Hi, has anyone received an admit from Penn State University Park for Spring 19?

My Interview is the Jan 31st- Feb. 2nd.

GPA is grad. told funding offers are extended in Feb

3 summers of research experience. no pubs (one on the way).

Two years research experience - one Astronomy related (writing Astrostatistics related software). 1 Strong letter, 1 good letter, 1 mediocre letter. Strong mathematics background.

To the two Penn State comp. lit posters below: Big congrats! Would you mind to disclose which field are you in?

The Director of the program met me on Skype to tell me I was accepted.

First notification, pretty late, haha. I have a JACS paper, which may have helped a lot since PSU usually prefer students with pubs.

From Russia, no int'l degrees or experience, one paper under review (used as a writing sample), strong CV (3 years of top-notch research exp.) and letters, TOEFL 108 / 120. Applied to 5 programs, PSU is first to respond. An informal offer from the head of the graduate department (official is to come in a few weeks), invited for a Skype talk and recruitment event with full coverage. It works, guys! Fingers crossed for you.

Likely letter

"I'm writing to notify you that we have made our initial round of offers of admission, and that you are currently on a waitlist for admission. We received a record number of applications this year, so there are quite a few strong applicants like yourself who we are unable to admit at the moment."