Admitted University Park

B1G10Mom
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:54:46 +0000

My son just found out today that he was admitted for Fall 2017 University Park.

GPA: 3.6 unweighted
Rank: 49/475 top 11%
SAT: 1270 superscore 650-Math

Mostly Honors and 2 AP classes

4yr varsity wrestler- captain senior yr
4yr co-ed soccer- captain jr/sr yrs
FBLA 3 years-officer: Historian sr yr
Student ambassador 3 years
Model UN: founding member senior yr

Hook: OOS-NJ

This was his first choice school, had all his paperwork in by Nov 15. Amazing LOR written by teacher who graduated summa cum lauded from Columbia and great personal essay about overcoming failure as a wrestler and translating those lessons into his future endeavors— but did admissions even read these? Not sure, but wanted to mention to other applicants in the future.
He has also applied to Rutgers, Purdue, UMass and UConn-- no word yet, but Penn State is his dream school–1st choice. Good luck everyone.

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