Does anyone know if acceptances/rejections speed up after the Nov.30th deadline?
oh btw. I just got to the screen before submit and saw that for required items there’s SAT/ACT but also that counselor form but my counselor doesn’t even know I’m applying because I thought PSU didn’t want counselor recs and stuff. How did everyone else get their counselor that form? Manually? There’s no email link I can see
@kcarpenterfan you just hand them the counselor form and they take care of the rest. At least that’s how it worked at my school. And I’m not sure if Schreyers has had any acceptances yet, but I doubt it.
For my case, they did not want the form as they were familiar with my education system, so you could call and ask them
Schreyer admissions are not rolling, modified or otherwise. They all come out in March.
NO teacher recs unless for Schreyer. NO art supplements unless applying for art. Schreyer response will be in March, and does not follow “rolling”, it’ll be all applicants at once (or within a couple days).
How long did it take for everyone’s SAT/ACT scores and transcript to say complete after handing in the online app? I sent both way before I finished applying so they should just match up the files in the system with the newly submitted web app right? I just hope this gets done before the 30th deadline.
Thanks @MYOS1634 for clarifying about the art supplement! 
I applied to Smeal on Sept 1st with a 30 ACT and a 3.89 GPA and haven’t heard back yet. Does anyone have any insight for me if it would be smart to just wait it out or if I should just switch to DUS? Of course I would prefer Smeal, but if it is out of reach I would switch. Thanks in advance for the help
@kcarpenterfan You or one of your parents will get an e-mail to tell you that Penn State has received everything. At least for me, I got the e-mail before it updated on the portal. Probably around a week for it to update.
@Nrnjersey124 I’m surprised you haven’t gotten in already. Maybe it’s because they haven’t released a lot of Smeal acceptances yet, but I’m positive you will get in. Especially if you switch to DUS.
@Nrnjersey124 I’m in the same boat, ACT 31 and GPA 3.8 and I applied the first week of October so not as long of a wait as you’ve had but I applied to the College of Engineering and am not sure if I should just switch to DUS
@sambloomberg do you think I should just wait it out and stay committed to Smeal? Like do I have a good chance of getting in?
@abbeyk711 glad someone else feels my pain like you know you have a better chance going DUS but you don’t want to sacrifice applying to that specific school. Anyways, best of luck to you!
@kcarpenterfan mine took about 2 weeks from when my counselor sent my transcript for it to show up on the mypennstate profile. BUT BE CAREFUL! If you have your SAT scores and transcript sent before you submit the online app, penn state may throw them away because there’s not a submitted application with your name on it yet. I had my SAT scores sent before I submitted the application and they were thrown away, so I had to send them again. Send them again just to be sure
@Nrnjersey124 I don’t think there’s a downside in applying DUS instead of Smeal besides the different advisors that you get. If I’m not mistaken everyone in DUS gets the same advisors no matter their interest and Smeal gets specific business Advisors. I think with your stats you should be good for Smeal and the reason you haven’t heard already is that they haven’t really released any Smeal decisions yet.
Edit: responded to the wrong person lol
I have the same problem as some of the recent comments. I applied to Smeal with 3.75 gpa UW and an SAT of 1770/2400. I know I don’t have that great of stats considering how competitive Smeal is but Penn state is my dream school and I would do anything to get in. I’m debating on wether or not I should switch to DUS. I really hope to get in to Smeal but do you think if I get rejected from Smeal I could call the admissions office to reevaluate my application for DUS? Or do you think my stats don’t match up for admission in to Smeal and I should just switch now? This is so stressful!
Waiting since mid October. 32 ACT and 3.65 gpa.
Like I said before. Hoping with deadline on Monday. We start seeing more decisions being released.
@Nittanynation01 If you wait to ask to be reconsidered for DUS after you have already been denied, then you are put in the back of the line. So if that denial comes after Monday, you’d be put in the next wave of decisions…so by end of February.
There is literally no difference between being Smeal or DUS as far as the classes you can take. You will still need to meet all entry to major requirements regardless of which you are in. The ONLY difference is advisors, but DUS advisors are knowledgeable about any major and what they don’t know, they can find out.
Last year, the majority of decisions did not come out until mid/end of January.
Good luck everyone!
I would love to know the percentage of students that entered DUS as a freshman (to get in UP)with the intent of studying engineering , that actually get into the college of engineering their junior year, and graduated in 4 years. And the stats of students that entered into the college of engineering and got accepted into COE their junior year. Some might switch to science or smeal, IST or another major.
My S also waiting to hear from Smeal. Applied mid October. GPA 3.7 and SAT 2070. Getting nervous as well. Hopefully a bunch of Smeal decisions will be made soon.