<p>I've been accepted as an OOS transfer student to university park! Does anyone know how well transfer students are integrated into campus? Is there programming designed specifically for transfer students? Does being a transfer affect what financial aid you're offered?</p>
<p>Any information on transfers and their experiences would be helpful!</p>
<p>Hey, I’m a transfer student too, but I’m in-state. :] Finally, someone on here in the same situation! I doubt being a transfer affects your student aid, though I just went to an advising meeting and was told we can’t be considered right away for scholarships because we don’t have any current standing (grade-wise) at PSU. However, I was told after Junior year (after it begins? or after we’ve completed junior year? I can’t remember), we can be considered for major/college-specific scholarships. I’m assuming you’ll be entering as a junior.
I think if you get on campus housing, you’ll definitely get integrated to life there. (I’m on the waitlist now, btw.) I -think- we might have to attend student orientation along with the freshmen (stinks I know, but I would think they’d separate transfer students from freshmen during those events? who knows). Plus, if you join a club that’ll help.
I’m having a great experience so far with penn state except for housing! All my classes except one have transferred and counted as credit towards meeting requirements.
I’ll be entering Eberly for a major in bio as a junior this fall.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info about scholarships! Kind of a bummer they can’t assess our scholarship eligibility off of past coursework at other schools, but oh well. I’ll technically be entering as a senior credit-wise, but I’m not sure how exactly my courses are transferring and how that will affect my projected graduation date.</p>
<p>Housing is stressing me out too! Any idea when we are supposed to hear if we get off the waitlist? I really don’t want to live off campus!</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t want to live off campus my first semester either. I called and they said you could hear any time really all the way up until summer, maybe July (it’s not a definite date). They usually do assignments in July, which is different from getting an offer. First you get an offer, then when you fill out your preferences you’d get the actual room assignment. Your chances are better if you applied for housing before the waitlist and then were automatically put on the waitlist on Jan. 27th. Your chances are lower if you put your name on the waitlist on Feb. 2nd or whenever it was, or waited until later than that. Good luck!</p>
<p>I just got an offer for an on campus housing contract [supplemental]. So at least you know they’re working on making offers; perhaps yours will come soon!</p>
<p>Hey guys, i am an oos transfer too. But i haven’t heared back yet. I applied after the priority deadline (i don’t remember the exact day i sent my application). They say my decision will be made on late spring.Does anyone know what late spring mean?? am guessing it will be late may. Any ideas?</p>
<p>I don’t consider June to be spring, but Summer doesn’t officially start until June 20th, if you want to get technical about it. I think any transfer student applied after the priority date because we had to wait until our fall semester grades were in…
Anyway, I applied mid-December and heard back the end of January.</p>
<p>Yeah I applied beginning of February and heard back the beginning of March, so it seems turn around time is about a month or so. If you don’t hear back by the end of April I would def give them a call just to see what’s going on.</p>
<p>I was accepted to a commonwealth campus to begin my sophomore year. Afterwords I will transfer to U _ park. DO you think that since I started from a CW campus they will assess me for Scholarships? Its really expensive for OOS at U - Park so some money would be appreciated. Also I plan to live off campus to save some money.</p>
<p>I believe all students are assessed for financial aid, regardless of campus. Like you said, being at a CW campus is cheaper, but once you eventually make it to U-Park you will be required to pay the higher tuition. That being said, financial aid can increase the longer you are at Penn State (regardless of campus), as more scholarships are made available depending on your year in specific programs. Check your E-Lion account for your specific financial aid information, but don’t expect a lot of aid, as there is simply not a ton of money to go around.</p>