Class of 2024 Admissions Decisions ONLY-Penn State

DS, in-state, EA Engineering. Applied 9/15, accepted 11/21, 3.9U, 4.24W, 19 Honors and APs. Varsity sport, NHS, numerous clubs, work experience on CNC equipment. Planning on Industrial or Materials. Best of luck!

ACT: 30
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.37 weighted
Rank: n/a
Extra:
State Residency: PA
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F

Applied date: 8/1/19
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21/19
Decision/College: accepted College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Campus: University Park

ACT: N/A
SAT: 1360
GPA: 3.83 UW, 4.64 W
Rank: 36/417
Extra: 5 AP classes, rest of courses are honors. member of multiple honor societies (National, Science, Math, Spanish), secretary of Spanish National Honor Society, competitive dancer ( dances 12-15 hrs per week and is a teacher assistant)
State Residency: OOS/NH
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
Gender: F

Applied date: 10/18
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: updated on portal 11/21, letter says 11/20
Decision/College: Accepted, Engineering, intended major Computer Science
Campus: UP

I am an alumni (Engineering Class of 1998)

This is her first acceptance. She also applied EA to WPI, Northeastern, UMass Amherst, Univ of NH and RD to RPI andTufts. Portal updated overnight, I checked last night around 9 pm and it still said Under Review. I checked around 4:30am and it had updated.

Son got Accepted this morning, very happy for him. Good luck to all!!
SAT: 1450
GPA: 3.8 UW
Extra: 15 AP classes, rest of courses are honors. member of multiple honor societies (National, Science, Math)
State Residency: TX
Gender: M
Applied date: 10/12
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: November 21
Decision/College: Accepted/College of Engineering (Computer Science)
Campus: University Park

ACT: N/A
SAT: 1410
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 3/171
Extra: Two time golf captain, four year varsity swimming, NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Part-time jobs throughout all four years.
State Residency: PA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Applied date: Sometime in September
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21/19
Decision/College: Applied Data Science, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Campus: UP

ACT:n/a
SAT: 1550
GPA:4.5
Rank:n/a
Extra: Full IB, sports, some leadership stuff
State Residency: VA
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F

Applied date: 11/1
Applied Early Action?: yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Aerospace Engineering
Campus: UP

ACT: 31 (didn’t submit)
SAT: 1500 (750 R/W, 750 M)
GPA: 3.7/4.0 UW, 4.14 W
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Extra: robotics team captain, varsity cross-country for 3 years, 10 AP classes (2 sophomore, 4 junior, 4 senior), solid recs and essay, leader of a couple of other various clubs
State Residency: Maryland
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female

Applied date: 10/30/19
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21/19 (checked portal, nothing in the mail yet)
Decision/College: Accepted/Engineering
Intended Major: Computer Science
Campus: University Park

ACT: 30 (32 superscore, although they may not look at that)
SAT:
GPA: 3.8
Rank:
Extra: 9 AP/DE courses, 2 sport athlete, NHS, DECA, volunteer coaching, chemistry internship, Sunday school teacher
State Residency: VA
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male

Applied date: 10/6
Applied Early Action?: yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: accepted, Materials Science and Engineering
Campus: University Park

DS Accepted today (11/21)

ACT:
SAT: 1370 (1400 super score)
GPA: UW 3.97, Weighted 4.05 (school barely weights Honors/AP classes
Rank: 17 / 300
Extra: NHS, Varsity athlete in soccer, basketball, lacrosse, Leader of school’s MiniTHON, 10 Honors/AP classes
State Residency: PA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Applied date: 9/15
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Accepted to College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Material Science major
Campus: University Park

forgot to put “accepted” ; )

ACT: 34
SAT:
GPA: 4.4
Rank: N/A
Extra: Robotics Team Lead/NHS/Subject Honors Societies/VP of Women in Science and Engineering Club/Varsity Athlete/Honors & AP classes/volunteer work
State Residency: OOS/NJ
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F

Applied date: 11/1
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Accepted/Aerospace Engineering
Campus: UP

ACT: 33
SAT: N/A
GPA: W:4.088 UW: 3.97
Rank: top 5%
Extra: NHS, chem club secretary, math team, link crew, hospital volunteer, work
State Residency: OOS, Minnesota
Ethnicity: W
Gender: F

Applied date: 10/7
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Accepted/Biomedical Engineering
Campus: UP

ACCEPTED!!!
SAT: 1540
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: N/A
Extra: Varsity athlete-captain (4 years), a few clubs (VP), 250+ volunteer hours, etc.
State Residency: OOS/CA
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M

Applied date: 8/6
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Accepted/Data Science
Campus: UP

Randomly checked the portal today and yay!

ACT: n/a
SAT: 1390
GPA: 3.84
Rank: n/a
Extra: NHS/SNHS, Varsity Swim (4 years), Founder/President of school TSA Chapter, taught piano to students who couldn’t afford lessons, swim coach, Lockheed Martin internship, many cybersecurity competitions
State Residency: Maryland
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female

Applied date: 11/29
Applied Early Action?: Ye
Decision date: 11/21
Decision/College: Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations/College of Information Sciences and Technology
Campus: University Park

Finally got acceptance in the portal this morning

ACT: 30
SAT:
GPA:3.992/4.0
Rank: 10/137
Extra: Girl Scout Bronze and Silver, AP Scholar with Honors, NHS secretary, Figure skating and Cross country Letters, 4-H, international travel
State Residency: Wi
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female

Applied date: 9/10
Applied Early Action?: yes
Decision date:11/21
Decision/College: Eberly Forensic Science
Campus: UP

Accepted / Architecture 11/21
UP

1360
3.9 / 4.2
PA
EA 9/21

Does Penn State usually give out much merit money? Would that be stated in the acceptance letter? Thanks

Checked the portal yesterday
nothing.
Checked the portal today
DS is in!

ACT: n/a
SAT: 1570
GPA: 3.8-ish unweighted/school doesn’t calculate weighted
Rank: n/a
Extra: Varsity athlete, jazz musician, weekly volunteer, AP/H classes, cog psych lab experience
State Residency: NJ
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Applied date: 11/1
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/22
Decision/College: Psychology/ College of The Liberal Arts
Campus: University Park

@rbc2018 Unfortunately, Penn State does not. Regardless, it would not be included in your letter of acceptance. Penn State does have a “Millennium Scholars” program, which grants full-tuition. I’m not sure if deadline for that application has passed or not, but you can find a button for it on the portal.

ACT:
SAT: 1320
GPA: 95.000
Rank: 19
Extra: ACE, YES for Schools, FBLA, Church Youth Group, DECA, NHS, YoVaSo, and more
State Residency: Virginia
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Applied date: I forgot the exact date but it was less than a week from the Early Action deadline
Applied Early Action?: Yes
Decision date: 11/20
Decision/College: Accepted/College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Campus: University Park