PSU Class of 2021 Decision Thread

@fall_november888 They do consider legacy but not enough to overcome a lot. If you are borderline, it may help eek you over the edge. They consider legacy in with the 1/3 of “test scores and other factors”, so the biggest factor is still your GPA. You definitely helped yourself by applying undecided and with summer option. That gives you the most advantage. If you don’t get in with that, then you will be deferred to a branch campus - many of which are beautiful and fun and you still go to UP after 2 years - so don’t dismiss it entirely!

Accepted into Penn State-University Park Communications School!
GPA: 3.85 (weighted with 7 AP)
ACT: 30
Solid Extracurriculars
Applied on November 1

White Male from DMV Private School.

Accepted to Penn State-University Park-Electrical Engineering

Stats:
GPA: 4.0 UW
SAT: 1460 (800 math, 660 reading)
SAT II: 770 Math II
Rank: Top 1%

Subjective:
Essays: Good, wrote about Mini-THON at my school

Great EC’s- President of a few clubs, Treasurer of Student Gov, Mini-THON chairperson, NHS, 2 sport athlete since freshman year

Location/Person:
Male, PA resident, large public school

Comments: Sent app around Thanksgiving and heard back a few days ago. Accepted to Penn State and deferred from Stanford on the same day.

I haven’t seen a single acceptance to the College of Information Science and Technology yet. Did anyone else here apply to IST?

Hi guys, just posting this to help others.
Accepted to PSU- University Park- Smeal
I sent my application in early September and heard back in mid November.

Stats: ACT 32 (35 E, 34 R, 31 M, 28 S, 36 Writing)
GPA: 4.9 last year, right now it is a 5.2
Rank: We do not rank but I go to the #1 public school in PA
Other stats: APEGS (4), APUSH (5), currently taking AP Lang, AP Stat, AP Spanish, and H Calculus through a local university.
Last summer I took a Macroeconomics course at Fordham and got an A+

Essays: I used my common app essay but tailored it to PSU. 9/10
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any):

Location/Person: PA, large public school
Ethnicity: Serbian/Luxembourg
Gender: Female

ECs:
Homeroom Representative (3 years)
FBLA treasurer
Student council
Varsity track- 4 year letterman
Tutor
Babysitting (3 days a week during the school year, 5 during the summer)
NHS
Nature volunteer
Toy Drive, Food Drive

PSU generally accepts 80-115 kids from my school. Since I was one of the first to apply, I heard back first.

I applied on october 10th still nothing, applied bioengineering, when can i expect to hear back by? My guidance counselor said 6-8 weeks is what to expect from them and its been about 8 weeks now so should I hear back from them soon? Ughhhh just want to get into a college already…

@averagewhiteguy Your counselor is wrong. The 6 to 8 weeks is only if you apply after November 30. Then you are in the next “wave” which is more of a real rolling admission. Prior to November 30, they are on a modified rolling admission which ONLY means that if you apply by Nov 30, you get a decision by Jan 31. That’s it. 2 years ago, my daughter waited almost 5 full months (Sept 2 - Jan 26) for a decision. That is not atypical. You will hear by Jan 31, hopefully sooner, but definitely by then.

Does anyone have any idea when the final engineering students will receive acceptance? I know that they are usually the first to be notified of admission, but will they still be accepting engineering student in January? or will all engineering students hear back before December??

Accepted to Penn State University Park College of Education!

weighted GPA- 4.01 (top 20%- I don’t know my rank…)
ACT- 30
SAT- 2100

ECs:
Varsity golf
National Honor Society
National French Honor Society
National Tri M Honor Society VP
Psychology club treasurer
Student council treasurer
french club
interact club
Volunteered at an elementary school’s aftercare program. Also volunteered at church for some time.
Art contests awards and Presidential service award

@ameer_abo I doubt that there’s any specific method. Engineering students naturally have higher stats than others, which is why they tend to hear first. I’m sure there will be high stat engineering students getting accepted well into January.

@averagewhiteguy From what I’ve heard from my friends, the reply date all depends on what school you apply to, however, I know at least 5 engineering students who have heard back. (all accepted) Are you in state or out of state? That may influence the decision timing as well.

Could someone help or give me an idea with what they think I should expect to hear from admissions I have been quietly looking on this site for close to a month comparing myself to others and I just wanted to know what anyone else thought my chances would be for UP it would very much appreciated
GPA 3.5 Uw 4.2 W (18 honors and AP classes)
Sat 2 1290
ACT 28
Rank school doesn’t rank
I have a lot of extracurricular activities leadership, sports, and involved with the church a lot for volunteering
My essay I felt was the best I’ve written (multiple checks my the best English teacher at my school)
2 quality Letters of Recommendation
Hook (if any) : My high school is one of the top public schools in PA
I applied for chem on November 1
I was just wondering what someone thought some of you seem to have a good idea of what’s going on if someone responded it’d be much appreciated

@Branflakes4156 You should be fine, Your GPA and SAT are both good for UP.

@hasannadeem47 thank you so much for replying it’s so nerve-wracking waiting

Any idea on what a typical GPA/ test scores would be considered for the summer session at PSU?

Accepted for Political Science (College of Liberal Arts) at UP for fall 2017!
Applied September 3
GPA: 4.2 W, 3.68 UW
SAT: 1150- 620 CR, 530 M
Did not take SAT IIs or ACTs
Will have taken 5 AP’s when I graduate, and I have taken basically all honors classes throughout high school.
My school does not do class rank.
I honestly do not have any hooks…
I am a white, female, PA resident from a decently well-recognized public high school.
I have several extra currics along with leadership positions.

I am kind of surprised that I was not offered summer admission due to my lacking SAT score (at least compared to what I have seen from others on this site).

Anyway, I am beyond excited to be a Nittany Lion! 249 days until move-in! WE ARE!!

For those accepted today, did your portal just update today? You can check by checking your online acceptance letter as seeing the date

Accepted to University Park College of Agricultural Sciences for Veterinary and Biomedical sciences! Friday 12/9
Stats:
SAT: 1340/1600
GPA: 4.3 weighted
Rank: top 20%

Location/Person:
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: Public, competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: National Honors Society, National French Honors Society, experience working alongside vets and vet students at University of Pennsylvania.
General Comments: Applied the first week of September, said yes to summer session, applied to Schreyer

anyone else’s portal not working?

Is it normal to have a PSU EDU address assigned on the application page or is that a good sign of possible acceptance?