<p>Applied 11/30 and got accepted on 12/14!</p>
<p>SAT: 510R 580M 590WR = 1680
GPA: 3.69uw </p>
<p>I’m out of state as well.</p>
<p>@TheReelThing oops, ur right! i guess my excitement took over a little :b</p>
<p>Congrats! What business major did you pick? Finance, Acctg? My son applied Business/Undecided and has not received an acceptance. He applied 10/31.</p>
<p>@believe62 thank you 
and management! he’ll probably hear back soon. what are his stats?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Program: Computer Science
School: Engineering</p>
<p>GPA: 3.14 UW|3.83 W
SAT: 690M, 600R, 770W</p>
<p>I’m nervous as well. Two people in my High School Class (That I know of) were accepted, and two of us are still waiting. We all sent our applications in around the same time, the end of October i still have the “we are reviewing your credentials”</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - Smeal College of Business </p>
<p>Stats: </p>
<p>SAT: 1120/1680
ACT: E:28 M: 25 R: 26 S: 24 Superscore: 26 Highest Composite: 25
SAT IIs: Math 1- 630 U.S History- 650(didn’t send them though)
GPA: 3.1UW/3.5W (huge upward trend 9th- 2.42 10th- 3.0 11th-3.8)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Other stats: AP Psych: 5 AP Comparative Government: 5</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: Really good according to teachers.
Teacher Recs: Assuming they were good
Counselor Rec: She said hers was good
Hook (if any): URM Status(African)</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: MD
School Type: Big and really competitive, #56 in U.S according to USNEWS
Ethnicity: African/African American
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Good ECs. Everyone told me they were excellent, not sure it played a huge part.</p>
<p>General Comments: Well I’m pretty happy I got in, I kind of expected it after looking at my school’s naviance page but still good to make it official. I probably won’t be going to Penn State so everyone who’s going there have fun! I’m sure you guys will have a great time. </p>
<p>Application Complete: 11/26
Coming Days: 12/20
Accepted: 12/22</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1600 (570 Reading, 440 Math, 550 Writing)
ACT: 23
GPA: 3.78 (weighted)
Rank: 85/200
Other stats: 1 on AP Euro</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: very good
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): no legacy, but my school usually gets a ton of kids accepted to PSU </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Other Factors: no extracurricular
General Comments: College of Liberal Arts</p>
<p>hey, i got an email “International Student Applicant - Visa/Immigration Information” from the admissions office 2 hrs ago. does this means that i’ve been accepted?? it says that it’s a pre arrival advising email from “Directorate of International Student and Scholar Advising”???
my decision is not yet posted on the my pennstate account??? plz help… :-(</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SMEAL</p>
<p>Stats: SAT: 1750 520CR 710M 530W
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 14/774</p>
<p>Subjective: Essays: perfect
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any):
: State or Country: NYC</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1810 Math: 630 CR: 550 Writing: 630
SAT IIs: N.A.
GPA: 3.4
Rank: Top 15%
Subjective:
Essays: I submitted a very strong personal statement from what the teachers that looked at it said
Teacher Recs: I did not see them but the teacher that did them has done them for most of the students that have gotten into Harvard, MIT, Yale, Standford, and Caltech from my school
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): maybe my brother is a current Smeal student
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>General Comments: I was not really shocked to get in. Sadly PSU is a nice school but it is not my number one school because it cares more about weeding out then teaching in its intro classes due to the large amount of students</p>
<p>^I rarely comment, however, how can you make that claim? Do you know of people who were “weeded” out? I am aware of many successful freshman students.</p>
<p>^I know a few and I heard the professors are really not helpful</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say say PSU “cares more about weeding out” students but there are certain freshman classes that tend to make students re-evaluate their majors. Math 140 and Chem 110 for example. My son said in his Chem 110 class this past semester the average on the final was 63 or 64. And there is no curve. He worked his tail off to get a good grade (paid for extra review sessions, went to the TA review sessions, took Chem 108). Many kids also drop or do poorly in Math 140. And the challenging entrance to major requirements for some majors, e.g. business and engineering, definitely cause some students to have to seek other majors. But I think that is why the students that graduate from these majors do so well after graduation - you have to be a strong student and work hard to earn those degrees.</p>
<p>I believe you will find these so called “weeder” classes at all but the very small schools. In a class of 200 students the professors don’t hold your hand. You are expected to do the work and whatever else you need to do to pass. There are just too many majors that require Chem and Calc to have small classes. My D took both this year and went to the professors office hours. They were more than willing to talk to her and give her guidance. But, she definitely struggled in Chem as did most of her freshmen friends.</p>
<p>I know for a fact that Virginia Tech and Univ. of Delaware have extremely large lecture classes for these courses. My D’s friends at other schools also talked about the size of their class. They all go to large/mid-size schools.</p>
<p>If you want small classes as a freshmen, you might want to look at small private schools.</p>
<p>@theojohn are you serious about the average ? If that’s the case then I might never be able to get into the major I am intrested after my sophmore year. 63 is wayyy too low for a university where students with 3.7 GPA in high school and 1800 SAT study. I hope thats not the case in sophmore year. What is your son saying ?</p>
<p>@Kvillemom - I agree with your last comments. Even at small LACs I think many kids go into a certain major and find after their 1st or 2nd semester that they don’t have the aptitude (or desire) to stay in that major. I was in that situation back in the 80’s. :)</p>
<p>@XtremePower - That was the average on the Chem 110 final - I’m not sure about the final grade distribution. But obviously many kids do well enough in these classes to continue along their chosen paths!</p>
<p>I applied to UP in early/mid October and still have not heard back, which could either be a good or a bad sign. My grades (weighted GPA 3.5) and test scores (ACT 27) are borderline and I’m wondering if I have a chance. Has anyone gotten in with similar scores? I applied undecided and said I would be willing to do summer session.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the admission decisions will start rolling out again? I know they were on holiday break, but since it’s the New Year do the decisions start coming out again tomorrow? I’m really starting to get anxious and nervous.</p>
<p>Classes don’t start again until Monday – hang in there!</p>