2010-2011 Penn State Application Thread

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I still haven't got a complete email and I submitted back on 8/7. I am OOS but come on it's been too long.
 
For those of you who received the mail, did your status on the website change before getting the mail?
 
No my status is still the same as it was - that my app is being reviewed and i will be contacted in several weeks
 
To those who are receiving snail mail about "holds" or "continuing to review," did you first receive an e-mail saying you were complete at Penn State?
 
Yes, got a complete email on 8/11 and the snail mail letter was dated 9/14
 
Sent in my secondary 8/5... still no completion email. OOS.
 
Hi guys,

I also received the snail mail continue to review letter. What exactly does this mean? Am i basically on a "waiting list" for an interview. Or is this just jargon to tell me politely that I have a long shot to get in? I am a little surprised considering my numbers should fit PSU pretty well and I grew up 20 mins away from the school.

Should I just consider my chances at PSU to be over with?
 
Does anyone status still say "it has not been determined whether your application is complete or not at this time?" Basically incomplete so far.
 
KickedOut, don't worry. Your MCAT is very, very nice so I'm sure you'll get some love somewhere.

What concerns me is I am complete but didn't get one of the snail mail updates. Back to trying not to read into things...
 
DoctaFuture said:
Does anyone status still say "it has not been determined whether your application is complete or not at this time?" Basically incomplete so far.
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I have the same status...called the admissions office and basically this is their way of saying your application is with the admissions review board.
 
staz13 said:
Hi guys,

I also received the snail mail continue to review letter. What exactly does this mean? Am i basically on a "waiting list" for an interview. Or is this just jargon to tell me politely that I have a long shot to get in? I am a little surprised considering my numbers should fit PSU pretty well and I grew up 20 mins away from the school.

Should I just consider my chances at PSU to be over with?
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Yes. The letter is a euphemistic rejection. This is my 3rd time apply to PSU and my 3rd time receiving this letter.
 
gridguy said:
Yes. The letter is a euphemistic rejection. This is my 3rd time apply to PSU and my 3rd time receiving this letter.
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Has this been the experience of other people too? Gridguy, this is your third time applying? Is PSU your in-state school or do you just really want to go here? It's my in-state school and I'd be very happy here, but with the large number of applicants and no real state resident preference in PA, I recognize it's a small shot for me.

Staz, my advice would be to check out last year's thread and see if other students who received this letter then got interviews. My gut is that gridguy is right being as he's been through this before but you never know. I also received this letter last week, for what it's worth, and so did several others who regularly post on this thread. :luck:
 
courtnes said:
Has this been the experience of other people too? Gridguy, this is your third time applying? Is PSU your in-state school or do you just really want to go here? It's my in-state school and I'd be very happy here, but with the large number of applicants and no real state resident preference in PA, I recognize it's a small shot for me.

Staz, my advice would be to check out last year's thread and see if other students who received this letter then got interviews. My gut is that gridguy is right being as he's been through this before but you never know. I also received this letter last week, for what it's worth, and so did several others who regularly post on this thread. :luck:
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I grew up in PA and went to PSU but for the past several years have been living in DC. While I still declare PA as my state of residence, it does not seem to make a bit of difference in my case.

In years past, I have monitored SDN to see if people receiving this letter are in fact invited for interviews and I can honestly say I do not recall ever seeing such an instance... let alone an acceptance. It's possible that people do get lucky and just do not post, but regardless I am interpreting the letter as an effective rejection (each of my letters came in September).
 
gridguy said:
I grew up in PA and went to PSU but for the past several years have been living in DC. While I still declare PA as my state of residence, it does not seem to make a bit of difference in my case.

In years past, I have monitored SDN to see if people receiving this letter are in fact invited for interviews and I can honestly say I do not recall ever seeing such an instance... let alone an acceptance. It's possible that people do get lucky and just do not post, but regardless I am interpreting the letter as an effective rejection (each of my letters came in September).
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well that sounds like bad news for a lot of people. but who knows... maybe this year will be different? Maybe?
 
Letter today...looks like my next visit to Hershey will be to ride Fahrenheit again. Great coaster 🙂
 
I got one of those too. It was lengthy though cos i applied MD/PhD and they stated i was not offered an interview 🙁 but I am still up for active review with the ad com. So Im hoping this is not a nice way of rejecting me but rather just telling me I've been sent to the regular MD pile
 
DoctaFuture said:
Does anyone status still say "it has not been determined whether your application is complete or not at this time?" Basically incomplete so far.
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I sent my secondary in like the first day they opened and I am still not complete :laugh: My guess is my app is so bad they don't even want to waste a stamp on that review letter for me 🙁
 
For those who got the continue to review letter, when did you submit your secondary
 
😕So this is odd...I think that I sent out two secondary apps? I had sent one out 2 weeks ago and it said that it was complete. Then Penn State sent me another email today saying that it was incomplete with the link to another supplemental app. This one was different from the first one but still...why another one?

Soo did anyone else pay 2 fees?
 
Tapepsi said:
😕So this is odd...I think that I sent out two secondary apps? I had sent one out 2 weeks ago and it said that it was complete. Then Penn State sent me another email today saying that it was incomplete with the link to another supplemental app. This one was different from the first one but still...why another one?

Soo did anyone else pay 2 fees?
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weird. did the king of nigeria's son also ask for help to transfer money!
 
DoctaFuture said:
weird. did the king of nigeria's son also ask for help to transfer money!
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Not really following but to me this isn't very funny. I sent my secondary app out 3 weeks ago so to know now that it wasn't even complete and that I needed to fill out a different one sucks. 🙁

Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? The one where you pick 3 things off your AMCAS activities and explain how it shows your leadership, committment, and character? And then you have to pay an $80 fee. Then the other one had essays like what negative aspects of medicine have you considered and those things that then had another fee.
 
Tapepsi said:
Not really following but to me this isn't very funny. I sent my secondary app out 3 weeks ago so to know now that it wasn't even complete and that I needed to fill out a different one sucks. 🙁

Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? The one where you pick 3 things off your AMCAS activities and explain how it shows your leadership, committment, and character? And then you have to pay an $80 fee. Then the other one had essays like what negative aspects of medicine have you considered and those things that then had another fee.
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was the first one that you filled out sent by penn state cuz that looks like last years secondary. this year was the three essays you might have filled last years and paid and now have to fill this years. sorry I know it is nerve wracking but the end justifies the means
 
Tapepsi said:
Not really following but to me this isn't very funny. I sent my secondary app out 3 weeks ago so to know now that it wasn't even complete and that I needed to fill out a different one sucks. 🙁

Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? The one where you pick 3 things off your AMCAS activities and explain how it shows your leadership, committment, and character? And then you have to pay an $80 fee. Then the other one had essays like what negative aspects of medicine have you considered and those things that then had another fee.
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dude Tape chill man. all I remember on my secondary were those 3 questions. I don't remember picking 3 things off my amcas. If you have doubts about this second secondary. don't heavily rely on SDN. call Penn State's office man. I wouldn't submit something else, unless I knew for sure it was legit.
 
DoctaFuture said:
dude Tape chill man. all I remember on my secondary were those 3 questions. I don't remember picking 3 things off my amcas. If you have doubts about this second secondary. don't heavily rely on SDN. call Penn State's office man. I wouldn't submit something else, unless I knew for sure it was legit.
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Okay so I did send out the one with the 3 essays first. I just now sent the one with picking 3 things of AMCAS. But they emailed it to me today so that's why I am confused. And sorry if I'm freaking out. I'm really not usually like this. 😳
 
Tapepsi said:
Okay so I did send out the one with the 3 essays first. I just now sent the one with picking 3 things of AMCAS. But they emailed it to me today so that's why I am confused. And sorry if I'm freaking out. I'm really not usually like this. 😳
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it's all good. my point is if you need to discuss something important or have a weird question. SDN is good to use, but also simply call the admissions office. no need to use SDN for something very unusual or weird that we may not be able to help you with. give the school a call and see what's up. lol and the nigeria thing was a nigerian scam set up.
 
Tapepsi said:
Okay so I did send out the one with the 3 essays first. I just now sent the one with picking 3 things of AMCAS. But they emailed it to me today so that's why I am confused. And sorry if I'm freaking out. I'm really not usually like this. 😳
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uhmmm thats weird I dont know what to say but good luck. I hope they dont do same to me cuz i got a complete email from them. did they ever send you a complete email?
 
4ksibe said:
uhmmm thats weird I dont know what to say but good luck. I hope they dont do same to me cuz i got a complete email from them. did they ever send you a complete email?
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Yeah I did get a complete email. Then I got an incomplete one today. I'm so confused. 😕
 
Tapepsi - you are describing UPENN's secondary application

This is the PSU thread.

You do know the two schools are very different right? lol
 
gridguy said:
Yes. The letter is a euphemistic rejection. This is my 3rd time apply to PSU and my 3rd time receiving this letter.
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I think euphemistic is a very accurate way to describe it. This application process is very frustrating. EVERY school has a different way of accepting or rejecting an applicant, and a different way of communicating status changes in general. Why isn't there more consistency or transparency? They should at least use the same language. I'm supposed to understand that 'no action', continue to review', and 'hold' all mean the same thing?

Sorry for the rant...needed to vent lol
 
robflanker said:
Tapepsi - you are describing UPENN's secondary application

This is the PSU thread.

You do know the two schools are very different right? lol
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:laugh: Thats what I was gona tell him too lol
 
robflanker said:
Tapepsi - you are describing UPENN's secondary application

This is the PSU thread.

You do know the two schools are very different right? lol
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:laugh: Wow...I have no idea how I confused the two schools. Well I guess this answers my question. At least I applied to PSU first instead of UPENN (which I don't want to go to nor could I get in). Thank you for figuring this out. Med school apps will be the end of me!! Haha
 
Does Penn State send out their secondary in batches? I added them before mid September and still have not received it.

Thanks! Any info will help.
 
YESS!!! Interview invite but by email (?). Oh well who cares I'll take it especially since I only submitted the secondary 3 weeks ago. PSU is my dream med school!!!
 
jeesh... still not complete. at least 3-4 weeks in indeterminate status now...
 
Tapepsi said:
YESS!!! Interview invite but by email (?). Oh well who cares I'll take it especially since I only submitted the secondary 3 weeks ago. PSU is my dream med school!!!
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Congrats! Just curious but how else have you gotten interview invites?...I thought email was pretty standard
 
Champaigne said:
Congrats! Just curious but how else have you gotten interview invites?...I thought email was pretty standard
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Well I've only gotten one other interview invite so far which I got in the mail, but I found the email to be unusual b/c it seemed like on this forum for penn state people were getting letters in the mail for their invitations/rejections.
 
DocTraveler said:
Does Penn State send out their secondary in batches? I added them before mid September and still have not received it.
Thanks! Any info will help.
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I submitted to AMCAS on 9/21 and am still getting verified, but received the email about the secondary on Oct 1.
 
tomh98 said:
jeesh... still not complete. at least 3-4 weeks in indeterminate status now...
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Mine has been like 8 weeks plus, and when I call they say "be patient." No word whatsoever from them since I submitted my secondary.
 
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