Admissions question

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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Hi,
I am looking to get into Penn State main campus.

I am a highschool student at a school in the 24th best public school in NJ, and the 434th best public school in the nation.

My grades are not the best, but I try hard. I have a 3.31 gpa in all college prep courses. Every time I have attempted harder courses, despite studying a lot, I ended up dropping them. I have a 1750 SAT and an 1800 superscored, but penn state does not superscore. I have an unsuperscored 1190 without writing, 1240 superscored.

In terms of extra curricular activities, I work two jobs, teach shotput to special needs kids, and have been a varsity football player in football since Sophmore year.

My school’s guidance counselor said that Rutgers is a reach for me, and that Penn State is a target. On the contrary, my Princeton review college counselor says the opposite. Looking at our schools scattergrams, it looks like I have more than a 20 percent chance to get into Penn State, but my Princeton review college counselor doesn’t believe so.

What do you think my chances are of getting into Penn State main campus?

I am a junior BTW.

Thank you

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Make sure to apply for summer and another campus such as Altoona. If PSU is your first choice that is what I would do. Do you have access to Navience at school. It will show a history out of your HS, who got in and what their stats are. If I were you I would take the SAT’s or ACT again. you are correct PSU does not superscore. I think your stats are a little low for Main fall. Good luck and look at a bunch of school too.