Penn State Sends More Acceptance Letters Early
The Penn State admissions office has offered admission to 40 percent more students than it had by this time last year. About 5,600 applicants to the school's various campuses have gotten acceptance letters.
Officials say that they do not plan to admit significantly more students in the end but that accepting students earlier in the year was just a nice thing to do. "We had been hearing from high school counselors and some students and families that the time from application to [Penn State's] decision was longer than expected," the executive director of admissions said. "We felt that getting earlier decisions out would help reduce some of that anxiety that goes with hearing from the university you're interested in."
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things have changed at penn state
A lot of you guys are lucky. Penn state didn't used to send out accepted letters until after the new year. If you did get an acceptance letter it was because you applied to a branch which isn't a bad idea. Also Penn state is one of the most competitive schools to get into that is not an ivy league.(In 2008 penn state had about 120000 applications for 7,000 freshmen slot for Upark. Few thing to consider. Grades and SAT scores don't cut it anymore you need to show you are well rounded lots of activities. Next applying for summer is a big plus too because its usually a little better chance, plus you get to learn your way around the college before its fill to the breaking point.
I know a lot of these hints are a little late. Congrats to the people who got in.
To the people who have been sent to branch campuses, if you really want to go to penn state i would strongly suggest going to the branch.
To everyone else you goes to different colleges, good luck and if you truly hate it you can always try to transfer to penn state, though it can be very difficult. Believe I Know.
We are .......... Penn State
early notice
also, my application was complete on december 2 and my letter was mailed december 11 so it was 9 days not 8 but if anyone knows if there is any significance to such a quick response please let me know.
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