bad SATs, good GPA, IB- Penn State bound?!?!?!?!

<p>I'm a soon-to-be H.S. senior and I really wanna go to Penn State (Main Campus/U. Park) but I'm not sure how well I'll favor during the admissions process. I am in IB and will be the Senior Class President (as well as leading and being involved in numerous other activities), but does simply having good extracurriculars and decent GPA mean I have a shot? (My GPA is 3.7) Also, is IB really that great of a factor in deciding acceptance? Someone please respond! thanks!!!</p>

<p>SAT/ACT scores?</p>

<p>Sat- 1610
Act- 21</p>

<p>Yeah, that might be tough.</p>

<p>Improve those test scores. They are not good. Are you in PA? That'd help. You need to improve your test scores, though.</p>

<p>no, i'm not in PA. i'm in MD. but yeah i definitely am going to try to approve the test scores.</p>

<p>Oh, LOL. There's your location.</p>

<p>My bad. Well, definitely apply to Maryland. It has all that PSU has, and it's wayyyyy closer to a bigger city to do things (DC, as I assume you'd know).</p>

<p>Just wondering, why does PSU interest you?</p>

<p>haha yeah well idk i just dont really like UMD. i visited it and it was okay. and im not really sure why i like psu so much. but yeah, im definitely looking at some smaller md schools for lax and stuff.</p>

<p>yeah well i didn't really like UMD when i visited it...but i have been looking at some smaller MD schools for lacrosse and stuff so if it doesn't work with PSU, i still have them. and idk why i like PSU so much, i was just drawn to it one day i guess haha</p>