PSU Schreyers Honors College & UMD Honors College chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! I’m a rising senior from Maryland and I am very interested in the Honors Programs at both Penn State and University of Maryland. I would love if you would chance me at these schools! I am also looking at NC state, UNC Chapel Hill (reach), and Virginia Tech.</p>

<p>The public school (non-charter, non-magnet) I attend is ranked 7th in Maryland and 165th nationally. I am a white female. My parents both attended UMD, and my brother and sister-in-law both attended Penn State.</p>

<p>I have a 4.0 unweighted /4.66 weighted GPA
I have taken 6 honors courses, 7 GT courses, and 3 AP courses: Gov’t & Pol (4), WHAP (4), Lang & Comp (5)
My Senior Schedule:
English 12 AP
Calc ab AP
Human Geo AP
Photo 3 AP
Advanced Special Topics in Spanish Honors (This will be my fifth year of Spanish)
Speech
Forensics</p>

<p>SAT: 2030 ( M: 650 CR: 690 W: 690)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A</p>

<p>Class Rank: Hasn’t been released yet</p>

<p>EC’s
Soccer: been playing for 13 years. 4 years club level, 2 years JV, 2 years Varsity
Photography Club
National Honor Society (Mentor)
National Spanish Honor Society
Spanish Club (Officer)
Catholic Youth Ministry Member
FBLA (I haven’t really been involved but I plan on becoming more involved this year)</p>

<p>I have done a lot of volunteer work over the course of high school, primarily through NHS and my church. I volunteer frequently at Salvation Army, and my local soup kitchen, and have worked at my church’s summer camp several times.</p>

<p>I expect that my recommendations will be great, and will reflect my ambition and academic excellence along with my interpersonal skills. I generally write strong essays (5 on English Lang & Comp AP), so I should be covered in that aspect. </p>

<p>So what do you think? If you have had any experience with the Honors Colleges at UMD or Penn State I would love to hear about it!</p>

<p>Note: I also am interested in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State. Any info about the college would be much appreciated :)</p>

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<p>PSU likes GPA. And yours is great. Test scores will make you competitive for the honors program, although may be a little low. I commonly hear the phrase ‘ivy-competitive’ when talking about SHC students. I believe the essays for SHC are very important so you’ll need to do well on those for a good shot. Otherwise you will for sure be admitted to your choice of Smeal major without Honors. </p>

<p>Also you don’t want to go to NC State OOS when you have a fine school like Maryland right at home.</p>

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<p>Thanks! After investigating some threads it seem as though SHC has not considered SAT scores since 2000, which is good for me seeing as my score is not as competitive.</p>

<p>As for NC state the main reason I’m looking at it is because it is out of state! I’ve lived in Maryland all my life, and would appreciate a change of scenery :)</p>

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<p>I completely understand that, I’m from NC going to PSU for the same reason. But just be sure you don’t sacrifice educational quality for change of scenery.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input😀. Definitely something to consider</p>