Admission
Enrollment in the Schreyer Honors College is limited to 1,800 students.
Application requirements include excellent high school grades, several essays, strong extracurricular activities, and teacher references. Admission is granted to current Penn State students with strong academic and volunteer credentials during first- or second-year. These students enter the honors college as sophomores or juniors, but are not eligible for the $3,500-per-year academic scholarship. The average SAT score of the incoming class of 2009 was 2075 although SAT scores are only used in the admission process to University Park, and not the Schreyer Honors College. The average high school GPA was 4.00 and the middle 50% ranged between 3.98 and 4.33. The middle 50% of SAT scores ranged from 1980 to 2170. Their 2007 ACT mid 50% is 31-33 composite score. In 2005 the middle 50% of SAT scores for incoming honors students placed the College among all the Ivy Leagues, trailing only Harvard and Princeton.
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