Please help me on getting into Penn State!

PERplexD
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:22:52 +0000

My son had just scored 100 pts more than your SAT and his GPA was (?) 3.8. He ACT was 30. He got in for Fall in ENG. this year.

But - his friend had identical scores, grades and tons of community service. My son had nothing in that department. His friend and several others were bumped into a branch campus. Quite shocking since they were all about the same par.
We recommended that they have their application reconsidered for summer enrollment at UP. It worked for all.
They are all in and happy.

Now, I have nothing against DUS, but during orientation, the councelors mentioned that it is almost impossible to get into the school of Business and Engineering at a later date. These majors are inventory controlled. So, I would reconsider if you are interested in ENG.

Also, while waiting for admission response this past spring, there were many people with scores, GPAs all over the place. Some really low that got in which shocked quite a few of the folks here. Then there were kids with top notch scores getting denied or bumped to a branch. I feel it’s all a crapshoot. I would recommend that you find the Fall 2015 topic of admissions and start looking at post from about FEB to the end. You’ll get a better example of your chances.

BTW, we were told at our tour that they don’t read the essays. Rarely ever!