Chance Me for Penn State!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi! I want to apply to Penn State either as a nursing major or psychology major but I want to find out which major I have a better chance at being accepted for. Here are my stats:

PERSONALITY:
Gender - female
Ethnicity - Asian (Filipino)
State - NJ

TESTS:
SAT (1270; reading - 650; math - 620)
ACT (27; english 35; math - 24, reading - 24; science - 25)

AP:
AP Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Language and Composition
AP Literature and Composition (currently taking)
AP Calculus AB (currently taking)
AP Psychology (currently taking)

GPA/RANK:
Unweighted - 3.612/4
Weighted - 4.8/5
Rank - 29/322 (in top 10%)

EC:
Marching band (4 years; historian)
NEHS (3 years; secretary)
Academic Decathlon (3 years; captain)
Varsity tennis (3 years)
Debate Team (3 years)
Hospital volunteer (4 years)
Big Brothers Big Sisters (2 years)
Job as camp counselor (1 year)
NHS (2 years)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (2 years)
Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society (2 years)

Thanks so much! :slight_smile:

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You’re fine

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I would say you have great chances either way! The only suggestion I have is to improve your SAT, as it is a little low, especially compared to all your other stats, which could show inconsistency. But even if it doesn’t go up much, you should get accepted into either major easily.

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Thank you so much! :slight_smile:

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You have a good shot at both.
However, would your parents have 40k from income and savings? Penn State wouldn’t have any financial aid for you.

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Thank you, @MYOS1634! Penn State isn’t big on financial aid?

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^ Only a bit for in-state students and basically none for out-of-state students.

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@bodangles thank you so much for that info

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Since you’re from New Jersey, you’d be full pay, so your parents would have to pay 40K out of pocket, you’d have to take the maximum federal loans (5.5K), and you’d have to have a job for your weekly expenses.
Ask your parents right now whether they can afford this out of pocket (from income and savings), and how much you have in your college funds or in savings earmarked for college.
(Typically, it’d mean your parents make 200+K a year and/or have a college fund where you can pull money from).