<p>Stats:
SAT: 1710/2400
GPA: 3.98 W
Rank: Top 10%
ECA: Work, Volunteer Service, Yearbook (if that counts), a bunch of awards for photography, Basketball Manager 2 Years
Essays: Yes
Counselor Rec: Apparently my school doesnt do this…
Friend Rec: Teachers (2)
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Private (Small)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Honors classes all throughout High School and 1 Senior Year AP
Alumni Relation: Dad, Aunt, Uncle, Cousins (i made sure to somehow slip this into my application)
Other Information:
Applied to the College of Communications-Journalism</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: CR-480 Math-670 Writing-580
TOEFL: 93
GPA: UW-3.4 W-3.6
Rank:
ECA: Soccer (school and club) FBLA, interact club
Essays: Yes
Counselor Rec: yes
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA (but im an international student)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Other Factors: 11 honors and 2 aps
Alumni Relation:
Other Information:
General comment: happy happy happy :)</p>
<p>College of Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
WGPA: 4.3, UGPA: 3.75
SAT 1700/2400
Essay: Decent
No recommendations
Class rank: top 10%
ECA: Track 3 years, cross country 4 years, baseball 1 year, secretary of defense for republican club.
Hook: none(middle class white kid)
gender: male
school type: large-ish public
other info: happiest day of my life!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2000/2400
GPA: 3.9 W
Rank: Top 15%
ECA: Track, Work, Volunteer Service, Various Clubs
Essays: Yes
Counselor Rec: None
Friend Rec: None
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public (Large)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: 7 Honors, 5 APs
Alumni Relation: Dad
Other Information:
None, I’m pretty boring</p>
<p>Accepted to University Park Summer of 2011!!</p>
<p>College of Communications</p>
<p>SAT: 1800 (Reading 610, Math 600, Writing 590)
GPA:3.9
Rank: Top 10%
EC’s: Boy Scout, various clubs, athletics, and volunteer work
Letters of Rec: None
State: PA
School: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
General Comments: Very excited, good luck to all of you! I know how bad this wait feels :(</p>
<p>Burdman…I have practically the same stats as you…just the female version. I still haven’t had a status change, but seeing your decision gives me hope! :)</p>
<p>has anyone here gotten accepted after getting the “coming days” status accompanied with the nittany lion picture and new campus information change? it seems a lot of people have been asking that</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1660/2400 (500 M, 560 R, 600 W
GPA: 3.4 UW 3.98 W
Rank: School doesn’t rank
ECA: Select Choir, Men’s Choir, Spring Musical, Fall Drama(Treasurer), COmmunity Service Club, School Newspaper.
Essays: Yes-did the one in the app. I thought it was creative and well written for its short length.
Counselor Rec: Don’t know if my school sends them to Penn State since apparently PSU doesn’t look at them
Friend Rec: Guidance didn’t send my teacher recs for the same reason as ^. Send 2 other outside recs myself though.
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public, about 1,300 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: About 15 Honors classes,1 Junior Year AP, a couple academic for math/science (so bad at math)
Alumni Relation: None
Other Information:
Aceepted to the College of Communications Summer! I applied in mid-october. Status changed on friday to “coming days” University Park info stayed. Was accepted at 12am monday morning. So excited! Good luck to you all who are still waiting!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Fall 2011 College of health & human development</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1720/2400; 660M 540R 520W
GPA: 3.6/4.0 , 4.4/5.0
Rank: 28/411 top 10%
ECA: 2 jobs, captain of track & field (4years), volleyball(4 years), basketball(2 years), NHS, several clubs
Essays: yes
Counselor Rec: yes
Friend Rec: two teach rec.
Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Honors classes 9th-11th, 3 AP and 1 H 12th, awarded as scholar athlete numerous times
Alumni Relation: none</p>
<p>Comments: I know that when I was waiting for a decision, I was really doubting an acceptance letter after I read all the good stats on here and the bubble chart. I just wanted to say keep your head up! :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: M-610 CR-550 W-680
GPA: UW 3.5 W 3.96
Rank: Top 15%
Other stats: At the end of my junior year I had 11 Honors
Currently taking: 1 AP & 3 Honors
Subjective:
Essays: I thought it was good
Teacher Recs: 5
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
General Comments: Been waiting for months. Soo excited! PSU is my number one! YAYYYY!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: M-640 CR-510 W-590
GPA: W 3.51
Rank: Top 20%
Other stats: At the end of my junior year I had 5 honors
Currently taking: 3 AP and 1 Honors
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: I don’t know what he wrote.
Hook (if any): Extremely strong upward trend: Freshman: 3.0, Sophomore: 3.6, Junior: 4.0, Treasurer of FBLA, NHS, Invisible Children
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
General Comments: Waited quite a bit. Happy to get in. PSU is my second choice. UMD is my first, still waiting though.</p>
<p>Accepted Division of Undergraduate Studies (UP Fall 2011)
Stats:
SAT: didnt send
ACT: Overall-27 Reading-35 Eng-31 Math-21 Science-23 Eng/Writing-30
GPA: 3.6
Rank: school doesnt rank
Other stats: 6 APs and 1 honor AP Euro (3) AP US History (5) AP Psych (5) taking AP Gov and AP Lit now
Currently taking 2 APs
Essays: alright
Teacher Recs: awesome
Counselor Rec: awesome
Hook (if any): nope
Location/Person:
State or Country: nj
School Type: Public (competitive)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
enough EC’s-4 years of track, summer job, teach ccd, president of clubs at schools/volunteer a lot
General Comments: : )</p>
<p>Accepted Division of Undergraduate Studies (UP Summer 2011)
Stats:
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: 28/439
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: GREAT
Counselor Rec: GREAT
Hook (if any): Aunt was Alumni
Location/Person: University Park
State or Country: PA
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
enough EC’s-4 years of Varsity Softball and Swimming, Class Secretary, Athletes in service secretary, President of Regional youth group, tons of leadership. tons of work experience
General Comments: EXCITED BEYOND BELIEF! I AM SO HAPPY!</p>
<p>Accepted Division of Undergraduate Studies, University Park, Fall 2011 !!!
Stats:
GPA: 3.6 W
SATS: 1860 (510 math/650 reading/700 writing)
ACT: 26 composite, did really well on my english section though, 30
Rank: N/A
Essays: i thought it was really good, spent a lot of time on it
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): took 8 honors/AP’s, highly competitive high school in NJ that sends a lot of kids to PSU
State or Country: OOS, New Jersey
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
tons of EC’s-4 years of Varsity Winter Track and Lacrosse, 2 years working, tons of community service
General Comments: i literally have never been more ecstatic! CAN’T WAIT
p.s. good luck to everyone!!/hang tough. i know it’s a hell of a wait!</p>
<p>Accepted to Smeal College of Business (Business Management) for Fall 2011 at Penn State University Park yesterday!!!
GPA: 3.8 (U)/4.16 (W)
SATs: 580 Reading 540 Math 640 Writing
Rank: Top 11%
Essay: Very good. UPitt sent me an e-mail about how good it was.
Teacher recs: ehh idk (good i guess)
Counselor rec: she loves me
Hook: tons of community service, my school is very competitive
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Course Rigor: All Honors, barely any electives
Activitites: NHS (Historian), Student Council Rep, worked summer jobs, Winter Musical, Studio Play, Concert Chorus, Varsity Volleyball, Rec. Softball, 2 mission trips, lots of church work
Time Waited: About 3 months
General Comments: Good luck to everyone who hasn’t heard back yet. I’m sure you will hear soon. And whooo! to everyone else who has already been accepted to PSU. :)</p>
