Chances at smeal?

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Hey guys! I am a senior (male/Korean) in Portland and I am interested in hearing if I have a chance of making the business (Marketing) program at Penn State.

SAT: 1370
GPA: 3.42 UW / 4.0
Other stats:
Dual Enrollment, attending local community college since begining of Junior Year
Will receive Associates Degree in Business at end of senior year

Extracurriculars:

  • Completed multiple internships related to sales & marketing for start ups around my area. I am receiving a very well written letter of recommendation from my manager there about how one of my projects improved their inventory tracking process.
  • Founded my own tutoring company where I manage a team of 4-5 other tutors across the state.
  • Working as a consultant for a local marketing agency. Through the agency I have worked on projects for numerous small businesses across the region, helping them draft and execute marketing plans. I am looking to start my own consulting company in the near future
  • Member of clubs such as DECA and FCCLA where I have competed at a national level
  • President of an Financial Literacy Club at my community college

Let me know what you guys think, thanks :slight_smile:

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Smeal is very hard to get into – you might want to apply for DUS instead. You’d still be taking the same classes at the same time.

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Your best shot is to apply DUS (UNDECIDED), take all your Smeal pre-reqs as well as the business freshman seminar, like 99% students who get into Smeal, do very well, and get into Smeal then.
There are no advantages to applying directly to Smeal, only disadvantages.
Note that you would have to be able to pay in full, since there’s no financial aid for OOS applicants.