**Decision: Accepted to The College of the Liberal Arts ** University Park
Objective
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 28 Composite
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA (if available): 3.95
Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): None Offered at School
IB (place score in parenthesis):None Offered at School
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus, Honors English, Non Violence and Peace Studies, Theology, Financial Literacy, Public Speaking, Visual Arts, College Prep I, Yearbook I & II, Physical Education
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society(Service Chair), Student Government Association (Treasurer), Yearbook (Academics Editor) Science Club (Secretary), Animal Awareness Group (Vice President), National Park Service Club (Founding Member), Member of Senior Committee, Member of Prom Committee, Member of Youth Ministry,
Job/Work Experience: Intern on a Capital Markets Trading Desk (4 Years)
Volunteer/Community service: Some at the National Parks Service, 100+ at Food and Shelters, 100+ at Animal Adoption Events
Summer Activities: Internship (Daily 40+ Hours A Week)
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendation:10/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 10/10 from my internship supervisor
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM/Change Maker and Go Getter at Work (Noted in Recs)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA, Villanova, Saint John’s, Saint Joseph’s
Hi-what were various status updates you received? Friend applied when I did in Nov but his still says “we are reviewing your credentials…decision will be available here as soon as one is made.” It seems cruel for them to take so long for a solid student.
@alexeles For me it was super fast! It went from the status you mentioned to “We are in the final stages and decision will be posted in the coming days”
@KDurham Congratulations! I saw your stats before you were accepted and truly expected you to get in…but as we’ve all learned this process is hard to predict. Appears you have some great options and now Penn State is one of them. Good luck wherever you decide to go!
I have a question about my status updates…
I applied in late January, and so my status for a while was “We are reviewing your credentials…” Then, last Thursday or Friday it changed to the status about a decision being up within 2 weeks. On Monday, it changed to something along the lines of “A decision has been made…check back soon.” Then, a few hours later, it changed back to the original, “We are reviewing your credentials…”
Does anyone know what this may mean?
@itstheruch Hey thanks for replying! Happy to find another aero person. We don’t seem to be common. I could really use some help figuring out the housing situation. I’m sure that I don’t want to be in east halls but other than that I have no idea. So any help you could give would be appreciated!
Accepted to Smeal College of Business (in late January)! I wasn’t sure if I’d get in or not because my stats are decent, but not outstanding. Hopefully this gives future prospective students some hope!
Stats:
SAT: 1810 (600CR/620M/590W) SAT IIs: didn’t send
GPA: 4.2
Rank: 7/140
Other stats: 3 APs, good extracurriculars (2 varsity sports, 3 clubs, average volunteer experience)
Subjective:
Essays: good
Teacher Recs: I’m assuming they were very good.
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: small public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Rejected: Engineering
ACT: 28
GPA: Not offered
Rank: Top 10%
Country: India
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Extra-curricular: Applied for 3 patents, Done research at a university on 5 projects, Have done piano for 9 years, Olympiad class topper for Science and English, 4th place in Tech Debates, Technology councelor of School, Head of Robotics, Science and Electronics Club, done lots of quizzes and stuff, Part of the editorial Board and published 3 articles in the school yearbook, Pianist in the school band and composed 2 original songs etc.
I don’t know why I got rejected, I guess they ran out of seats
