UCONN and Penn State University Park

<p>I am a white male (with hispanic descent) and go to a private college prep school with a religious affiliation. My weighted cumulative GPA (the only thing my school will send to colleges) is a 3.0, and will be either a 3.1 or 3.2 when I apply.</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English Honors
Algebra Honors
Global 1 Honors
Biology Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Global 2 Honors
Chemistry Honors
English Honors</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP English Language (Did not do so well because I was put in the class because of scheduling issues)
APUSH
Physics (no honors, just AP regular, or go to earth science)</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Environmental
AP US Government and Politics
College Theology
Pre-Calc Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
(I also have the option to add another class, either AP Bio, College Chemistry, MedTec, or an elective such as accounting. Should I add another course and give up my one free period, or will it not affect me?)</p>

<p>EC's:
12 years on the piano
12 years in the martial arts (black belt and a green belt currently)
13 years out of schools baseball
8 years out of schools basketball
1 year schools basketball team (freshman)
3 years Varsity Tennis team (captain for 2, sophomore-senior years)
2 years Varsity Wrestling team (junior and senior years)
1 year Varsity Football team (senior year)
120+ hours of community service (mandatory for graduation)
I know the basics of coding
Built my computer and interested in computers
School news club for 3 years (sophomore-senior year)
Film club (1 year)</p>

<p>Grades:
Cumulative GPA- 3.0-3.1 Weighted (no unweighted GPA will be sent or even exists)
ACT- 29 on only attempt, 8 on essay
SAT- 1730 on only attempt (630M, 560CR, 540W), 8 on essay
School does not do a class rank</p>

<p>are you instate or out of state? Either way you are a reach for both schools due to GPA, but you do have a chance.</p>

<p>Your GPA and scores aren’t stellar, which make your chances somewhat low. They are both reaches so you should definitely have back up plans.</p>