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Pennsylvania State University, BS, Data Sciences

Entry requirements

Penn State requires official secondary school records for all international students, as well as official post-secondary records for attempted college/university coursework (if applicable). In reviewing an application, we look for students who have successfully completed courses or examinations in the core subjects of mathematics, physical science, social science, and language in all years of high school. Students who have not successfully completed these courses may not be eligible for admission to Penn State. Penn State requires first-year international students to submit an official score from the SAT or ACT examination. Please note: The writing component of standardized tests (SAT or ACT) is not required. The writing component will not be used as part of our evaluation. If your test scores include the writing component, by all means, have those scores sent to Penn State. Additionally, we do not require SAT Subject Tests. The following are ways in which you can satisfy the language proficiency requirement: TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the paper exam IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test SAT: Tests Prior to March 2016: a score of 530 or higher on the Critical Reading section. Tests March 2016 and later: a score of 570 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section ACT: Score of 24 or higher on the English section.

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Location

State College is a college town, dominated economically and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University, surrounded by large tracts of farmland, and an expanse of mountains and forests.. Though "Happy Valley" is another often-used term to refer to the State College area, the term also includes the borough and the townships of College, Harris, Patton, and Ferguson.


State College has a humid continental climate, where average temperature in winter is about -3°C and about 22.3°C in summer.