Class of 2015 Results Thread

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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<p>Decision: Accepted - College of Communications - Main Campus Summer 2011</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1600 (CR-530 M-530 W-540)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.11
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (2) Gov (2)
Senior Year Course Load: Newspaper, Law, Forensic Science, Pre Calc, Honors English, Double-Period Internship
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholar Athlete (?)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball (Captain JV in 10th grade, Captain Varsity in 12th grade), Varsity Swimming, JV Softball, GREAT Internship with Public Relations Firm with Local Government
Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at garden center
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ Community Service Hours, Group Work Camp with Church Youth Group
Summer Activities: Work and camps
Essay(s): Very Good personal Statement
Teacher Recommendation: Newspaper Teacher
Counselor Rec: Must have been good</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Communications (Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Public Relations)
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
School Type: competitive large public
Ethnicity:White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): PSU loves my high school</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA, test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Considering my grades and test scores, I must have had very good teacher and counselor recommendations. My extracurriculars are also very, very good. I also wrote and amazing personal statement which probably got me in.
General Comments: I’m stoked to go! WE ARE!</p>

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<p>accepted to college of health and human development university park fall 2011
-applied january 20th
-waitlisted sometime around the begining of march
-accepted march 11th
OOS
GPA 3.67 out of 4.0
Class rank 11 of 69 (very small public school)
ACT composite 27
no honors or AP classes
white
graduated school a year early
varsity track & field and varsity drill team all three years
no recomendations</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted – Smeal College of Business-- University Park Summer 2011
-applied October 27th
-Bunton-Waller Fellowship (full-tuition)
-Sapphire Business Leadership Program member (elite business leaders @ PSU)
-intended major: actuarial science</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 1960/2400 (740 M, 640 CR, 580 W)
ACT: 31/36 (34 Math, 31 Science, 30 English, 30 Writing)
unweighted GPA: 3.68
rank: 32 out of 91
AP Chem (3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, World Religions, AP Macro/AP Micro, Psych/ Critical Thinking, Personal Finance/ Accounting, Physics
ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Male
school type: Private Religious
State: Michigan
income bracket:high upper
Major Awards: National Achievement Scholar, Superstar Senior Award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Varsity Tennis for three years (co-captain in senior year), Varsity Bowling for four years (captain for three years), high school drumline for three years (co-captain in junior year & section leader for snare drums and captain in senior year), member of exec board (freshman and sophomore), Chem and Math tutor, volunteer at Mel trotter, Michigan Community Blood Centers, Emerald Meadows Assisted Living, Big Brothers Big Sisters</p>

<p>work experience: kumon tutor/instructor during summer</p>

<p>application essay topic: opportunities taken</p>

<p>Teacher and counselor recommendation: impeccable</p>

<p>Reflection:
I am super excited to attend, and I cannot wait until everyone is there. I just wish I knew who all these different people were. The thing that probs helped me out was getting to know the admissions counselor and head of my department well.
strengths: scores, extracurriculars, essay and recommendation
weakness: not to sound arrogant but my application was solid from top to bottom</p>

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<p>Heyy, I got accepted into the Smeal College of Business for Fall 2011! MAIN CAMPUS!</p>

<p>Btw, I wanted to know what business(undecided) means? I can declare my major while at b-school right? Is my admit into SMEAL confirmed?</p>

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<p>Will post the stats later (:</p>

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<p>@PeachesOMG93 If your letter of admission says Smeal College of Business I think you are in.</p>

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<p>heyy. just informing, i got accepted. FALL 2011 ( UP )
International student
Looking forward to meeting you guys :)</p>