Appeal strong enough?

Applying to College
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<p>I was recently denied at UF and I plan to appeal. I'm unsure of what I should touch on to make my appeal strong and worth being considered. Here are the topics I have so far: </p>

<p>Suffer from anxiety/test taking anxiety--- Reason my SAT & ACT are considerably low </p>

<p>Last semester GPA: 4.8</p>

<p>Honored for my academic achievements by a Broward County organization </p>

<p>286 service hours (I'm in 3 clubs but more so involved with my community) </p>

<p>Give motivational and informative speeches to highschool freshman and juniors </p>

<p>Also talk about how confident I am in my ability as a student how I plan to give no less than my best, how i have a unyeilding determination and dedicated </p>

<p>I may also send in some of my writings since I am going in as an English major.</p>

<p>Strong enough?</p>

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<p>Also I take all IB and AP courses, no electives</p>

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<p>Make the letter the best you possibly can and add supporting documents.</p>

<p>I’m not so sure about this: “Suffer from anxiety/test taking anxiety— Reason my SAT & ACT are considerably low”</p>

<p>I have the same problem, but I think if you say that it might come off as an excuse that anyone can use. Do you have proof?</p>

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<p>Yeah unless you have a clinical diagnosis I wouldn’t put the anxiety thing, even if its true it may come off as a cheap excuse. The other things you’ve listed show that you’re more than just low test scores.</p>

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<p>How would you go about getting a clinical diagnosis? I have the same thing and was wondering if there’s enough time to do it ahead of an appeal.</p>

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<p>I agree that unless you have some sort of documentation, you are the same as many other students who did not score as highly as they hoped, and so this is not really a valid reason for an appeal. </p>

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<p>I don’t understand, weren’t these things on your application? If they were, they shouldn’t be repeated in an appeal.</p>

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<p>This is not a valid reason for an appeal.</p>

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<p>Appeals are mostly a waste of everyone’s time. I don’t see valid reasons here.</p>

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<p>Like previously stated, I don’t see a strong appeal being sent. You also didn’t disclose your scores to us, which with state schools, are sometimes the one aspect that get you to the acceptance line. I know that UF accepts SAT II scores (they don’t require them)… Maybe you could take a subject test in something you were most comfortable in that wouldn’t make you have as much anxiety, and then send them that score? They’re going to need test scores because a high GPA is very subjective to each high school.</p>

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<p>Don’t listen to people telling you not to do it.</p>

<p>Do everything you can to make your appeal as strong as possible.</p>

<p>Then, move on and forget about it. Go to a college you were accepted to. Maybe, in a stroke of luck, you’ll get an appeal. But whatever you do, don’t count of it. </p>

<p>It’s 99.99% likely that you will not get one, but to try is worth all the time in the world.</p>