Opinion on admission chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Penn State
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<p>I'm a 3.2 GPA--but lots of IB honors courses and stuff. My current SAT I is at 540 Reading, 520 Writing, and 700 Math. I was on the Sailing Team at my school (it's near Monterey Bay in California) all 4 years and finished 8th in the top level of the state finals last year. I worked 10-15 hours a week during the past year, and did 75 hours of volunteer work each year.</p>

<p>What's the chances of getting into Penn State's business program?</p>

<p>P.S. I'm retaking the SATs this Saturday and hoping to get those Reading and Writing scores up to the 600s if possible. This semester's grades are better and should bring my GPA up to around 3.27</p>

<p>Thanks for any feedback--including anything I should be discussing in my application to Penn State.</p>

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<p>Penn State does not care about the writing section of the SAT Reasoning Test yet.</p>

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<p>Penn State= 2/3 GPA
1/3 SAT out of 1600.</p>

<p>I talked to the admissions lady today. It is a mathematical thing.
My guess is you will make summer session.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it--and the tip to apply for summer session if I want to make the cut.</p>

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<p>Two-thirds is GPA
One-Third is SAT, EC's, Personal Essay, and everything else</p>

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<p>Good Luck. I hope you get in. Improving you SAT scores would most definetly Help.</p>

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<p>Does Penn State weigh your GPA if your school doesn't weigh it? I think this would be great help in the admissions process for those who attend schools who don't weigh, myself included. </p>

<p>Sorry to hijack a bit here but any information on international admissions would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>is there a reason you dont include the T in weight? or are you trying to say weigh?</p>

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<p>The reason is because he's not talking about weight. He's talking about weighing GPAs. :)</p>

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<p>ok, well schools weight their GPA's they dont weigh them...they give more weight to some courses less to others, they dont put their GPA's on scales</p>

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<p>What's the difference? Was that actually meaningful to say? :)</p>

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<p>they read exactly waht your transcript sayys, plug it in to a computer</p>

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<p>Yes, melon, this is true.</p>

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<p>duh i know that x5Sharp :P my 1070 doesnt make me stupid, hahah just kidding</p>