Chances on acceptance at PSU main

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I hope anyone who reads this could give me
a good honest answer. So basically i just copied
and pasted my college resume. My unweighted gpa through
11th grade is a 3.55 on a 4.0 scale with 12 AP and honors
classes and 5 more my senior year. However my SAT combined was only 1500 :(
Do you think i could make it into Penn State main next fall? I will also apply very early and plan on checking off the SUMMER SESSION classes as well to up my chances of acceptance
Thanks.
Honors and Awards
1. Student of the Month (March, 2011)
2. High School Honor Roll (9, 10, 11)
3. 2010-2011 Football Conference Champions (11)
4. 2010-2011 Selected for Junior Class Prom Court (11)
5. 2010-2011 High School Prom King (11)</p>

<p>Activities
1. Written essay selected to observe open heart surgery at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA (11)
2. Worlds Fair held at High School (10)
3. School Trip to Salem, MA with the English Department for Salem Witch Trials (11)
4. Prom Court committee, helped organize and plan prom (11)</p>

<p>High School Sports
1. Varsity Letterman Football (10,11)
2. Varsity Letterman Indoor Track (10)
3. Varsity Letterman Outdoor Track (10)</p>

<p>Weighted Accelerated and Advanced Placement Classes
1. Accelerated Algebra 2
2. Accelerated Geometry
3. Accelerated Trigonometry/Pre Calculus
4. Honors English 9
5. Honors English 10
6. Advanced Placement English Language and Composition
7. Honors Civics
8. Honors World Cultures
9. Honors American Cultures
10. Pre Advanced Placement Physical Science
11. Accelerated Biology
12. Advanced Placement B Physics</p>

<p>Work Experience
1. 2009 Summer landscaping
2. 2010 Summer maintenance at High School fixing and replacing computers 35hours per week</p>

<p>Community Service 50 hours
1. Volunteered in Steelers Youth Camp day at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh and teach young kids football skills
2. Participated in church youth group road clean-up projects
3. Community day, all day event that helped raise money for the football team
4. Volunteered at Youth Football camp and taught young kids basic football skills</p>

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<p>That 1500 SAT combined is well below the 25th percentile. Assuming you don’t have some kind of special hook, it would need to improve a lot for main campus. So study and retake the SAT. But if you can’t improve, you can get into a branch and transfer to main campus after a few years.</p>

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<p>Yeah it is, but they keep saying SAT,ACT, activities etc. is 1/3 of the decision and that gpa is 2/3 so im just hoping that all the advanced classes i took and my gpa average can at least get me into the summer session</p>

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<p>When you’re under the 25th percentile, that’s the area for recruited athletes and whatever other special set aside slots that they have. If you’re in one of those categories, you probably already know it.</p>

5

<p>So my gpa means absolutely nothing?</p>

6

<p>Well no, it’s a reasonably solid GPA. But the SAT scores are even shaky for the branch campuses, so the GPA will definitely help you get into those.</p>

7

<p>Here, look at these stats: [Penn</a> State Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.psu.edu/facts/studentbody/]Penn”>http://admissions.psu.edu/facts/studentbody/). </p>

<p>Your GPA is at the 25th percentile for main campus, and your SAT scores are well below the 25th (1500 vs. 1750). At the branches, your GPA is at the 75th percentile, but the SATs are barely at the 25th percentile. But your GPA and your other achievements should help to overcome your SATs at the branches.</p>

<p>Of course, why sit on the 1500 SAT? Start studying and move it up, a few hundred points should be very possible. Maybe that and summer classes could be enough to get you in.</p>

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<p>I’m going to try and do that thank you.</p>