I got into Penn State in November and have gotten letters with handwritten notes on them saying they hope I become a Nittany Lion and asking me to visit from the people from the Ag school and Animal Science program. I’ve emailed these people and told them I’m waiting to hear from Schreyer in March. I had an interview with a Schreyer rep and I think it went well.
My high school does not have APs available until junior year and also requires us to take a regulars level Religion class every semester.
NEW SAT (super score): 1410
GPA (weighted): 4.149
APs: AP U.S. History, AP Physics, AP Lang&Comp, AP Chemistry, AP Lit&Comp, AP Spanish
Senior year classes: all honors and AP, excluding that regulars religion class. Straight As for second semester.
Class Rank: 8/~190ish
EC:
Volunteer and first Youth Ambassador for a grief support program (personally featured in newspaper)
Varsity Cross Country and Track and Field for all 4 years
Student Ambassador for high school
Forensics team
Environmental Club
Portuguese Club
Girl Scouts
Cross Country team captain
I’ve done two summer educational programs relating to the field I want to study
Awards:
Spirit of Community Award for volunteer work
National Honors Society
Spanish National Honor Society
Girl Scouts Bronze and Silver Award
Olympiad recognition (5 of them)
National Spanish Exam honorary mention
Ranked Second in Sophomore Class
I spent 3 weeks on the essays and short answers. I worked very very hard on them. I think I am a strong writer I always do very well on class essays and I got a 4 on my AP English exam.
This is my top choice I really really want to go to this school but I’m worried that my GPA and class rank are not strong enough.