<p>Hey, I'm only a junior in High School and I'm starting to look at colleges. </p>
<p>UW - 88.3 (Will go up during Senior year) I think thats like a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale
W - 92.7</p>
<p>I'm mid 80's-90's in every class except for Science.
In 10th grade(chem) and currently(physics), my cumulative averages are in the high 70's. I'm terrible at Science</p>
<p>SAT's - 2020 (might get higher after retake)
ACt's - Haven't taken.</p>
<p>Classes - 11th - AP U.S., AP Language, Honors Physics, Math 12S, R French
12th - AP Eco, AP Literature, AP Psych, R French, College Calculus</p>
<p>Clubs</p>
<p>Speech Team (Oral Interpretation)
Debate Team (Secretary)
Jazz band
Select Wind Ensemble
Pit Orchestra
Student Congress + Public Forums Debate
Varsity Lax</p>
<p>Constantly tutor adults computer basics at library for Volunteer work.</p>
<p>My essays should me fine, My siblings at Duke and Emory will assist me with that.</p>
<p>Chances? 1-10 scale? Safety, Fit, Reach, or out of reach?</p>
<p>Well, depends on major, but I’d say the bar was set even higher this year than what is shown on that chart. Look back at stats of of kids that were rejected from main campus.</p>
<p>Just a heads up… we used the chart as a guide with high hopes for admission— my son was well into the blue. He was denied from University Park with a 4.23 WGPA and 1710 Combined SAT (along with 2 parents alum and a sister there as a junior). I met with an admissions counselor a few months ago and she told me straight in the eye that you can’t go by that bubble chart. I was told that the “line had to be drawn somewhere” and that “he just didn’t make the cut”. I asked her to explain the 2/3 1/3 process and all I got was “he is a talented student and I know he will succeed… but the line had to be drawn and he was on that line”. They took many OOS with those stats, of course, for the $$$.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this year had the highest graduating class so there was a lot of competition. The bubble chart is just a guideline to see if you have a chance.</p>
<p>you’re right… my daughter had 3.9 gpa and 1750 sat .we’re oos. she applied summer and got in, but when i called and asked if she could do fall instead i was told that they were looking for a minimum 1800 on sat this year and if she would have applied for fall she would not have made it… don’t go by that bubble chart. it needs to be changed if they are raising the bar. but then again there were some people who had lower stats that got in for fall, so you never know. its a crap shoot.</p>
<p>I heard that the high school class of 2009 was the highest in history, but the numbers start to drop with the class of 2010 and beyond. I don’t know how much a drop, though.</p>
<p>Division of Undergraduate Studies / Summer Session. It was a bummer and shocking that he didn’t make it to Main Campus. It really is the luck of the draw. We had it so built up that he’d get in and when he didn’t it was a huge disappointment. But things happen for a reason (to quote my son). He was accepted to Pitt in early October (a true rolling admission) and UDel in March. We visited Pitt and he thought it was “cool” and liked the general feel of the campus. It is a better match for him, we realize, as it is less than half the size of Penn State and the school makes a big effort to be attentive to the incoming freshman. They pride themselves in helping the freshman become comfortable with the school and not allowing them to get “lost”. We are thrilled about that.</p>
<p>“as it is less than half the size of Penn State and the school makes a big effort to be attentive to the incoming freshman. They pride themselves in helping the freshman become comfortable with the school and not allowing them to get “lost”. We are thrilled about that.”</p>
<p>-Penn State UP does the same toward its incoming freshmen. The RAs do a great job orienting the students to dorm life and combined with the welcome week activities, new freshmen are not left to fend for themselves.</p>
<p>Cwrayan1, of course Penn State does not allow freshmen to fend for themselves ! Penn State is a great school. If my husband and I weren’t Penn State Proud we wouldn’t have sent our daughter there However, I am referring to more than just getting lost on campus, orienting to dorm life and welcome week activities. What they mean is “getting lost in the crowd” as a student in a classroom setting or their invovlement at school. For my son…Pitt just happens to be a much smaller school and smaller schools have an edge when it comes to offering a more initimate feel relating not only to orientation but academics as well. Also, a few days after he was accepted to Pitt my son received a phone call from a “Panther” (which is similar to a lion ambassador), personally welcoming him to the school and offering their services. That impressed me. The staff wants you to feel a sense a familiarity right off the bat. There are other ways that Pitt has shed a personal touch on the whole incoming-freshman-process in this regard and I am just saying that it works well for us. Please take no offense.</p>
However, I am referring to more than just getting lost on campus, orienting to dorm life and welcome week activities. What they mean is “getting lost in the crowd” as a student in a classroom setting or their invovlement at school. For my son…Pitt just happens to be a much smaller school and smaller schools have an edge when it comes to offering a more initimate feel relating not only to orientation but academics as well. Also, a few days after he was accepted to Pitt my son received a phone call from a “Panther” (which is similar to a lion ambassador), personally welcoming him to the school and offering their services. That impressed me. The staff wants you to feel a sense a familiarity right off the bat. There are other ways that Pitt has shed a personal touch on the whole incoming-freshman-process in this regard and I am just saying that it works well for us. Please take no offense.</p>