Do you think I have a shot at getting into Penn State?

Question

GPA: 2.87

EXcluding freshman year: 3.2

ACT score: 22 ( I am retaking it)

President of a club

Vice president of a club

100 hours of comm. service

a lot of extracurriculars

a few AP's several honors classes

varsity sport (4 years)

Answer 1

Your GPA is definitely working against you.  A 3.5 or higher is definitely preferable.  It helps that you have extracurricular activities, honors and AP courses.  What grades did you get in your AP courses and which AP courses did you take?  You can apply but it doesn't look good.