Accepted - homeschooler - College of Comm/Summer

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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<p>I’m here at UPark waiting for Son#1 to finish exams, so not sure if the packet arrived in the mail yet…but just checked Son#2’s online status and there’s an acceptance notice. </p>

<p>We are in-state. He was homeschooled for most of the past two years - GPA is 4.25w, based partly on honors classes he took at the local high school. Total SATs were 1750. </p>

<p>His stats are actually better than his cousin’s, who was accepted a few days ago for fall. I’m thinking since he was homeschooled, they figure it would be best to start him in summer when he can ease back into a formal school environment when it’s a bit calmer.</p>

<p>Too bad I can’t convince him to switch to Ag. There’s a full scholarship specifically for homeschooled kids with an Ag major.</p>

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<p>I am in the College of Ag at Penn State and have have had a terrific time so far. I found that the College of Ag majors to be really interesting and am pursuing two of them (Food Science and Toxicology) because of their more applied research opportunities that i get into as a career. Also, if your son is really looking to get into research, the College of Ag pushes undergrad research and the profs are willing to work out opportunities with underclassmen. I have a research position as a freshmen.</p>