PSU (University Park) Class of 2019 Decision Thread

<p>Denys are trickling in. We haven’t heard, but a friend is denied for UP altogether. Applied almost 3 months ago. Relatively lower GPA and SATs, and few APs. He’s already got an acceptance at an instate school, so he’s doing ok.</p>

<p>@Leyland‌ did they put summer as an option and we’re denied that as well? </p>

<p>Yes, he did check summer but acceptance is only for branch. GPA is a 3.0. </p>

<p>Hello friends, just wondering how much weight legacy carries in the Penn State admissions. I applied mid October with a 28 ACT and 3.5 weighted but no response yet (as expected). Any help would be appreciated, thanks</p>

<p>Accepted to Smeal College of Business (11/19)
SAT: 1940 (610 CR 640 M 690 W)
GPA: 3.85 UW 4.53 W</p>

<p>Location: Maryland (30 mins from DC)
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy: Father, Grandfather </p>

<p>ECs: 11 seasons Varsity Sports, Class President, NHS, Student Ambassador, Project Lead the Way, SADD, Youth Group, 500 Service Learning Hours, Camp Counselor) </p>

<p>Accepted, out of state. </p>

<p>[ *] College: Engineering
[ *] SAT: 2020
[ *] UM unweighted GPA: 3.4
[ *] Rank: Top 25%, 102/465
[ *] Subjective (ECs, special circumstances, etc):
-FBLA 2 years,
-FBLA States: Mobile Applications Development challenge, 2nd place in the state
-Vex Robotics Competition 3 years, competed in world championship 3 of those years
-Team programmer 3 years
-Team leader 2 years
-Proficient in 2 programming languages, JAVA and C++
-Android app with 2k downloads
-Helped co-found a programming club
-Key Club 4 years
-150 service hours
-Swimming 1 years
-2 years JV badminton, 1 year varsity</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: All of them are very strong, emphasized my extracurriculars.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Computer science teacher, worked with her for 3 years, very strong.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it, pretty sure it’d be good
[ *] Hook (legacy, recruited athlete, etc.): N/A
[ *] State or Country: Maryland, US
[ *] School Type: Top ranked public school
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>@stevengraf I’ve asked that same question of admissions because my husband and I are both PSU grads and our D applied early September with virtually same stats as you (She’s a 3.4 UW but has lots of honors classes - not sure what her weighted is. She has a 28 ACT as well). We are also still waiting! Admissions told me that they take it into consideration. That’s all they would say. Did you put summer as an option? My D did, so we are hoping that helps her get into Main Campus. The waiting it tough, but we are all getting closer! </p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who is getting accepted! Very exciting!!</p>

<p>Can someone please chance me:
App was complete with all materials by November 11
GPA:3.8 weighted
SAT:1890 (630 CR 620 Math 640 Writing)
Throughout High School took 14 honors/ap classes
AP English Language:5
AP US History:4
2 Varsity Sports, NHS,FBLA, ton of work experience
Originally applied to Smeal however asked to change my major to DUS. </p>

<p>Do you think I could have gotten in to Smeal, and what are my chances for DUS. They haven’t replied about changing It but I wouldn’t think it’d be a problem </p>

<p>^^^^^
Male
White
New Jersey </p>

<p>@fval2510‌ yeah you probably would’ve gotten in to Smeal, your stats are similar to mine .but you have a good chance for DUS </p>

<p>Anybody from India accepted to College of Engineering?</p>

<p>Quick question: I applied about a month ago to University Park…should I be finding out soon? I really want to go to this school! Congraqts to everyone who got in!</p>

<p>@aavans What are your stats?</p>

<p>My friend got rejected. So I guess rejections are coming out and I am getting scared.</p>

<p>Her stats Rejection:
Gpa UW and W- 3.2
ACT-24
Other: one honor class</p>

<p>My stats:
Gpa uw- 3.2
Gpa W- 3.5
SATS (as of now)- 1620
Other- 9APs and honors classes
They say they are still reviewing my credentials.</p>

<p>@Nikki1079‌ did she put summer as an option? And what major?</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math 770, CR 720, Writing 790 (2280 cumulative) only took it once
ACT (breakdown): never took it
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chem 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses): Lang: 5, US 5, Chem 4
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ski (Captain), Debate (Captain) (Country ranked top 5), JV Tennis (Captain), Internship for senate campaign, school charity club (president), Sunday School teacher, 200 hours volunteering at a hospital
Job/Work Experience: Receptionist for doctor’s practice, summer camp counselor
Volunteer/Community Service: Sunday School teacher, Hospital Volunteer</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Projected Concentration:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: didn’t answer (mixed asian/white)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Used to be homeless?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, SAT, GPA
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: on target for GPA and SAT
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Emory ED, Fordham EA (fee waiver) (accepted), Northeastern
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: </p>

<p>I am not 100% sure about what major. But yes I know she said she applied directly into summer. @jlhpsu‌ </p>

<p>My daughter applied on Oct. 19 and for the past month her My Penn State has said that they are reviewing her credentials and a decision will be available soon. Sounds like others might be in admissions limbo as well.</p>

<p>@WattsaMattaU‌ yeah I applied around the same time and am still waiting. So frustrating.</p>

<p>same here!</p>