CHAnce me for engineering

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<p>i am a permanent resident but have completed my education till 12th grade outside usa..
i dont know how to convert my marks into gpa.
i scored 1700 on the SAT. M-630 C-500 W-570
wat are my chances?
ECs
5-6 sports at school level and captained my soccer school team </p>

<p>i am planning to give the SAT again in december..my scores will surely increase by 150-200</p>

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<p>I would say you definitely need to up those SAT scores, especially for Engineering and wanting to start on the main campus. Find a good prep course and really work hard to raise the score. As a comparison my D applied to the Engineering school (hasn’t heard yet) and her SATs are 2100 and ACT is 31. Good luck–you can do it!</p>

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<p>You might get in for the summer. As a freshman here at UP, I applied for computer science in the college of engineering and I got in to summer session.
Here were my stats:
MATH:710
CR:540
W:600</p>

<p>ACT:28</p>

<p>No EC’s.</p>

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<p>Penn state is more about GPA than anything, so SAT scores don’t really play THAT big of a factor.</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention my gpa in high school was around 3.4-3.5, with only 2 Ap’s during senior year</p>

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<p>Xinzeli–I’ve seen a few people say that on here. I never heard that when we went to the info session in our area a few years ago-or at least I don’t remember hearing it1 Where did you get the info? I believe you guys but am just curious. Son’s GPA was 3.3 and I believe he kind of squeaked in…DD’s GPA is an unweighted 4.0 (with 8 APs) so I’m thinking she has no worries (but you never know). Just interesting that they don’t pay much attention to the SATs</p>

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<p>[Admission</a> Statistics: Penn State University Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/apply/statistics/index.cfm]Admission”>Admission Statistics - Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

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<p><-------Fail-LOL–how’d I miss that! Thanks :)</p>

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<p>seriously dont pay much attention to SAT?</p>

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<p>They do, there is a threshold of sorts. If you have 600+ on each section, with a good GPA, that is good. If your SATs are lower, that is not so good, especially if your GPA is below around a 3.5 (weighted).</p>

<p>Here is a link to the bubble chart for 2010. It’s a little dated, but will give you a general idea where you stand. </p>

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