I applied to the University of Florida, summer B and these are all my stats, can you guys tell me my chances at UF?
Race: African American
Gender: Female
GPA (unweighted): 3.80
GPA (weighted): 4.90
SAT: 1200
Rank: 13/658 (based on weighted GPA at my school)
Clubs: SNHS
NHS (treasurer)
BSU (President)
Poli-Sci social group (leadership member)
Sports: JV softball for 2 years
Community service: 130 hours, when they get my transcript after the first semester, my community service hours will be 130+75= 205 because I am currently a student aid. I volunteered with habitat for humanity which is a good CBO.
My sister went to UF and she reviewed my essay and I think it was pretty good and I am in state and first gen.
I took mostly AP and AICE and a couple honors, and a couple regs, and 1 dual enrollment.
Be honest about my chances because I’m very scared because of my low SAT score. Thank you!
For the areas that UF considers “very important,” you are in good shape. Your GPA and rigor are within the UF lane. You are in the top 3% of your class, which is fantastic. Your ECs look a bit on the average side. Hopefully, you were able to elaborate on your leadership on the application and in the essay, as that’s one area that looks weak. As noted, the glaring issue is your SAT score. It’s very low for UF. The average last year was above 1350. However, standardized test scores are considered “important” by UF, compared to “very important” for GPA, rigor and essay. (See the UF common data set.) My suggestion is that you investigate taking it again and see if you can get a higher score in before the Dec. 15 deadline. I would recommend calling UF admissions and asking if you take the Dec. 1 SAT (late registration ends tomorrow 11/20) will they get the result in time for it to count for you. If so, spend the next two weeks on Khan Academy, or the like, working on the areas where you can improve with a superscore. Good luck and let us know what happens in February.
Thank you so much. I will be retaking the SAT and working on the math so I can superscore. On my application, I elaborated a lot of my positions in those clubs. I hope my SAT. I think my essay was strong but thats not for me to decide. Thank you so much for your take on my chance at the University of Florida.