Hi all!
I am a junior in high school applying to Penn State.
Stats:
SAT: 1490, 790 M, 700 EBRW
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: 4.3734
Rank: 9/364
Other stats: 20 AP+Honors - 12 APs including this year (four 4’s and one 5)
Subjective:
Essays: Ok…I think…wrote about passion for my major
Teacher Recs: Haven’t sent in yet
Counselor Rec: Okay…hopefully
Hook (if any): No
ECs: Debate Captain, computer science team, part time job for a global company, NHS
Bump…
Come on man, I think you know that you will get in no matter what. Not sure why you even bother asking. Your stats are basically perfect
I was accepted today!!! 
Congrats! Will you attend?
@jlhpsu Probably! I still have to evaluate all my options, but Penn State has been a dream for a while.
Wow as a junior? Great job!
Could someone chance me? PSU is a reach for me
Stats:
SAT: 1360, 650 M, 710 EBRW – essay section 8 7 8
SAT IIs: N/A
GPA: School does not do cumulative-- 3.3 freshman, 2.8 sophomore, 3.6 junior, so far senior 3.7 UW
Rank: School does not rank
Wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until end of sophomore year– that’s why my grades were so bad (counselor says so in rec)-- this means I could not get into an AP or Honors course at my school
Subjective:
Essays: Wrote a great essay on finding who I am through playing hockey
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Should be good
ECs: 3 sport varsity athlete (spend all my time doing sports)
Hook?: My school is in the top 20 private schools in America
Other: White, Female, OOS (MI)
@amarz12 Your SAT is great but that 3.3 and 2.8 are really gonna hurt you. Regardless I think you have a good chance provided you did DUS/Summer
@amarz12 They won’t look at senior year grades at all. So averaging out your Freshman, sophomore and junior years you have a 3.2 overall GPA. Generally, that would mean deferred to a branch campus. If you did apply undecided and said you’d go in the summer, AND the counselor recommendation holds weight, then you MIGHT get in for summer. If you didn’t check summer, I definitely would. The average GPA for main campus is a 3.65.
@jlhpsu I checked yes for summer and am DUS
@amarz12 That’s good. That definitely improves your chances. 2 years ago my daughter got in for summer with a 3.5 and a 28 ACT.
@jlhpsu i’d like your input…you seem to have so much knowledge…my daughter applied 11/30, she has not heard back. she applied for UP w summer option. she has ACT 25 and weighted gpa 3.30…