am a current Junior who will take the SAT in a month, which i am shooting for around 1250-1300 range and I am take the ACT a couple days after hoping 27-30
My GPA is 3.4 UW and 3.6 W
this is due to the fact that freshmen year I took an engineering elective which at the end of the year I received a C-. (I want to either drop that grade or retake it but for right now I am not sure what will happen.) In that year if i would of not taken that class my fresh man year GPA would of been 3.5 UW and 3.7 W but instead it was 3.3 UW and 3.5 W. Sophomore year 3.5 UW, and 3.67 W, this year I did very well, except in guitar which i received a B. overall so far it would probably end up 3.5 UW maybe 3.6 UW and 3.7-3.8 W. A major question I have is does Uconn recalculate GPA so that they only count you core classes. (English,Spanish,math, SS, ETC.)
Freshman year: Honors Geometry and English
Sophomore year: Honors English
Junior year: Honors Pre-calc and Physics also Uconn/Ap Micro and Marco economics
Senior year: I plan on taking Uconn/AP Spanish and Honors English
Keep in mind that PSU will not consider your senior year grades at all. So whatever you finish this year at, is what will be considered.
You are in the ballpark, but some of it will depend on your test scores. Penn State is 2/3 GPA and 1/3 test scores and other factors in their decision.
What major are you applying to?
With a 3.6 weighted, I’d apply DUS (undecided) and put that you are willing to start in the summer. That will give you a decent chance of getting in.
Don’t worry too much about your freshman year. I got a 2.2 gpa my freshman year with 4 C’s and a D, but the following year I got all A’s in AP and honors classes. I still got into Mechanical Engineering at UPark for the upcoming fall semester. My sat was also 1470 and I applied early so I assume that was a big deciding factor. If you’re gpa isn’t where you want it to be just be sure to compensate for that with a higher sat and make sure you APPLY BEFORE THE PRIORITY DEADLINE. BTW I got accepted with a 3.4 for University park engineering for the fall semester. Just make sure you show an upward trend in your grades as well