Hi guys, I (indian male) wants to apply to Smeal at Penn State and I’d like to know if you guys think I could get in. I already posted on r/ChanceMe but I wanted to see what current Penn State students think. I currently attend am a junior at public school based in Connecticut and am first gen

Intended Major(s): Finance

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1130 (taking these sat classes for the past month and getting high 1200s already, retaking aug or sept)

UW/W GPA and Rank: 3.1/3.3 (freshman yr is tanking my GPA)

Coursework: About 4-5 honors classes, 4 AP classes

Awards: White house presidential service award, top 25 out of 600 international students for stevens institute of technology trading day and go invited to your campus (trading competition lasting a month, individual national community service award issued by UN of America, 4th place out of hundreds in the state in the UB FinTron stock market challenge (in person competition, w a prize pool of 4k )

Extracurriculars:

• Founder of a registered non profit providing free educational classes, 1-on-1 tutoring, and mentorship for youth to provide equal liberty for socioeconomic success (15 volunteers internationally, partnered w many in-state and local org/clubs)
• Cofounder of a nonprofit student managed investment fund
• luv micheal short-term intern (luv micheal is 5013c dedicated to educating and employing autistic adults based in NY, assisted with fundraising, conducting outreach, help w future planning, research, analysis, and performing administrative tasks)
• Volunteered at local hospital for almost 2 yrs , as a medical records clerk and ambassador plus (help to manage patient health information, entering data, and ensuring all records are properly filed, labeled, and secured. Providing comfort and support to patients and their families, and helping to ensure that hospital operations run smoothly.)
• park and rec lifeguard
• building u business internship (develop, implement, and analyze various external marketing text and visual ad campaigns through Google Ads. As well as monitoring website traffic and engagement through Google Analytics)
• soccer (won many awards as well)
• model un club president.

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Would love to hear reviews and opinions!