Will i get into Penn State University Park with these stats??/

jlhpsu
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:26:49 +0000

It doesn’t matter generally if you are in state or out of state. In fact, the evidence has shown that it’s actually a benefit to being out of state. But that’s another thread.

That being said, PSU will look at your weighted GPA and your SAT. Your weighted GPA looks to be a 4.0 + and your SAT is solidly in the middle of the 50%. I suspect you will have no trouble with a general admission (i.e DUS or liberal arts or lots of other majors). If you are applying Smeal, then all bets are off because it’s so competitive. If your plan is engineering or smeal I would apply undecided (DUS) and work the recommended academic plan from there. You will not be behind at all and everyone has to meet the same entry to major requirements and apply to the major at the end of sophomore year - regardless of if they were accepted pre major as a freshman or came in through the DUS route.

What is your expected major?

One caveat to the above is if your high school weights very easily. Then, the unweighted may be taken more into consideration. I’ve seen people with 4.0’s get rejected because the weighting scale made their 4.0 meaningless.