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<p>Decision: Rejected
Major: Finance</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1250/1600, 1860/2400</li>
<li>GPA: 3.0 unweighted, 3.555 weighted (probably why)</li>
<li>Rank: n/a</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Personal Statement: decent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Community service?</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA (probably why)</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: Pretty good ECs
General Comments: It’s okay!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - Fall 2010, University Park Campus
Major: Business
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 520 CR/650 math/590 writing</li>
<li>GPA: 3.85 </li>
<li>Rank: top 10%</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: none (didn’t think you could submit to PSU)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: none</li>
<li>Hook (if any): tons of extracurricular activities (Editor in Chief, Varsity Baseball, Student Government)</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: VA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: It took a long time to get the decision…applied in early October and found out on January 21st!</p>

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<p>Accepted! Notice on the web site.
Male OOS
3.4 unweighted GPA
1900 SAT
School of Communication</p>

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<p>Congrats Scoopie!</p>

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<p>Congrats to all those that got in. A lot of people have been hearing back including my last friend who was waiting to get her decision. We were actually surprised because I think she scored somewhere from 1400-1500 on her SATs out of 2400, and she’s been waiting since September.</p>

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<p>shogunzek…are you saying your friend was accepted to UP with SATs 1400-1500? Do you happen to know what her GPA is and if she has a hook or not?</p>

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<p>Yes, UP. She was admitted into the summer session however, same as me. I’m not sure of her GPA, probably about a 3.6-3.7 at my best guess. And she’s a white female in-state with really no hook at all.</p>

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<p>Hey all! I’ve been checking this thread since October to try and figure out if I could get into UP. But my stats are borderline, and I was really unconfident about it.</p>

<p>But today in school I checked my online status and discovered that I got into UP!!! I got into the summer session, but I’m completely fine with that. It’s my 2nd choice so I might end up not going, but I’m excited ! :D</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted ! Summer 2010, University Park Campus
Major: Communications / Journalism
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 500 CR / 520 Math / 640 Writing</li>
<li>ACT: 24 composite, but 26 superscored. :slight_smile:
Best ACT : Math (27) Reading (25) English (27) Science (23)</li>
<li><p>GPA: 3.6 weighted.</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: very good, i’m going to be a writer and alll… :)</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: didn’t submit to PSU.</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: very good</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): tons of extracurricular activities and leadership positions.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: I’m shocked, but happy!!!</p>

<p>TO ALL OF THOSE STILL WAITING WITH BORDERLINE STATS: don’t worrry!!! I applied in September and thought all this waiting was a bad thing but really it turned out to be a great thing. My SATs were horrrrrrible, and my GPA wasn’t great, so I didn’t expect this. But they’ll surprise you. Good Luck !</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Summer 2010, University Park Campus
College of Agricultural Science
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 530 CR / 520 Math / 540 Writing</li>
<li><p>GPA: 3.44 </p></li>
<li><p>Essays: short personal statement</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: none</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: awesome</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): none</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MD</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: I thought I was going to be sent to Erie my satellite choice, but I was very happy to see I got summer. My status changed yesterday to " you will know in a couple of days" and I was accepted this morning. Good luck to everyone else who is still waiting!</p>

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<p>Accepted, Fall, UP.
Major: Journalism
3.5 GPA
1880/2400</p>

<p>SHOCKED!</p>

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<p>Hey everyone, I was wondering if you’d be able to chance my friend-he’s quite the odd case for PSU. </p>

<p>SAT: 760 CR/800 M/780 W 2340 Total</p>

<p>GPA: 2.6 UW, 3.2 W</p>

<p>Something like 14 AP Tests, and 11 5’s</p>

<p>Thanks! He’s just really forgetful with homework =[</p>

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<p>Okay… well he is obviously a very smart guy. I would just worry about the GPA which is a little low compared to his test scores… But if he wrote a personal statement and has okay EC he should be fine. But I think teh GPA might hurt him since it is worth 2/3 of admission</p>

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<p>DS
Rejected for UP Campus Architecture Major (which is in effect a complete reject since Arch isn’t offered anywhere else)
SAT: 1840/2400
GPA: 3.6
Top 25% of class</p>

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<p>acme sorry to hear the news. My daughter has exact stats and was also rejected. (Ag school) As I posted previously, she is happily headed to Florida state but there are several kids at her school that have been accepted to UP fall semester with worse stats. The all applied “undecided”. I called admissions and they claim that the only major that you need higher stats for is business. All other majors are considered equally. Not sure I buy that and when I asked why kids with lesser stats get accepted, she really couldn’t answer. I have a daughter that’s a junior at UP and was hopeful this daughter might change her mind if accepted. (Fla is so far!) Wishful thinking on my part but good luck with everything!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Summer 2010, University Park Campus
College of Health and Human Development
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 26</li>
<li><p>GPA: 3.5 W</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: didn’t submit one</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: pretty strong I think (I didn’t see them)</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: pretty strong</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): N/A</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Considering very highly. Looking to major in hotel management.</p>

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<p>acme>>>> Are you out of state? or in the state? because there are always options at a junior college or city college. then transfer. because if you really want to do architecture, don’t let this stop you.</p>

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<p>Sorry, acme. It must be upsetting to see others with worse stats getting in.</p>

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<p>ArchKid and slipjig, it’s fine–architecture is such a tough major to get into, and DS has already been accepted to a few other schools, and has a few more yet to hear from. Thanks for the kind words and best of luck to all at PSU.</p>

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<p>my status was finally changed this morning to the “you will hear in the coming days”…i applied for the fall 2010 session but if i dont get in but get into the summer session will it specify that i got into the summer and not fall? i dont want it to say congratulations on your acceptance and me get all excited and then get the envelope with the summer session info…deos it say congrats on fall 2010 or summer 2010? thank you!</p>

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<p>It will tell you online, what session or semester you have been admitted for.</p>