Chance for Out of state

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>Applying for computer science; out of state.</p>

<p>ACADEMIA:</p>

<p>Freshman GPA: 3.52
Sophomore GPA: 3.52
Junior GPA: 3.75 W, 3.7 UW
Overall GPA: About 3.6 (My school does not inflate GPA's. The median GPA of my class is a 3.2). Although my school does not officially rank, I would say I'm in the top 3rd of my class.</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 610
SAT Math: 680
SAT Writing: 680
Total: 1970</p>

<p>AP Courses:
Biology
Computer Science
Economics </p>

<p>2 letters of recommendation (math teacher, guidance counselor)</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR:</p>

<p>President of Support our Soldiers Club (10,11,12)
-Interviewed WW2 Veteran, contributed to National Archive</p>

<p>Red Cross Volunteer (8,9,10,11,12)
-Office management, computer database organization, phone duty, etc.</p>

<p>Varsity Swimming (9,10,11,12)
-Not a recruit!</p>

<p>Member of School Atmosphere Committee(11,12; Club was founded this year)
-Group of students selected by faculty
-Helped create a video to send to New England Board of Accreditation to display information about our school
-Spread word about school ideals and beliefs in various ways</p>

<p>HOOKS:</p>

<p>I am of Hispanic descent.</p>

<p>I will not be applying for financial aid. As a public institution, I'm assuming they will want to have more students that are able to pay full tuition from out-of-state.</p>

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<p>If you were in state, you’d probably have a lot better shot, but even if that were the case, your GPA would still be pretty low. SAT isn’t terrible. </p>

<p>A lot of the kids who apply have ECs out the wazoo (and good ones, for that matter), I firmly believe in quality over quantity (and I’m sure to an extent UF does too) but other than Varsity Swim and maybe the President position, they aren’t very strong.</p>

<p>How many AP courses does your school offer? If you only took three, and twelve are offered, it will probably look weak. What did you score on the exams? What’s your senior year schedule like?</p>

<p>Also, something you might want to know, UF doesn’t read recommendation letters. </p>

<p>I think you’d be a pretty high reach.</p>

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<p>Because of your GPA (UF takes mostly 4.0 + GPA’s) and being out of state - it will be a reach school. UF only takes about 3% OOS.</p>

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<p>Alright, I’ll pass on UF. I have plenty of other reach schools. Thanks for the information.</p>