, Stats, Econ Macro, Physics, Env. Science, English, Government, World History)
Subjective:
Essays: one (wrote about entrepreneurship experience)
Teacher Recs: none
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): business editor of yearbook!
I have a job in retail
Location/Person: Dallas
State or Country: TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: black
Gender: Female
Submitted everything mid September!
ACCEPTED Elberly College of Science (major in Mathematics) yesterday (11/11), application was complete November 2nd
Stats:
SAT: 2110 (760M, 600CR, 750W, 10 Essay)
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: 97.4
Rank: 47/532
Other stats: 6 APs, (Calc AB (5), Gov (3), Calc BC, Stat, Human Geo, and Spanish this year)
Subjective:
Essays: Personal Statement was pretty good
Teacher Recs: N/A
Counselor Rec: N/A
Hook (if any): N/A
Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Congrats to everyone!
Accepted - Eberly College of Science!!
Application complete sometime in late September
Stats:
SAT: 2050(superscore)
SAT IIs: did not send
GPA: 4.18 weighted
Rank: n/a
Other stats: 13 Honors/APs
Subjective:
Essays: very good
Teacher Recs: good - didnt see
Counselor Rec: good (i guess) - didnt see
Hook (if any): Many academic honors (societies, distinctions)
Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
General comments: Lots of volunteer work, leadership positions