<p>Hello, I am looking to major in economics or broadcasting journalism at either Penn State, UIUC, Indiana University, or Wisconsin Madison. I am a senior this year and I live in California.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the reply. I am applying to privates in California in addition to the schools mentioned above, I just didn’t want to include them in the post. Thank you for the feedback.</p>
<p>Actually Penn State uses weighted GPA’s (the basic admission chart goes up to 4.4), so with a 3.8 weighted and a 2100+ you’re in at Main Campus. Same thing to all these schools (not as sure for UWI but if you apply now it would help). And if you can pay full freight, a slight deficiency would be overlooked since many public flagships need money.</p>
<p>I got accepted to Indiana with a 2.989 and a 29 ACT and I have many friends with similar GPAs and lower ACTS and they were all accepted, so you will definitely be accepted there.</p>
<p>Penn State is a little more competitive though, I’m not 100% sure on the credentials though</p>
<p>@MYOS1634,
Weighed GPA has no standard scale. Be careful when you compare wGPA. While uwGPA in 4.0 scale would give you a better basis for comparison although each school would still grade differently. From collegedata, the average uwGPA is 3.59. So 3.1 is a bit off the average.</p>
<p>@billcsho, I was using actual data given by PSU admissions not collegedata. I understand there are wide varieties of weighted GPAs and so does Penn State, but they have a .3 spread for that reason. Overall, for example, someone with a 4.0 to 4.4 is in as long as they didn’t totally fail on SAT day (as, fail to bring a pencil… just kidding :p), someone with a 3.8Weighted is in with the test scores OP has even if uw is 3.1. They’re fairly numerical, and even though GPA trumps SAT scores, for kids whose scores break 2000/2100 there’s no question unless their GPA is at 3 or below; in fact it’s the 3.0 2400 kid for whom GPA is weighted more. Curriculum rigor is also factored in (ie., APs are taken into account), etc.
OP, do come back and tell your admission results to these 4 schools because I’m actually curious.
I think that for OP, being OOS and full pay, the only question mark is UW and even that school is likely to be an “in”.</p>
<p>^ How do you know the weighing system of OP’s school? Is it 4.33 max, 5.0 max or 6.0 max? It is not that we don’t know how Penn State calculate. That is the critical thing when you compare wGPA. For the uwGPA grading, I have already commented on the variation among schools above.</p>
not collegedata. I understand there are wide varieties of weighted GPAs and so does Penn State, but they have a .3 spread for that reason. Overall, for example, someone with a 4.0 to 4.4 is in as long as they didn’t totally fail on SAT day (as, fail to bring a pencil… just kidding :p), someone with a 3.8Weighted is in with the test scores OP has even if uw is 3.1. They’re fairly numerical, and even though GPA trumps SAT scores, for kids whose scores break 2000/2100 there’s no question unless their GPA is at 3 or below; in fact it’s the 3.0 2400 kid for whom GPA is weighted more. Curriculum rigor is also factored in (ie., APs are taken into account), etc.