Please help me on getting into Penn State!

jlhpsu
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:01:57 +0000

I agree with the above poster lexi. I would apply DUS and also check off that you would be willing to attend the summer session prior to the fall start. That is a big help from what the admissions counselor told us. My daughter applied on 9/1, the day the applications came out. But that’s just because her dad and I are BOTH PSU alumni so she’s wanted to go to PSU since she was 5 years old. I would definitely apply before the November 30th priority deadline for your best chance even though they still take applications after that point. For what it’s worth, my daughter has a 3.4UW (unsure what it is weighted) and a 29ACT and they told us that she should have a good chance at UP for at least summer session. We haven’t heard yet, obviously, so we don’t know that for sure. But we are hopeful. She’s also taken college classes and 10 honors classes. Also keep in mind that PSU will change your grades to their scale - so everyone posting their stats means little. In our school, an A is a 94%. In other schools it’s 92% or even 90%. So PSU takes that into account and converts things so that everyone is considered equally.