Penn State Early Action for Fall 2024 Admissions

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2075

TO to IU requires a petition for Kelley DA.

2076

Congrats on University of South Carolina! Great school!

2077

Plus 1 on usc being a phenomenal school Congratulations!

2078

no change over hereā€¦again.

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2079

Painful.

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2080

so tired of this

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2081

Thank you- that is very kind. Our daughter is there but our son bleeds blue and white so we will see!

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2082

No change here either

2083

No change here either. No news is good news? :crazy_face:

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2084

My daughter wonā€™t even check yet-

2085

very upsetting

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2086

sounds like application is too high for branch, but at the lower end for UP. Hang in there. After they ran their early action numbers they made a base of who gets into UP, who gets in UP summer and who gets sent to a satellite campus. Now they will process the other applications and determine if the number is lower or higher than the EA base number for EA. Itā€™s a numbers game that is it. Did you check summer? maybe change major to Liberal Arts?

2087

come to the conclusion iā€™m NEVER getting this decision

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2088

or maybe theyā€™re releasing at 8!!! (telling myself this to keep me sane)

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2089

My OOS student was deferred 2 hours ago, for UP and DUS. Is a deferral simply a no in waiting? Has anyone heard of a deferral that was actually later a yes? Even in prior years? Is there anything we can do at this point to help?

2090

no change here eitherā€¦ iā€™m just done with this.

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2091

so real. i have no drive to do anything besides sit behind a computer refreshing. this process takes a toll on applicants itā€™s simply immoral

2092

same questionsā€¦ Iā€™m trying to look for silver liningsā€¦ Smeal via Test Optional (TO) DUS is a reach school for us .so Iā€™m offering all the encouragement can ā€¦ good vibes to all out thereā€¦

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2093

@cookies2 @MG92130
A deferral can absolutely be a ā€œyesā€ in the regular decision pool. The only thing you can do at this point other than just to wait is to call and ask for summer start (if youā€™ve already applied DUS) or to change into a less competitive major and ask for reconsideration. Keep in mind, however, to end up in Smeal a student needs to be in either DUS or Smeal pre-major.
If you are deferred as a smeal applicant, you can also call and ask for reconsideration for DUS/Summer. But DUS is not the least competitive major at Penn State. Itā€™s gotten more and more competitive in previous years as students have used it to get into Smeal so there are more applicants. Even if you are denied in the regular pool, you can STILL call and ask for reconsideration to a different major/starting semester.

But, to answer your question - yes a deferral can still be a yes for UP. A deferral at this point is better than simply a 2+2 because you still have the option of getting into UP for fall/summer.

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2094

Daughter Smeal applicant In state & TO - Deferred to Jan 2024

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