Penn State University (2023-2024)

[faint shoal]

i would say not many kids get into schreyer as opposed to not many kids do schreyer

[turbid trellis]

yeah getting into schreyer and doing schreyer are totally different

[vivid horizon]

good job ma brada

[sinful glen]

thanks mate

[radiant lantern]

does this mean direct admission to major ?

[faint shoal]

there’s no direct admittance at penn state for most majors

[solemn fern]

I don't believe so, most people in the college of engineering start as an engineering pre-major, and once you complete the required courses within a certain amount of credits, you will be admitted to the major

[exotic wasp]

Wait it says I can apply to penn state still

Anyone know when I would get my decision back

[tranquil wyvern]

It's rolling

prolly will be hard now

[analog void]

how long does it take usually

i applied like jan 2 but no result yet

[tranquil wyvern]

idk it's weird

[rigid tartan]

4-6 weeks

but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be longer since they had a huge flux of apps

[analog void]

hmm ok ill check my thing again

[rigid tartan]

yeah I’m in the same boat as you

applied Jan and still didn’t get my decision

[analog void]

ok yup still nothing

[tranquil wyvern]

I applied November 1st and heard back during Christmas week

[exotic wasp]

thats cuz nov 1 is still ea

[warm heron]

same

[magic ivy]

You should call them.

Maybe they haven't received a document or something

[rigid tartan]

it says they received everything and they’re just reviewing

[faint shoal]

penn state had 85,000+ applicants to university park last year

it’ll take a little bit, especially if you applied right before the deadline lmfao

i applied october 25th and got my decision in the mail on december 23rd

[exotic tapir]

They were also very backlogged with ea pool

I applied mid October and got a decision by first/second week of December

[faint shoal]

i mean the ea date was by december 24th so it tracks lol

bc the decisions for rd are rolling it’s gonna take a while for anyone who didn’t apply in november/early december to get a decision

[exotic tapir]

I got lucky and got it before the 24th but there are a lot of people who got theirs weeks after the 24th

[rigid tartan]

got my penn state decision back

damn that took a while

applied jan 4th and got it back now

[blazing fern]

nice u got in?

[wraith sequoia]

Is there a Penn state 2028 server or anything?

I wanna meet other campus friends but all those people on the Penn state 2028 pages probably just want followers

[exotic wasp]

If i applied rolling today, when should i expect a decision to come back?

[exotic tapir]

Probably by may 1st

Since penn state pushed their commit date back

[wintry vale]

aye i randomly got into penn state oos

[exotic tapir]

Nice

[mortal flint]

@winter fossil

[winter fossil]

Wrong Penn but TYSM 😭

[mortal flint]

yea my bad lol

[blazing fern]

penn state better anyways

[solemn fern]

YKB !!

[radiant lantern]

Does this mean admitted directly to major "
Congratulations - you have been admitted to Penn State!

I am pleased to offer you admission to the College of Engineering with the intended major of Computer Science for fall 2024 at Penn State University Park. "

[solemn fern]

No, that is your projected major, all students in the college of engineering start as engineering pre majors

Once you fulfill the requirements, you can then declare your major, around the end of your first year or start of 2nd year

[blazing fern]

sheesh how many cs people are here

[blazing fern]

anyways does psu allow double majors or no?

[faint shoal]

yes

[turbid trellis]

no they dont admit by major

[turbid trellis]

yeah they have to lol, but ur kinda fucked with the 19 credit surcharge

[turbid trellis]

too many, the weak ones will drop cs after they take cs360 lol

if 360 doesnt do it itll be 465

anyway,

if you have questions feel free to ping

[drowsy bison]

hey is summer sem worth it. i got accepted but hv to do summer sem. im fine with if financially and all but it will be a little rushed for me as an international(within a month of my exams ending, idek how visa and all will work) and im not mentally ready 😭

[topaz oasis]

I’d always encourage summer terms! You can knock out 6-9 credits which really alleviates the rest of your year, and you get into school mode much earlier. It also helps with the transition to college imo (adjusting the the difficulty level of classes and living on your own)

[drowsy bison]

ic thx thx

[blazing fern]

have to?

oh

what about minors

[turbid trellis]

the people ive talked to say that summer is always worth it

[turbid trellis]

like, you can double major in almost anything

the notable exceptions are no bschool double majors

[blazing fern]

whats bschool?

[turbid trellis]

and if youre in science you cant major in math and applied stat at the same time

which is

slightly frustrataing

[turbid trellis]

business school

[blazing fern]

oh so if im econ i cant do finance

[turbid trellis]

econ is liberal arts

you can do econ+fin

[blazing fern]

woops

mb

[turbid trellis]

np

[drowsy bison]

so u cant do phy+math or am i misintepreting

[turbid trellis]

you can

they just fuck u over for math and stat

sadly

[drowsy bison]

ah unfortunate lol

[turbid trellis]

yeah

[drowsy bison]

whats ur opinion on the math and phy program at psu btw. i got admitted for phy summer 24

[turbid trellis]

both are top tier

physics is 20 math is 30

[drowsy bison]

yep

choosing between stony(also similar stats)

and uarizona(stronger in astro but not so great in math/phy)

and psu

[somber bolt]

@turbid trellis sorry to ping- just curious on what you know about penn states prevet program (Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences major)

[turbid trellis]

idk about that

[somber bolt]

Just say it’s good to make me happy😭

it is my top school right now and i got in so I'm pretty happy. I've heard pretty good things about it, I know they just built a new building for it so thats nice

[turbid trellis]

it’s good come to psu

lol

[solemn fern]

Penn state is a good school overall, I had other choices but I don't regret choosing Penn state one bit

Especially since I'm in state

[tepid pasture]

does penn state give aid?

[solemn fern]

Unless you are in schreyers the majority of their aid is very competitive, especially for merit. They give some need based scholarships but merit is pretty competitive

They recommend to apply to outside scholarships

[somber bolt]

anyone know if there is a snap gc for admitted students for psu?

[foggy wigeon]

have Penn state as undecided major, Indiana Pre business and ASU business, any advice on chosing a good option for business. International student so no instate benefit. IU-B given a 40K(10K per year scholorship)

[solemn fern]

Penn state Business School is one of the best I'd say, however since you are intl. You would be paying full price for Penn state oos, I think more than $50k for your first year since tuition is 39k and housing and meals is $12k

So it depends on your ability to pay

[foggy wigeon]

How difficult is to get into Business school from undeclared major

[blazing fern]

how hard is it to get double major at penn state

[humble silo]

rejected from every school so i’ll see yall here 🫡

[somber bolt]

Anyone know of an instagram or Snapchat gc for psu class of 2028?

[blazing fern]

guys purdue econ vs tamu econ vs penn state econ (also posted on school x vs y but didnt get much replies)

[modest stump]

let me know if you find it too

[frigid hawk]

How do we check the cost of admission? Or is it even available yet?

[solemn fern]

I am not sure, but I think there are certain majors that are difficult to get into the business school, smeal, if you start as undecided

[solemn fern]

It's not hard for most majors, but it will be hard for your course load and being able to graduate on time. Recently they implemented a fee for taking over 19 credits, but due to ppl complaining it might be repealed

For certain majors though like engineering, it could be difficult, depending on what two majors you want, since each engineering plan is very heavy

[solemn fern]

It should be available on the Penn state admissions website, at least for this academic year. I don't think they decided on next year, but I would plan for it to become a bit more expensive or stay the same

[solemn fern]

I'll look on school x vs y to see the full context, but Penn state has a strong econ program

[warm heron]

yo @solemn fern is penn state 2+2 worth it?

[frigid hawk]

this is what I see.

I aleady submitted my fafsa and css for context

[solemn fern]

Ohh you mean the cost after factoring in your FAFSA and other aid?

[frigid hawk]

yes

[solemn fern]

Ok in that case they probably haven't gotten your FAFSA yet, the u.s. education department has had a pretty rocky rollout of the new format this year, with lots of adjustments needing to be made and delays after delays

But if you know your FAFSA number you could estimate with the current tuition costs

[frigid hawk]

yeah but idk about scholarships and such

[solemn fern]

I would assume the worst case scenario, that you don't get any, since they are pretty competitive especially for first years, outside of maybe 1-2k in financial need scholarships if you really need it

They recommend first years to seek external scholarships

[frigid hawk]

ooof thatll suck then. thanks for the help tho!

[solemn fern]

Yeah of course, no problem. Hope they will give you a good fin aid package!

[blazing fern]

fafsa only gave me 5k

[radiant lantern]

is there a big difference between pitt and penn state for engineering? like in terms of job opportunities, research, etc? ik penn state has a greater network but based on what i've read online in terms of quality of education they are pretty much the same

[blazing fern]

so is it true that

penn state max math course for economics is calc 1?

thats what i saw according to my research

[versed pendant]

Instate?

[solemn fern]

Correct, oftentimes some people take a math minor or double major so they can learn more math

[solemn fern]

If we're talking about general engineering, they're about on the same level, but if you want a more specific major one engineering discipline may be better taught at one college than the other

[brave hound]

have you met/spoke with any nucE majors? i’m interested in doing that and penn state is one of the few colleges near me that offers it

i’d have to go RPI or an ivy (not betting on that) for it, would do EE if I have to choose an alternative

[solemn fern]

I have not spoken with any nucE majors lately, but I will say that Penn state has a nuclear reactor on campus, and I have heard it is a good department. If you would like, I can try to get you in contact with some nuce students, through the campus' American nuclear engineering society

EE is also a strong engineering major at Penn state

[brave hound]

that’s actually what got me interested with penn lol

that would be great honestly thank you so much

[brave hound]

good to know

i know nucE is a lot more popular for grad school n stuff

maybe an EE foundation would be better? still unsure

[solemn fern]

Yep ofc no problem! I'll send you some contact info in the morning, I'm about to go to sleep rn

[solemn fern]

Yeah there are a lot of possibilities within engineering, you still have some time to decide though

Thankfully most entrance to major requirements are similar between engineering majors

[brave hound]

youre awesome for this man i really appreciate it

[brave hound]

until a month or so ago i was a CS kid lol

but i was “interested” in it for the money tbh

don’t think that’s a good reason to dedicate my higher education for

gn man

[solemn fern]

I gotchu, yeah it's still pretty early and lots of people change their minds on their major even after starting classes

[blazing fern]

shame

[solemn fern]

Why so?

[blazing fern]

might be hard to double major or get a minor

i heard its usually hard to do so

[foggy wigeon]

got into Penn state Economics, how difficult is to move to Smeal college of business from Econ Major..

secondly can i do double major with Finance and Economics

[turbid trellis]

very easy

[turbid trellis]

the real name of econ is like quantitative economics and econometrics or some bullshit name

[blazing fern]

i didnt know it had calc 1 as their max

thats a huge bummer for me

[turbid trellis]

you can take more

econ 106 is like math 414 without the theory

[blazing fern]

what

oh so no restrictions?

i meant like going fufrther into the path

like calc 2 and further

[turbid trellis]

nope

if you want to take more math you can

[blazing fern]

so is there a chance that i could do it before i get into campus

[turbid trellis]

yes

[blazing fern]

im assuming i have to commit first though

[turbid trellis]

you would have to take classes too

u can’t declare till 30 credits

for most majors

[blazing fern]

how long will 30 credits take

like a sem or a year?

[turbid trellis]

2 semesters

it’s 3 credits per class and 5-6 classes a sem

(on average)

[blazing fern]

thats fine

i think first year is supposed to be chill anyways

[turbid trellis]

yeah

[blazing fern]

hopefully data science or finance fits with the 30 credits

[tepid pasture]

does penn state give any aid?

[faint shoal]

not really lol

especially for out-of-state

something like 60% of their undergrads have student loans

your best bet would’ve been the $5k/year that you get for being in the honors college

[tepid pasture]

they gave me a scholarship of $5500 today

kinda shocked but its still so expensive

[faint shoal]

that’s a direct federal unsubsidized loan lol

they include loans in their aid packages

[exotic tapir]

Got no aid from here

Aside from the loan

[faint shoal]

that’s pretty much common practice for state/public schools lol

[blazing fern]

bruh i got 0

i got 5.5k too

but from fafsa

[coarse ice]

that 5.5k isnt aid, its a federal loan that every school is req to give you but u need to pay back

[faint shoal]

it’s also an unsubsidized loan

so interest accrues while you’re in school just like private loans

you don’t have to accept it, but they offer it anyways

[blazing fern]

...

i am dead

[blazing fern]

im not planning to

[coarse ice]

is there like a penn state discord?

[gentle halo]

There’s a main discord but you need your email activated

[indigo anchor]

went to psu graduation pretty cool

[turbid trellis]

purple name, congrats on committing!

[torpid tide]

did any of you get your financial aid back?

[blazing fern]

yea

i got nothing

[exotic tapir]

I withdrew my offer to penn state

Hopefully someone on the waitlist gets my spot