EaglesFan94

I was offered admission to main campus starting Fall 2012, but decided to go to a school closer to home for family reasons. Is there anyway I can still accept my offer of admission? It still says to accept it on my MyPennState profile, but I know the deadline was May 1st and I don't want to try and then wind up losing $300. And I rather not wait two years to transfer.

I'm going to call the admissions office tomorrow, but I was wondering if anybody had experience or had gotten in late. I thought maybe there are still spots available, but the deadline was a while ago. Thanks if anybody can help, this was my dream school and I'm an idiot for passing it up in the first place ahah.

Columbia09

It might be too late but I'm not sure. If they say no you should still attend that branch campus for two years because:

1. The branch campuses are cheaper then main and will save you money for two years.

2. Branch campuses are less academically rigorous and this gives you a chance to finish those hard weed them out classes. For me it was orgo and physics. I don't know if every branch campus is like this but mine definitely is

3. It's closer to home. Meaning you don't have to leave right away for college and could still stay home. This depends on the person though.

4. It matters where you end not where you start.

That's why I think the 2 + 2 program is so brilliant. It saves us a lot of trouble for half of our college years.

Columbia09

Oh I'm sorry I thought you decided to attend a branch school not a different school all together hahahhaa

Etuck24

I highly doubt you'll still be able to get in...even in the wake of all the stuff going on with PSU right now, it's still an incredibly popular school, and not too many spots go unfilled.

EaglesFan94

Yeah, I figured all of the spots will most definitely be filled up by now. And to Columbia, I thought about the 2+2 thing but I think I'd rather just go to the same school for 4 years, but thanks for the info because I'll still consider it depending on what the admissions office tells me.

mcb21xc

I'm pretty sure they have a larger freshman class than they expected so you might get a commonwealth campus