Chances at main campus?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>I am a white male (with hispanic descent) and go to a private college prep school with a religious affiliation. My weighted cumulative GPA (the only thing my school will send to colleges) is a 3.0, and will be either a 3.1 or 3.2 when I apply. </p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English Honors
Algebra Honors
Global 1 Honors
Biology Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Global 2 Honors
Chemistry Honors
English Honors</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP English Language (Did not do so well because I was put in the class because of scheduling issues)
APUSH
Physics (no honors, just AP regular, or go to earth science)</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Environmental
AP US Government and Politics
College Theology
Pre-Calc Honors
(I also have the option to add another class, either AP Bio, College Chemistry, MedTec, or an elective such as accounting. Should I add another course and give up my one free period, or will it not affect me?)</p>

<p>EC's:
12 years on the piano
12 years in the martial arts (black belt and a green belt currently)
13 years out of schools baseball
8 years out of schools basketball
1 year schools basketball team (freshman)
3 years Varsity Tennis team (captain for 2, sophomore-senior years)
2 years Varsity Wrestling team (junior and senior years)
1 year Varsity Football team (senior year)
120+ hours of community service (mandatory for graduation)
I know the basics of coding
Built my computer and interested in computers
School news club for 3 years (sophomore-senior year)
Film club (1 year)</p>

<p>Grades:
Cumulative GPA- 3.0-3.1 Weighted (no unweighted GPA will be sent or even exists)
ACT- 29 on only attempt, 8 on essay
SAT- 1730 on only attempt (630M, 560CR, 540W), 8 on essay
School does not do a class rank</p>

<p>I really enjoyed the school. Do I have a good shot? In my school about 90% of applicants get in, and this includes kids with lower grades, but I only know they scores not their personal statements. I would also be willing to go to the summer session. Thanks for any help!</p>

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<p>Update: I was just put into Spanish 3 Honors for next year. All but one of my classes is advanced (English).</p>

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<p>what major are you trying to get into</p>

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<p>@jkobrien14 i’m going to apply as undecided</p>

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<p>I would say that your GPA is a little low but I’m sure you’ll get in. The 29 ACT is good so that will help. </p>

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<p>Your GPA/test scores do not make your admission to UP likely.</p>

<p>Find your GPA/SAT score on this bubble chart (your ACT score is equivalent to about a 1950)…</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart.pdf”>http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For DUS (undecided) your stats are probably alright. you’re on the lower end because of your GPA though.</p>

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<p>Update: My GPA was put up today. I will be applying with a 3.1GPA. Will my grades senior year matter if I apply early, or will they only matter if I am borderline?</p>

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<p>Get great grades preferably close to a 4.0 for your first semester of senior year. Apply as early as possible, they have more spots and PSU had rolling admissions when I applied back in the day. Additionally, the bubble chart is very inflated and your ACT should be good enough to gain you admission. PSU is purely a numbers based admissions game. Your GPA is low but your ACT should offset it, do not send in your SAT scores.</p>

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<p>Apply in September, for DUS and Summer session. That GPA is very low (they typically want at least 3.4-3.5!)</p>

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<p>Your senior grades do not matter. When I applied, the ladies there essentially told me senior year doesn’t matter at all as long as you graduate. </p>

<p>It’ll probably depend on the rest of the application pool for you, if youre willing to do summer session, your ACT score should get you into that. </p>