Chance Me Please! Class of 2018

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>Hi guys! I'd really appreciate your feedback! </p>

<p>I want to apply to CAS majoring in Psychology. I lived in different countries for middle school and 9th and 10th grade but now I go to a pretty competitive school in New York. </p>

<p>GPA: 90.3 UW 92 W</p>

<p>SAT: 1650 (extremely bad but I am going to take it again in the fall) </p>

<p>EC's: Over 350 hours of community service, Golf Team, Basketball Team, Camp Counselor, Leadership roles for 2 different clubs in my current school and I have about 100 hours of work experience related to psychology</p>

<p>Recs: Most likely going to be really good! </p>

<p>Im also planning on applying to:
NYU
Fordham
Northeastern
Binghamton
Stony Brook
Syracuse
GWU </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>You should get into Penn State and Syracuse.</p>

<p>Stony Brook is either a high match or a match depending on your math SAT score. </p>

<p>Rest of them are reaches.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your response, Xtremepower. </p>

<p>I took a couple of practice tests and got around 1970 and 2000. It might be lower on test day because of a lot of factors but if i get my official score above 1900 would I have a better chance for the others?</p>

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<p>Assuming you applied with those stats and no improved SAT score, theres a possibility they could accept you for the summer program. Probably 100-200 points improvement would make you pretty solid for fall admission.</p>

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<p>ya
get over 1720 for SAT and Penn State is gold.
But you should be alright now, your involvement is a huge plus</p>

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<p>If you get 1900, you have a decent chance at:</p>

<p>SUNY Binghamton
George Washington University
Northeastern University
Fordham
Stony Brook</p>

<p>NYU is a high match. Try to get 2000+</p>

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<p>I know this thread is slightly old…but here is a chart showing admission to PSU based on SATs and GPA <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;

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<p>You will definitely get at least a branch campus.
I realize that is probably not what you wanted to hear…
but if you bring up your SATs you have a good shot or if you check off that you would be willing to do summer courses on your application, then you probably have a good chance of getting into main campus.</p>

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<p>Try taking the ACT, I had the same SAT score but scored an 28 on the ACT which is ~1850 which I think really helped me get in.</p>