Chances at UPark?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>Hey, just wanted to know if I have a chance to get in.</p>

<p>I'm from Westchester County, New York.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 (88.4 unweighted) (88.98 weighted)</p>

<p>SAT'S: Fairly Low (not a good test taker, will retake in Oct) </p>

<p>CR: 480
Math: 530
Total: 1010</p>

<p>Awards and Honorary Programs
• Recipient of Triple “C” Award (Commitment, Character, Courage) presented by New York State Attorney General, Andrew M. Cuomo-11th Grade
• Somers High School Peer Leadership-Mentored incoming freshmen throughout their entry year into high school; participated in community service projects.-11, 12
• National Honor Society-Member-11, 12</p>

<p>Honors and College Level Courses
• College Level Pre-Calculus (through Westchester Community College)-12
• College Level Public Affairs (through Syracuse University)-12
• AP Statistics-12
• College Level Spanish (through State University of New York at Albany)-11
• Honors United States History-11
• Honors Global History and Geography-10</p>

<p>Athletics
• Somers High School Varsity Tennis Team-9, 10, 11, 12 (Captain 12)
• Somers High School Varsity Ski Team-9 </p>

<p>Community Service
• Midnight Run- Went to New York City in the middle of the night with this well-established program to contribute food and clothing to the homeless; helped prepare food and clothing prior to run as well-11, 12
• Walk-A-Thon- Helped lead a charity event that raised money for a local food pantry and for a refugee camp in Costa Rica-11, 12
• Additional activities including visiting nursing home, serving at fund-raising dinners, and scoring local basketball games-10, 11, 12</p>

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<p>Decent chances, I think if you can increase your SAT's to around 1250 you will have much better chances.</p>

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<p>check out the admissions chart someone posted a while back - should be easy to find the post ("check this before you ask for chances").
Looks like your chances are not so good at this point - but could improve with better test scores. Apply early, agree to do summer, go for DUS vs business or engineering. Your ECs look good but they won't count for much at PSU - the admissions process is numbers based (2/3 GPA, 1/3 Test Scores). Good luck.</p>

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<p>Here it is--
<a href="http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.psu.edu/info/counselors/bubble_chart06.pdf&lt;/a>
I was just emailing it to someone else.</p>

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<p>thanks guys! I'm taking the ACT's on saturday so hopefully we will see how I do.</p>