I’m a rising senior in pennsylvania , and I study in a public school.
I moved to U.S.A. about 3 years ago , and I studied half year for my freshmen year. So in my freshmen year I didn’t take any high level classes, but I still got pretty good gpa. In my sophomore year I took regular english , honors chem, honors bio, honors pre-cal and regular world history. My gpa for my soph year is 97.85714 and ranked at 22of 310( my school doesn’t do the 4.0 scale thing ) For my junior year I took Spanish I, American Studies honors, AP cal Bc, AP psy , and AP bio. I have’t got my gpa and class rank for this year yet but I believe I did better than last year.
For extra curriculum activities , I am the treasurer for ffa and Interact
- Science Olympiad ( CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE)
- Math Club (Varsity Team for 3 years )
- AMC( American Math Competition)(AMC 12& AMC10)
- National Honor Society
- Feeding Fellow Americans
- Interact(3 years)
- Astronomical Society
- Tennis JV
- Reading Olympics
- Spanish Club
Leadership: - Renaissance Leadership
Volunteer: - volunteer at library
- volunteer for teen’s summer science program (Glaxo Smith Kline)
Here I want to mention another important activity. I did a program in Upenn called PSSI, which is about materials science. This program only accept 28 people form delaware valley .
However, my tests scores are not so well. I got 25 on my June ACT test ( 34 on math, 22 on english, 19 on reading, and 25 on science 8on writing ) and I’m planning to take another one in Sept.
For my AP scores , I didn’t do very well either. I got 3 on AP bio and Cal , and I think I messed up with the question numbers so I only got 1 in psych. (sad
) feel desperate
I also did a NOPE task force thing , which is a drug abuse prevention program. The benefits of that program include:
20 Community Service Hours
Eligibility for NOPE Task Force Life Choices Award and monetary school scholarship
Personalized Letter of Recognition from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
NOPE Certificate
I sort of want to major in biomedical engineering but I decide to choose undeclared for the major when I apply.
So , can someone tell me my chances of getting in ?
also, do I still need to send that horrible Ap scores ? And I need some tips for the ACT reading and grammar.
Besides, does PennState requires green card holders take any language tests (like toefl)? And how many essays do they need ? ( exclude the common app) Thanks !