My DD needs to finish up her application tonight for Penn State main campus. Her unweighted GPA is 3.46 and weighted is 4.06. She got a 1380 on the SAT. She is applying DUS. I believe that is undecided. She was about to submit her score for the SAT which is due tonight but then she got an confusing email which suggested it might be better bolded and underlined from Penn State to apply TO? I am confused. I think for her it would be better to include her score, right?
that is a good score! congrats.
Could you elaborate on the e-mail? I’ll refer you to this discussion beginning on page 5, post # 84 for context: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/penn-state-university-park/2197533-class-of-2025-admissions-discussion-p5.html
Long story short, parents of students who applied early action received a mailer this weekend, and in my opinion, it seemed to encourage the same - changing to test optional.
This response may be too late, but I would definitely recommend including that score. It is well within the 25-75% and probably higher than their average score.
@mom517: Curious if you decided to submit scores?
Hi, yes we did send her score. Considering her unweighted GPA I believe is a bit low for main campus I didn’t want to take the chance. It is her top choice.
PSU only looks at your weighted GPA, one does not need to submit the unweighted.
Your daughter’s weighted score is good for UP.