<p>Anybody who has had experience transferring to Penn State (after the required 2 years of college coursework/60 credits)--how long did it take for you to get notification of acceptance?
I sent everything in on December 18th. Thus, everything arrived at the office of admissions before winter break, but they didnt update my status until after, on January 6th. Now, the "Your application has been received and is being reviewed. Thank you for applying to Penn State." message is showing online. </p>
<p>Also, I have a 3.86 overall gpa in college (over a 4.0 in h.s.) and have made sure I've taken all the required courses for transfer. Does this sound like it would give me good chances of an acceptance?</p>
<p>I am a transfer student as well, I am from Maryland I will have 56 transferable credits, which all do transfer by using the transfer credit tool PSU offers at the end of this year and two years of college course work done. I have a 3.4 GPA over all through college. I was told from an admission councilor that they only need the high school transcripts just to verify that you graduated from high school. I believe that is a over all 3.0 GPA to transfer in to PSU. Am I on a competitive to be accepted? I am looking to major in human development and family studies. I believe that major is not as completive as other programs like the business program.</p>
<p>Also, my father graduated from PSU and does that matter? At the end of the application there was a section where I have to write a brief paragraph or two on what basically I have been doing for the past two years other then school. Do the admission people read that? I am going to make sure that looks well written to their standards.</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure about the paragraph you had to write about the space of time between high school grad. and applying to penn state, either. I kept it short and to the point, explaining that I had come to the decision the college im currently attending is not the right one for me, etc. I think they just want a general explanation (hopefully!). For instance, I would think that explanation would be a much bigger deal if you didn’t attend college at all after high school and aren’t applying to penn state until later, or something like that. </p>
<p>I think a 3.4 is very good for college as the coursework gets much harder after high school. Whenever I talk to an admissions person, they make it sound like it shouldn’t be that tough to get in if you’re doing well in school and make sure you take all the required courses to get into the major. I know for bio (which im going for) you have to make sure you’ve taken 2 calc classes plus various science classes, so if I were you i’d check on their website to see if you need any specific ones.</p>
<p>Plus, I don’t know whether having family that are alumni matters. It kind of irritates me that they might base a decision off that and not just merit, but hey its good news for you if they do! It can only help. :]</p>