hi I’m very nervous! penn state is my top top choice. i just applied and it was directly to the summer program undecided! i was told by a penn state rep that its my best chance of getting in! i have a 3.31 Gpa with honors and Ap courses and a low SAT of 1500!!! i don’t think i can get in but I’m really hoping i do!
i also have lots and lots of leadership! someone give me their opinion
Could you retake the SAT?
yes I’m retaking it saturday.
Summer is a possibility but University Park is competitive. Try to increase SAT’s and if first term grades bring up your GPA send them as soon as you have them.
First term grades won’t matter at all. PSU doesn’t consider senior year grades whatsoever and won’t look at them. Bringing up your SAT will help. My D got in for summer 2015 with a 3.45 and a 28 ACT (which is about a 1900 SAT). Make sure you put an alternate campus as well. It doesn’t increase the likelihood that you get deferred to a branch, but it keeps you from getting an outright denial to PSU altogether. If you have an alternate campus, you will at least get into one of those. Altoona and Erie are the 2 biggest branch campuses with Altoona campus being the closest to UP, thus the students from Altoona are usually pretty involved up at UP with football games, etc…
Good luck!