COVID-19’s Impact on Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Events By Beth Edgar, Visitation Coordinator On a typical fall day, stepping foot into the Shields Building at Penn State University Park you would see its lobbies filled with hopeful high school juniors and seniors along with their families. Brochures in hand, they would be sipping on […]
A Day In The Life: Nadia Pacheco
Hey future Penn State students! I thought that maybe taking you through a day in my life will show you a little bit about what it is like to be a student. Friday is one of my busiest days. I start my mornings off with waking up at 8:30 a.m.! I’m not a morning person […]
A Day in My Life- Lia’s COVID Edition
Even though life has drastically changed this semester, I still make an effort to try and have a routine everyday to give my life more structure. All of my classes are on Zoom, but I still try to get outside each day even if only for a little bit of time. Walk through a typically […]
Test-Optional
Lately, many of the questions that I have been receiving from students, families, and school counselors alike center around the topic of Penn State becoming “test-optional”. It seems that more and more I am having to explain, and more often re-assure that test-optional really does mean that test scores are optional as part of the application process. As a result […]
Important Dates for First-Year Applicants
Like many colleges and universities, Penn State has a lot of dates and deadlines for our applicants to be aware of as they plan to submit and complete our undergraduate application. And if you’re like many seniors in high school, you have a full schedule and enough things to keep organized. In an effort to […]
How important are supplemental materials?
Name an important or influential person in your life. Tell us about a challenging time you faced and how you overcame that challenge. Select an important person in history, and write about how you would interview that person for a school assignment. Ahh, the college essay! Perhaps one of the most stress-inducing components of the […]
Changes in Admissions due to Covid-19
One recent afternoon I was in a one-on-one meeting with a member of our team. After covering some of the regular, day-to-day stuff that is a normal part of our weekly meetings, our discussion turned to the latest news and updates on COVID-19 and how the resulting directives to social distance and work remotely, have […]
Meet A New Penn State Blogger: Nadia!
Hi! My name is Nadia Pacheco and I am a sophomore intending on majoring in Advertising. I am currently an intern for Penn State’s Undergraduate Admissions Office, a manager for the Penn State Women’s Basketball team, and a tour guide for the organization S.M.A.R.T. I am excited to share my tips and tricks, experiences, and […]
Meet a New Penn State Blogger: Lia
Hello! My name is Lia O’Leary, and I am a Junior at Penn State majoring in Japanese Language and Public Relations. I am an intern for Penn State’s Undergraduate Admissions Office and a Public Speaking Tutor with Penn State Learning. I am also the President of Penn State’s only K-Pop Music and Dance Club, KPMD! […]
Aalea’s Introduction
Hello my name is Aalea Moore! I am a senior in the college of Health and Human Development, majoring in Human Development and Family Studies. I am from Altoona, PA and decided to go to Penn State University Park because of the environment, location, and opportunities. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University Park […]
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