Consideration of Extra Curriculars?

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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I recently was denied to Smeal for the Spring and am being reconsidered for DUS. However, I’m just curious if there is anyway for extracurriculars to be considered for admission or is there something I should do to help my chances? I’m extremely excited to start at this school and it is definitely the first school I have been excited to start at. However, I have a full resume of ACTUAL extracurriculars that could help my chances of acceptance but to my knowledge, they don’t even look at it.

To compound this issue, I only wrote about one activity in my activities essay thinking that my resume would be considered (as mentioned by college guidance counselor).

I appreciate admissions’ hospitality towards me and the last thing I want to do is pester them, but I also feel severely hampered by the fact that none of my extra curriculars are being considered. Is there anything I can do?

Thanks.

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I should add that it is already in final review so it may be too late to do anything, assuming anything was possible to begin with.

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2/3 of the decision is GPA, and 1/3 is standardized test scores and all other factors. PSU really doesn’t look that much at extracurriculars. It’s unlikely that extracurriculars alone would do much for any application. Good luck!