Junior
White Male
New Jersey Resident
SAT Highest In 1 Sitting: 1700
SAT Superscore: 1750
GPA UW: 3.3 W: 3.75
Class Rank: Unreleased
Major: Biology
Sports: Track and Field (will be 3 year varsity)
EC: Peer Leader; NJ Boys State Delegate; Worked at pizzeria; Currently employed as a lifeguard at the YMCA and at a microbiology lab called Salvona; Key Club (will be 4 years); Italian Club (will be 2 years), Mercer Science and Engineering Fair
AP Honors College Prep Classes: Honors Geometry, Honors English (3 years), Honors Algebra II, AP Euro, AP US, AP Biology; Senior Year: AP Environmental Science, GALRE, English 101 102, Honors Calculus
Certifications/Awards: Honorable Mention Award from the American Society for Microbiology, CPR/AED Certified; First Aid Certified
P.S. I can write a killer essay.
Sorry I know its the wrong section but i couldn’t get any help over there.
This is from PSU’s website (http://admissions.psu.edu/apply/statistics/):
"The ranges in the chart below represent the middle 50 percent of students offered admission for fall 2014—they are not cutoffs or averages.
Summer/Fall 2014 Middle 50% Statistics
University Park
High School GPA (4.0 scale) 3.55-3.97
Combined SAT 1750-2000
Composite ACT 26-30
Combined English/Writing ACT 25-30
Placing in the upper end of both ranges increases the likelihood of being offered your first choice of campus and/or major. Placing in the lower end may require you to be more flexible in making your campus (and perhaps major) choices. This chart in no way represents a promise or guarantee of admission."
If I were you, I’d apply undecided and check off that you are willing to start in the summer (if you are). Your grades and test scores are in the low to middle range for the middle 50% - so to give yourself the best shot, applying DUS (undecided) and checking off that you’d be willing to start in summer gives you a good chance. Different majors have differing levels of competitiveness. My D had a 3.4 weighted and 29ACT and got into UP for DUS and summer start. Go back and look at the decision thread from this past year - you will be able to see some patterns of people who were both accepted and denied. There are always outliers, and distinct cut offs are virtually impossible to find, but you will find averages.
Good luck!