<p>Hey everyone, I just wanted to know if I had any shot at getting accepted. Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>SAT's: 1780 (Yes, they're really low, but I've only taken them once. I'm still a junior) </p>
<p>SAT II: World History: 740</p>
<p>GPA: 3.822 (weighted) 3.52 (unweighted) Class Rank: 78/362</p>
<p>Course Load:
All academic classes have been Honors courses plus two AP's this year. I plan to take five or six AP's senior year.</p>
<p>Extra Ciruculars:
Volunteer at the local SPCA
Volunteer at the Red Cross
Volunteer at the Salvation Army
Member of Kare (community service club at school, and will be leader next year.)
National Italian Honor Society
National German Honor Society (next year)
NHS
Model UN
Piano lessons for 12 years
Meditation Club (President)
Newspaper
School TV News
Mock Trial
Yearbook
CISV
I also learn Chinese and Hindi outside of school. In school I learn Italian, German and, next year, French. (If you haven't noticed, I focus a lot on languages. I also speak Korean.)
I plan to a) Get a job this year or b) get an internship with my State Senator (if I can..) or c) get an internship at the local courthouse.
Applied to PA Governer's School, and will attend either GU's Summer program or GW's Summer Program if I'm rejected.</p>
<p>Also, I'm the first person to go to college in my family, ever. Heard it helps...</p>
<p>from what I hear PSU dosnt look at EC's much , and your apps strong point is definitely your ECs . I would suggest applying to other schools , you will easily be able to get into a better college if you improve your SAT</p>
<p>Not sure if your stats are good enough. My guess is that you'll be competitive for admission to DUS at Penn State. However, given the marginal nature of the scores I strongly encourage you to take some intensive SAT prep counseling. My son took his SATs from 1150/1790 on the first shot to 1270/2010 on the second with some remedial math work and familiarity with test strategy. (He also did 740 on the writing portion but PSU does not yet look at that.) The tutoring he took involved taking several practice SATs as well, and it helped alot.</p>
<p>In summary, we threw some money at SAT tutoring and it turned a marginal SAT score into a solid one for PSU. He'll be going to Smeal in the fall.</p>