@huhu1234 Here is a link saying what each status means. You are not in the final stages yet and you have a couple more statuses to go through before your receive your decision. The good news is, if all of your materials were in prior to November 30th and your application can be validated, then you will receive a decision by January 31st.
http://sites.psu.edu/weadmit/2012/12/20/what-is-the-status-in-your-mypennstate-profile/#comment-437559
Should I check the portal at midnight during the next few days if I got the changed status? I heard they update usually at midnight.
^^^My daughter got her decision between 6-7 in the evening.
how many days did she get her acceptance after the “coming days” status message?
Hard to remember but it was no more than 3. I remember that it was evening because she was in dance class and I texted her. I paid the housing deposit the next week after our visit. Its far away and I remember going there the last weekend in January, we waited for an acceptance before the first visit. She was undecided as far as choice…but I knew it was the best fit so I rolled the dice and paid it even though she waited to end of April to tell me her choice. I did not want her to be in supplemental. I remember when I “made” her apply to PSU and do the optional essay…she said " I don’t even care about that school." She loves, loves. loves PSU-UP… although she still won’t give me any credit for knowing that it was the school for her.
Searching twitter for acceptances and have seen a bunch come through in the last few days, specifically for nursing and Arts and Architecture. As an aside…just some advice…if you post your acceptance on twitter or any social media, please don’t show your address! There are about 20 posts from kids posting their full letters with addresses and student number. yikes!
Denied: School of Nursing
Applied mid-September heard back January 16
Stats:
SAT: 1800
SAT IIs: didn’t take or submit
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.5 UW, school doesn’t do weighted GPA’s
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats: 4 APs, 5 on all AP exams, all other classes honors or accelerated, made honor roll and head of school’s list every term since freshman year (teachers nominate students to head of school’s list for effort and quality of work, a student has to get at least 5 nominations to make the list).
I was also very involved in school, I played 3 sports, was the leader of two clubs, I’ve been a Girl Scout since kindergarten and received a grant from my school to start a lending library with the Boys and Girls Club at an elementary school in Trenton.
Subjective:
Essays: I thought it was a pretty strong essay
Teacher Recs: both my teachers were known for writing some of the best college recs and my teachers both really liked and knew me well, but penn state doesn’t read them so it doesn’t really matter
Counselor Rec: don’t know, wasn’t allowed to read it
Hook (if any):
State or Country: Pennsylvania
School Type: small private quaker school, in the top 100 private school’s in the country
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
@allyalyoxenfree How did you get deny? Your stats seem pretty decent to me! Now I’m scared!
@allyalyoxenfree Your brief summary indicates a strong candidate! I’m sorry you got denied, and I hope you find a great program.
@allyalyoxenfree - you have great stats! Sorry to hear you didn’t get in. PSU’s loss. I wish you luck and I’m sure there is a perfect place waiting for you.
thanks guys! I was pretty disappointed to be denied but I’ve been accepted to two other schools for nursing so I’m not at a complete loss…I just called the admissions office to be reconsidered for admission as undecided and to start during summer session so that Penn State can hopefully still be an option for me.
Nursing only accepts 100 people a year and is one of the most competitive programs with a lot of applicants for not a lot of spots, so don’t let my denial deter you-the reqs fluctuate a lot depending on the major!!
I applied to the Smeal College of Business back in early November. Has anybody heard back yet? or has the status changed for anyone who applied to the college of business?
As an aside, I had to speak to admissions today about my daughter transcript and they told me that very few decisions have been released in January. They said they are going to “start” releasing the January decisions this week and that my D will hear by the end of next week…which I knew! But it was good to hear them say it!
will any decisions come out today or is it closed cause of mlk day
@novacville22302 - my child’s application to Smeal has been completed since mid-September and we haven’t heard anything yet either. Good luck to all!
i applied to Smeal back in october and my status just changed to “upcoming days” today.
Same with me. I applied to Smeal back in September, and my status FINALLY changed to “We are in the final stages of review and an admissions decision will be posted here in the coming days.” Does anybody know how long it takes for the decisions to be released after seeing this status?
@phillysportsfan They say 1-3 business days so you should know by the end of the week. Good luck!!
@phillysportsfan @nyc121 @novacville22302 @fallschurchmom I applied around Nov 1st to Smeal. Heard back within 2-3 weeks. it took about 2 days about my coming of days status to receive my decision.
Mine updated to coming days as well just this evening! Applied to Smeal at the beginning of November. Hoping it updates to accepted overnight!!!