Will I get into Penn State University?

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Hi, I am a current senior wondering about my chances of getting into Penn state. Here is some of my info:
Sophmore year: AP World History, honors english
Junior: AP Language, AP Human Geography, Honors history, Spanish 4
Senior: AP Government, AP Language, AP Spanish
I have 4 years of math and sciences.

My school is competitive and I have an unweighted GPA of 3.3. My SAT score is 1210 but I am taking it again October 6th and feel more confident than I did the first time on raising my score.

My main extracurricular is Model UN but I am a president of two clubs and dabble in a lot of other clubs. I am also an officer of leadership honor society and a member of english honor society.

Penn State is my top school but I’m scared that my GPA will prevent me from getting in. I’m doing early action and am probably going in as an undecided major. People from my school with similar statistics have gotten in but have also not gotten in! So I’m very confused as to where I stand.

Any advice or truth would be great!
Thanks

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Your GPA is the main problem but you have good rigor. The issue is that GPA =3.3.what is it weighted (if honors +.5, AP+1).
Applying DUS or Liberal Arts I’d say it’s a match.

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Thanks! I am applying liberal arts :slight_smile:

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@HollyR apply liberal arts with a summer start option and I think you have a good chance, since Penn state does not consider your unweighted gpa, but only your weighted gpa. They also love lots of AP/Honors classes which will help you a lot.