<p>I'm from a very well-known public school in NJ (ranked #3 in the state) and I have a series of good activities, including a book I wrote and published on political theory, and a summer job on the Obama campaign.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.07</p>
<p>SAT:
Math: 620, CR: 740, Writing: 690, 1360/1600, 2050/2400</p>
<p>Took only 2 APs in high school. Got a 3 on AP Euro, and a 4 on AP Government.</p>
<p>Do you think I could reasonably expect to get into Penn State?</p>
<p>Do you want UP, or a campus out your way? Penn State doesn’t care about your high school, doesn’t care about your ECs. As has been said many, many, many times in other chance me threads, it’s your gpa (which in your case, is low) and test scores (which is good), followed by some magic undefineable factor. There’s also a bubble chart to consult. Conventional wisdom is that OOS students have a harder time getting in ; the trend at PSU is to let more of them in, so who knows? If you don’t apply, you definitely won’t and it’s not as if Penn State’s application is particularly long or difficult to complete.</p>
<p>I definitely want to go to the UP campus.</p>
<p>your gpa is pretty low for only having two AP classes especially since nj is a very competitve state when it comes to college admissions many high achieving kids but i think you have great SATs which will definitely help you. I would advise you to send them your first marking period senior grades provided that they are good lol.</p>