<p>My brother has a 3.4 GPA and an SAT score of 1720. He wants to know if he can get into Penn State-University Park. Personally, I don’t want him to, as we have been together since the womb (we are twins) and I plan on going to Penn State. I just want him to go to another college and not be dependent on me for once. What are his chances?</p>
<p>I’d say he has a pretty decent chance (his scores fall in mid 50th percentile) and his GPA is fine for PSU. Why don’t you just tell him to leave you alone if you don’t want him to be dependent on you?</p>
<p>It’s not only that he will become dependent on me (which he inevitably will), it’s just that I want to be on my own for the first time in my life. PSU is a huge school, but he’d likely be roomed a couple hundred feet away and I’d see him. It’s not that I don’t like him, I love him, but he had no interest in PSU until we visited last week, and for once, I want to be completely independent from my family. Penn State been my top choice since freshman year. Someone please tell me he won’t get in. I know this sounds really harsh, but I don’t want him to go to the same school as me. If he gets in, I’m going to Tulane or Clemson.</p>
<p>PSU: High match</p>
<p>Personally, I think it’s a bit of a reach; maybe a low reach. According to The Princeton Review, College *******, Cappex, and Parchment, PSU would be a reach for him. </p>
<p>Let me elaborate on what I’m saying: my brother and I have been at the same school, have shared the same room (and, er, womb for 9 mos.), have had the same friends, have had the same job, for our entire 17 years of existence. He is highly dependent on me regarding schoolwork, and while I usually don’t mind helping him, I want him to build a high level of independence, which will be of the utmost importance once he enters the job market. Sometimes you need to throw the ones you love in the deep end of the pool and trust that they will eventually learn to swim on their own. Tough love, I know, but I think it’s really what he needs.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>According to the chart, for a sure admission to Penn State UP, a student with a 3.4 weighted needs an SAT 2300; if it’s 3.4 uw he’s still iffy with a 1720 (1850 expected). Right now, he’s in the “admitted to Penn state, would need special circumstances to attend UP” ie, will likely start at a branch campus. To be guaranteed admission at UP with 1700-1800 a student needs a 3.9 weighted.</p>
<p>What other schools is your brother visiting?</p>
<p>Do you have a shot at Shreyer? (-Your brother doesn’t, so you wouldn’t be in the same dorm and in the same classes).
OTHO, Penn State is HUGE so if you weren’t in the same classes and the same dorm, you’d barely see one another and would have to make an appointment on a given day to eat lunch together. 
You should read a book called <em>FanGirl</em>. It’s about twins who both attend the large public flagship… except one of the twins decides that the other, the (needy, shy twin) narrator, needs to learn independance, so they’re not in the same major, dorm, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, MYOS1634! My brother is applying to schools in the PA public system (ie. West Chester, IUP, etc.) in addition to Pitt and Temple. Personally, I do not think I have even a remote shot at the honors college. I’m kind of in a peculiar situation; PSU UP is a low match/safety (despite the fact that it is my top choice) while Schreyer would be a definite reach. And I have to check out that book. It’s not really that my brother is shy or anything; he’s just dependent where schoolwork is concerned. If we declare the same major, he undoubtedly would ask for assistance. -_-</p>
<p>If he can get his scores up to like an 1800, he’s in pretty good shape. I don’t mean to be rude but colleges don’t care whether or not you’re sick of your brother. They take who they want to take. At this point, he’s already in the ball park, believe it or not, especially if he has a kick ass essay.But despite all of this, that doesn’t mean he’ll get in.</p>