Penn State 2011 Applicants Forum

Spinozist21 · Post by **Spinozist21** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:03 pm

Letters will include scholarships and should go out this week or early next week according to Dean Shively.

jbarl1 · Post by **jbarl1** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:23 pm

Spinozist21 wrote:Letters will include scholarships and should go out this week or early next week according to Dean Shively.

Yup! Last year my scholarship came with my letter.

And all the final grades for the fall were just posted so everything is settling back in for the spring semester....good luck with $$$$$ everyone!

Kinderby · Post by **Kinderby** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:36 pm

NJcollegestudent wrote:Was anyone else surprised when they received a fee wavier from Penn State? I was not expecting one, and though it was quite nice of them.

I was going to apply anyway, and when I got to the certification screen on LSAC, there was a very nice waiver notice waiting for me!

I only applied last week, and don't know how long it will take to hear. I'm guessing March. My numbers are 2.9/165. Unless having learning disabilities constitutes a URM, I am un-diverse, but hoping the LSAT score along with having lived in China will get me acceptances, and really hoping for scholarships, too.

rockyIV · Post by **rockyIV** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:46 pm

fiiinally went under review after sitting at complete since 11/18

deliriousxix · Post by **deliriousxix** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:26 pm

rockyIV wrote:fiiinally went under review after sitting at complete since 11/18

+1, even complete at 11/18 too! haha

wonder how long it'll take.

gin · Post by **gin** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:37 pm

deliriousxix wrote:
rockyIV wrote:fiiinally went under review after sitting at complete since 11/18
+1, even complete at 11/18 too! haha wonder how long it'll take.

Yay! Welcome to the party. It will take forever. I'm actually starting to suspect they forgot about us

deliriousxix · Post by **deliriousxix** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:40 pm

gin wrote:
deliriousxix wrote:
rockyIV wrote:fiiinally went under review after sitting at complete since 11/18
+1, even complete at 11/18 too! haha wonder how long it'll take.
Yay! Welcome to the party. It will take forever. I'm actually starting to suspect they forgot about us

Ha Ha, peachy. Well maybe since they updated ours to UR they will be handing out your decision soon!

jaydizzle · Post by **jaydizzle** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:02 pm

11/17 here. Finally under review as well. This is a reach for more probably.

Kinderby · Post by **Kinderby** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:21 pm

Why do you consider it a reach? I'm a splitter, so it's hard for me to tell what's a reach and what's not (you know, besides the top 20, maybe 30 schools). Good luck!

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:24 pm

I submitted my app to Penn State a few weeks ago. Still not under review. Good luck to all.

jaydizzle · Post by **jaydizzle** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:28 pm

Well, my GPA is very high, but my LSAT is very bad. I got a fee waiver telling me that I am a competitive applicant, but I just do not know how true it is. I am way above the 75th for GPA, but under the 25th for the LSAT.

Kinderby · Post by **Kinderby** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:31 pm

jaydizzle wrote:Well, my GPA is very high, but my LSAT is very bad. I got a fee waiver telling me that I am a competitive applicant, but I just do not know how true it is. I am way above the 75th for GPA, but under the 25th for the LSAT.

Okay, I'm just the other way around. I hope the fee waiver is a good sign for you; I got one from them, but I only found out about it when I went to apply!

jayman6 · Post by **jayman6** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:59 pm

Got an email today exlaining my estimated cost of attendance. Seemed like a fairly pointless email.

caligulove · Post by **caligulove** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:29 pm

jayman6 wrote:Got an email today exlaining my estimated cost of attendance. Seemed like a fairly pointless email.

+1. I think they just want to keep our attention while they shuffle their feet getting scholly info out so we don't decide to go somewhere else...

northwood · Post by **northwood** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:58 pm

jaydizzle wrote:11/17 here. Finally under review as well. This is a reach for more probably.

I've been under review since 11/16. Grab a box of snickers cuz its probably going to take a while.
Although to be fair, 2 months really isnt that bad. They do say that it can take up to 12 weeks to make a decision, so forget about watching your status checkers for a while.

fundamentallybroken · Post by **fundamentallybroken** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:04 pm

caligulove wrote:
jayman6 wrote:Got an email today exlaining my estimated cost of attendance. Seemed like a fairly pointless email.
+1. I think they just want to keep our attention while they shuffle their feet getting scholly info out so we don't decide to go somewhere else...

Got the same one this morning. COA info means nothing without scholly info!

swilson215 · Post by **swilson215** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:01 am

northwood wrote: I've been under review since 11/16. Grab a box of snickers cuz its probably going to take a while.
Although to be fair, 2 months really isnt that bad. They do say that it can take up to 12 weeks to make a decision, so forget about watching your status checkers for a while.

+1.

brochocinco · Post by **brochocinco** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:15 am

fundamentallybroken wrote:
caligulove wrote:
jayman6 wrote:Got an email today exlaining my estimated cost of attendance. Seemed like a fairly pointless email.
+1. I think they just want to keep our attention while they shuffle their feet getting scholly info out so we don't decide to go somewhere else...
Got the same one this morning. COA info means nothing without scholly info!

+1. I want to know what MY cost of attendance will be.

DocHawkeye · Post by **DocHawkeye** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:42 am

I would just like an admission decision. Nearly nine weeks "Under Review." I am beginning to think that this means "Lost behind the filing cabinet."

NJcollegestudent · Post by **NJcollegestudent** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:13 pm

Kinderby wrote:
NJcollegestudent wrote:Was anyone else surprised when they received a fee wavier from Penn State? I was not expecting one, and though it was quite nice of them.
I was going to apply anyway, and when I got to the certification screen on LSAC, there was a very nice waiver notice waiting for me!

I only applied last week, and don't know how long it will take to hear. I'm guessing March. My numbers are 2.9/165. Unless having learning disabilities constitutes a URM, I am un-diverse, but hoping the LSAT score along with having lived in China will get me acceptances, and really hoping for scholarships, too.

Hopefully, you receive admissions to Penn State Law School.

Chouchous · Post by **Chouchous** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:40 pm

DocHawkeye wrote:I would just like an admission decision. Nearly nine weeks "Under Review." I am beginning to think that this means "Lost behind the filing cabinet."

believe me I'm wondering about that as well, I literally applied on the first day applications became available, wrote a (good) why PSU essay, have #'s above both 75 percentiles and still haven't heard anything.

Called and asked and was told that "applications are reviewed in the order they were received but that admissions are not necessarily made in that order". Totally frustrating. I've already been accepted into a number of higher ranked schools, but I really like Penn State and would love to go there.

Kinderby · Post by **Kinderby** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:50 pm

Chouchous wrote:I've already been accepted into a number of higher ranked schools, but I really like Penn State and would love to go there.

What about Penn State do you like so much? Just curious.

gin · Post by **gin** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:18 pm

How much Penn State forgot about admissions

Chouchous · Post by **Chouchous** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:52 pm

MrThomasFT3 · Post by **MrThomasFT3** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:16 am

Under review 1-11-11. Accepted 1-14-11

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