Is Penn State a safety for me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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SAT:
Single Sitting-770 CR/720 M/740 W
(2230/2400 or 1490/1600)
Superscore-770 CR/750 M/740 W (2260/2400 or 1520/1600)

ACT:
35 E/35 M/35 R/36 S
35 composite

SAT II:
800 Math II, 800 USH, 740 Bio

UW GPA: 95.3/100 (slacked off a bit during freshman year and the end of junior year. Senioritis kicked in a year too early lol)

Course load:
Freshman Year-
Global History Honors
Geometry Honors
English Honors
Bio Honors
French II
Some art classes
Sophomore Year-
Global History Honors
Algebra 2/Trig Honors
Chemistry Honors
English Honors
French III
Latin I (was not able to continue taking Latin the next year bc of scheduling issues)
Junior Year-
APUSH
UHS Physics (General Physics I and II through SUNY Albany)
English Honors
Precalc Honors
French IV
Business Law
Senior Year-
AP Calc BC
AP Stats
AP English Lit
AP French
AP Chem
AP Gov

EC:
Figure Skating (9, 10, 11, 12)-my main EC. I’ve skating since I was maybe 8. I’m not nationally ranked or anything but I’ve won/medaled in some fairly large competitions. I skate maybe 8-10 hours a week during the school year, 14-16 hours a week during the summer. I have skating right after school so I don’t have time for clubs
Learn to Skate (11, 12)-I teach Learn to Skate at a local YMCA
A discussion group at my school (10, 11, 12)
Volunteering (9, 10, 11, 12)-I’ve probably gotten at least 100 hours

Awards:
National French Contest (4th National, 9th National, 10th National, 8th regional)
National Latin Exam Gold
Skating stuff
Stonehill College Book Award
Most likely National Merit Semifinalist

Asian American
Female
NY
Cost is not a concern

I’m also applying to Syracuse, Fordham, and Binghamton as safeties. Are these schools safeties or are they matches?

Thank you!

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Bump

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Penn State is definitely an academic safety. Where do you live / can you afford it?

(Also: Schreyer?)

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Based on what you have written, you credentials seem a lot stronger than those of most students in the schools you have listed unless you are applying to the competitive programs of Syracuse U. Penn State and SU are stronger than the other two though. This is true unless the pattern of grades reveal something not apparent by the GPA. I’d say you dismissal of freshman and junior year grades as oddities is not very convincing. You apparently simply had stronger grades sophomore year. But I’m not sure why you are making that suggestion anyway.