chance??? :D

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>I already sent in my application, im just curious about feedback. Going into chemical engineering</p>

<p>ethnicity: white
gender: male
financial aide: YES</p>

<p>Class rank: 5 out of 685
GPA weighted: 4.86
GPA unweighted: 3.9
ACT composite: 28
ACT english: 27
ACT mathematics: 32
ACT Reading: 27
ACT Science: 27
Combined English/Writing: 26 (8 on essay)</p>

<p>honors/ap classes (grades in class)</p>

<p>if it says senior year, its still going on, grades are not finalized</p>

<p>English 1 Honors (A)
English 2 Honors (A)
Algebra 1 Honors (A)
Algebra 2 Honors (A)
Geometry Honors (A)
Trigonometry<a href="A">honors credit</a>
Analytical Geometry<a href="B">honors credit</a>
Calculus <a href="senior%20year">honors credit</a>
Biology 1 Honors (B)
Chemistry 1 Honors (B)
Physics 1 Honors (A)
AP English Literature (A)
AP Biology (A)
AP Chemistry (A)
AP Physics B (A)
AP Environmental Science (senior year)
AP Psychology (A)
AP Statistics (A)
AP World History (A)
AP US History (A)
AP US Gov (senior year)
AP Comparitive gov (senior year)
AP European history (Senior year)
AP Calc BC (senior year)
AP English Language (senior year)
AP Microecon (senior year)
AP Macroecon (senior year)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>-JV mens Soccer (9th and 10th grade)
-Varsity mens Soccer (11th and 12th grade)
-JV academic team (10th grade, part of 11th); captain of JV partially during 11th grade before being moved up to starter on Varsity
-Varsity Academic Team (11th and 12th grade)
-Vice President of Rho Kappa history honor society (11th and 12th grade)
-President of Science National Honor Society (12th grade)
-Junior officer for National Honor Society (11th grade)
-Florida Boys State Program (summer before 12th grade)
-First Place State winner for "United States Institute of Peace: National Peace Essay Contest" (summer before 12th grade)
-Private tutor (10th and 11th grade)
-Participates in school and community theatre (9th and 10th grade)
-Student mentor (12th grade)
-Volunteering; Assistant Soccer coach for local middle school; they placed 2nd place in county that year (9th grade)</p>

<p>awards/honors</p>

<p>-Academic Honor Roll (9th-12th grade)
-USIP First place state winner for national peace essay contest (summer before 12th)
-Boys State "Spirit of Boys State" (summer before 12th)
-Daughters of the American Revolutions "Outstanding American History Student Award" (11th grade)
-AP Scholar with Honors (11th grade)
-AP Scholar with Distinction (12th grade)
-Student of the Month (11th grade)
-Nominated for Homecoming Prince (11th grade)
-Voted "Most likely to succeed" (12th grade)
-honored by school board for writing award winning essay<a href="summer%20before%2012th">USIP essay</a></p>

<p>For the Science National Honor Society, I started up and founded my school's chapter.</p>

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<p>Are you kidding me? You should be applying to Harvard, Stanford, Notre Dame, Duke, etc. with those stats…as for Penn State, of course you’re in…
Also here’s a bubble chart Penn State puts out - find you GPA on one axis and SAT on the other and see where the 2 cross to see what your chances are.</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/info/couns...le_chart06.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.psu.edu/info/couns...le_chart06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks…I am applying to UPenn, UVa and Princeton also, but some of the ppl who chanced me said I had no chance at them</p>

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<p>Your stats look good. But I do not think your ACT score is good enough for an Ivy. Consider applying to the Schreyer Honors College at PSU. It is a great program.</p>

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<p>oh wow. I wonder what you are in real life. You should definitely make near-top schools. Your ACT isn’t high enough for guarantees. Ivy kids have insane scores. But you could make Northwestern, UVa, Duke, Johns Hopkins, etc. Try the Ivies anyway.</p>

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<p>I agree about Schreyer Honors College PSU - you are a FOR SURE on it!!</p>

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<p>To ERHS_5 BEAST: I got accepted to PSU today and my stats, while good, are no where near yours!!</p>

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<p>@thedoo…CONGRATS!!! what you looking to major in? I hope I will get accepted soon…I applied like the 4th, so its just a waiting game now. and I definitely am doing the ivy’s still…but I just wish they could see that I have all the other credentials…we shall see though.</p>

<p>@aStyle…what do you mean you “wonder what I am in real life” hahaha</p>

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<p>I think your high GPA will get you accepted into penn state, despite your 28 ACT composite score. To get into Shreyer Honors College requires a separate application, 3 essays and two teacher recommendations. Admission into Shreyer doesn’t consider ACT scores, so you could have a shot at it if you are interested.</p>

<p>On the other hand that 28 ACT could make it difficult for you to get into some of the other schools that you mention. You should try to retake, or take the SAT, to see if you can do better.</p>