Chance me please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>My GPA and SAT Scores are extremely low but I want multipule opinions.</p>

<p>OOS (From Texas) very hard high school 850+ seniors
African-America
Low Income, Single parent family $45,000< per year
GPA: 2.73 (Unweighted) 3.5 (Weighted)
SAT: 1510 (M 510, R 500, W 500)
AP: Junior- AP US History (3)
Senior- AP English Lit, AP Gov., AP Eco Macro, AP Bio</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Marching Band for 4 years (Squad Leader Sr. Year)
Band for 4 years (Made top band Junior/Senior year. Trumpet Squad Leader)
Partial founding of Club Fresh (A freshmen only club)
Animation Club for 4 years (Junior- Treasurer/Senior-VP)
Interact Club for 2 years (Jr/Sr)
DECA for 3 years (Soph/Jr/Sr) (Made it to regionals Jr year)
BPA for 2 years (Jr/Sr)</p>

<p>Community Service:
87 hours recorded
I have more from Interact club but I chose not to submit them.</p>

<p>Essay/Personal Statement:
My essays and personal statement were amazing (As I've been told). I talked about how my GPA doesn't define who I am in my personal statement. I talked about my cutural background and family hardships and how that effected me throughout high school in my essays and it came out really well.</p>

<p>I know it may be a far far reach but is there any hope for me at all? I'm curious to know. I do have backup colleges that I've gotten into (Baylor and Colorado Boulder) and I also applied to some more far reaching schools as well. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Oh, Forget the parts about me writing an essay.</p>

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<p>I think your chances are low with that SAT. You’ll probably get into a branch campus.</p>

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<p>Youll get into your second choice campus.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies. How much of a percentage chance would you say I have at Main Campus. 10%?</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t put a percentage on it. Unless your SAT score goes up before they review you, just assume you’re going to be admitted to a branch campus.</p>

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<p>Basically the only thing that matters at Penn State is GPA (2/3) and SAT (~1/3) and maybe a bit of class rank if its reported.</p>

<p>This chart shows how much GPA is weighted <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>Ahhh thanks for the chart! THat was really helpful.</p>