@natamazan17 My daughter checked her portal Tuesday morning and saw she was accepted. Today’s mail brought the “Congratulations” packet.
Guys, my application status just changed to “under review”. How long do you reckon it’ll take to get my decision?
Thanks!
My S has been under review since Sept 15th. When did you apply? If before Nov 30th even if your docs were not in you are guaranteed to hear by Jan 30th 2016.
@crazycat220 Applied before the 30th of November. All I’ve to do is wait. Applied for CoE btw. International. Your S?
My son applied on November 26 but I’m not positive if his transcript and sat scores were in on or before November 30th. Does this mean because his scores and transcript possibly weren’t in that he will not be priority?
COE undecided in state, all good we all should hear soon!
@kdawn1130 Correct. If your son’s materials weren’t received by PSU admissions (even if they weren’t entered yet) by November 30, then he will be moved into the next batch of decisions, which is not priority. He would also not be guaranteed to hear by January 31st. Instead he would know by end of February. You can always call and see when they logged his information as arrived.
@collegecab PSU does not send out e mail decisions. Portal first, then regular snail mail. If your application still says under review then no decision has been made. Did you put a commonwealth campus as a second choice campus? You may be on an e mail list of some kind, but you wouldn’t get an official acceptance that way - unless they’ve drastically changed things - and not without updating the portal. The portal is the first thing to get updated.
Thanks @jlhpsu. That’s what I figured. I wish they put the dates that things were received like most other colleges do. Ugh, I guess I’ll assume he isn’t priority.
Psu is my first choice and I’m getting very nervous about the decision. If anyone can help PLEASE respond haha
I applied in mid October and was wondering my chances of getting in. I checked that I would go to summer session and applied DUS. These are my stats
Stats:
SAT:1750 (M630, CR 580, W540) this is my highest in one sitting
SAT IIs:
GPA:3.7 ( took 14 honors and 1 AP)
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Small catholic
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors: very involved in clubs and extracurriculars. I have a couple of leadership roles as well
General Comments:
No decision tonight?
An update for those questioning delivery method of acceptances.
As I posted previously my daughter was accepted this week - Wednesday. When I logged on at 6:30 am it came up as accepted. My daughter also checked her phone and had also received an email at the same time letting her know that she was accepted. As of Friday we have not received the packet in the mail.
@girl4atrainee My D got accepted Tuesday and got the packet today. So if your D got in on Wed. She should get her packet tomorrow…hopefully. : )
Quick note. I just checked with my daughter and she did not receive an email. She logged on from her phone, I misunderstood. I don’t want to put out wrong information. Sorry!
Accepted to College Liberal Arts with intended major of International Politics
Stats:
SAT: M-600, CR-680, W- 670
GPA: 3.7 out of 4.0 (weighted)
Rank: school doesn’t out right rank, but top 25%
Other stats: 6 APs, Varsity Athletics, Club president, NHS
Essays: wrote all the essays
Counselor Rec:my counselor really likes me but I’m not sure what she said in the letter
Hook (if any): will enroll as ROTC cadet
Location/Person:
State or Country: Out of State -MA
I applied sometime in November 3rd week.
ACT- 29
SAT subject - 700 math level 2 , 780 chemistry , 770 physics , 750 biology molecular
International student
EC’s -
Volunteer/community service
Nahtam Social Responsibility (grade 12) - Sold paintings in a silent art auction organized by Nahtam. The money collected was used to help children with special needs in UAE.Smoke Free Abu Dhabi (grade 12) - I organized a campaign during the summer in a mall where 15-20 volunteers assembled to create awareness about the growing number of teenage smokers in UAE. National newspapers and radio stations covered the campaign.- Youth empowerment seminar (grade9, 10,11,12)- Assisted in courses conducted by the Art of living organization for teenagers. I was in charge of conducting group discussions and introducing new yoga postures.
-Tutor (grade11, 12)- Unpaid SAT chemistry tutor for 11th graders. Taught specific topics in CBSE biology to 9th and 10th graders. (Summer)
Awards & Honors
Basketball (grade 12) - Vice captain of the basketball team and awarded bronze medal in intra school basketball tournament.Scientific paper presentation (grade 11)- Awarded third place in inter school competition by University of Wollongong, Dubai. Paper on air dust and effects on human population.Swimming (grade 11) - Captain of relay team, awarded Silver medal in medley relay and Awarded Bronze in free style relay during the Intra School swimming competition.Guitar examination (grade 9) - Awarded distinction by Trinity College London for completing Grade 1 plectrum guitar.
Extracurricular Activities
Secretary school Nature club (grade 9,10,11,12) - Conducted and compiled data from air, energy and waste audits; Organized healthy cooking competition, boot the bottle campaign and recycling waste campaign.Prefect & House vice captain (grade 11,12) - Member of student council and disciplinary squad; Conducted selections for intra school debate, athletics and swimming competitions.School student magazine editor (grade 11, 12) - In charge of collecting and editing all the magazine articles, designing artwork and training junior magazine editors.Treasurer Operation smile club (grade 12) - Co founder of the club; Organized various fund raisers for helping children with a cleft lip and in charge of handling all the financial assets.YouTube content creator (grade 9,10,11,12) - In my weekly uploads, I talk about social/school life, act out scenes from famous movies and make music videos.
Educational Prep programs-
Epidemics (grade 12) - Organized by Pennsylvania state university, this course explained about pathogens and the controlled mechanisms on how we prevent these pathogens.Our energy future (grade 11) - Conducted on Coursera by UC San Diego, this course focused on the importance of developing sustainable energy from a biology and engineering perspective.- Lego NXT robot (grade11)- This course enabled me to build a working Lego printer for a science exhibition held by IDEA an organization for professionals.
- Pre-calculus (grade10)- Conducted by UC Irvine on Coursera, this course enriched my knowledge on trigonometry and algebra necessary for calculus math course in school.
Got accepted last night For biomedical engineering at university park this fall
Accepted to College of Engineering at University Park
Major: Computer Science
Stats:
SAT: 2070 (R650/M770/W650/)
SAT IIs: Math lv2 800/Physics 700
GPA: 3.95W/3.68UW (bad freshman year)
Rank: N/A
Other stats: N/A
Subjective:
Essays: 7/10
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):
Location/Person: California
State or Country: International Student
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:
General Comments:
Has anyone heard back from the Smeal College of Business yet? Still haven’t gotten my decision even though I appllied EA.
@howisthis I have heard of a couple of acceptances to Smeal, but not many. I think for now the majority is just the DUS decisions. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure the Smeal bulk is late Jan 
I have seen a few Smeal. My daughter got into Health & Human Development. On the Facebook Class of 2020 page their seems to be a varied group of majors who got accepted.
do international students get some sort of “package” from PSU if they get in University park ?