I have a 3.65 UW and a 4.3 W with a 1280 SAT. My extracurriculars are members of Minithon, Fbla, Civics, National Honors Society, Spanish national honors society, officer of a Personal Finance club, Made states for fbla, have an after school job, and 4 years of caddying experience at a well renowned country club. Would those stats get me into Penn St Smeal or should I apply undecided
Are you a senior? If so, you are relatively late to be applying to Penn State. I think applying for DUS (undecided) with a summer start would give you the most likely possibility of acceptance at main campus, unless you are willing to consider other majors such as Agribusiness Management. However, at this late date, it is likely that you may be offered the 2+2 plan at a branch campus.
No, Im a junior but this is MOST LIKELY what my application would look like as of now. I plan on applying EA.
I would say to apply EA with Smeal or DUS. Check off yes for summer option. If you do apply Smeal and get branched then you can ask to be reevaluated for DUS or another major. There’s no direct admit so my understanding is you would be fine going DUS and then applying to Smeal after you’ve taken the required courses. The advantage of Smeal pre major is the advisors. There is an active thread for fall 2025 that you can follow and see people’s stats and what they’ve been accepted for. Good luck!
I recommend looking at Naviance for your HS and reading recent threads. That will give you a sense of “prediction” so to speak. I would apply DUS since there is minimal downside to that.
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