Chance Me? (OOS)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>I am currently a Junior at a small high school in Oklahoma. FSU is my dream school. Chance me?
Rank: 7/162
GPA Weighted: 4.25
GPA Nonweighted: 3.875
ACT: 26 (first time, retesting in October)
EC's
DECA- 2 years
DECA Competive- 2 years, placed 4th in State first year. Second has yet to compete
Science Club- 2 years
Student Council- 1 year
Spanish Club- 1 year
Over 100 hours of community service
National Honor Society- 4 years
Was awarded the first ever Faculty award my Freshman year
Cool Cougar Character award for 2 years
Cougar of Excellence award 2 years
Worked as an Office Aid for 2 years (very competitive position at my school)
Was in the ILO (Gifted and Talented Class) from 2nd-9th grade (last year available)</p>

<p>AP's
Currently enrolled: English 3, US History, Environmental Science</p>

<p>Work
Worked as a waitress a full summer
Work as a model for a local photographer and a local boutique</p>

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<p>I am also Hispanic if that helps</p>

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<p>I would say slam dunk. Bring up the test score and you may qualify for in state tuition</p>

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<p>@gonolesdad how can an out of state student get in state tuition?
And @Kaelanae your application looks great! You’ll have no problem getting in :slight_smile: Just bring your ACT up to around 28+</p>

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<p>If you have high enough stats, FSU awards a certain number of out-of-state students with either partial or full tuition waivers that pay for the difference between out-of-state and in-state tuition. </p>

<p><a href=“FSU Admissions | Error 404 page not found”>http://admissions.fsu.edu/freshman/finances/scholarships.cfm&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>Thanks @Pasbal‌ would you happen to know of the profile of someone that got these waivers would be like? And this is based 100% on academic merit and extracurriculars don’t have a factor into it, right?</p>

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<p>I only personally know one out-of-state person that got a tuition waiver for undergrad. I believe their high school GPA was like a 4.7 and she had a 34 ACT. </p>

<p>I don’t know what all is counted towards the waiver. I’d assume that extracurriculars would play a role especially if trying to determine between a few candidates.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I went to one of their info sessions in June and they said it was an automatic waiver if you had a certain GPA and a 30 ACT. But that’s not what their website says… :-/ A family friend works at FSU so I’ll ask him about it…</p>

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<p>My dad called the admissions counselor and emailed this to me:</p>

<p>"she shared with me what the numbers were for the out of state students entering this fall that earned these scholarships:</p>

<p>50% Waiver (from $21,500 ==> $14,500 tuition): 3.5 weighted gpa/29 ACT score
100% Waiver (from $21,500 ==> $6,500 tuition): 3.5 weighted gpa/30 ACT score</p>

<p>And of course you know they superscore the ACT tests and the gpa is weighted based upon core academic classes and extra weight given to honors and AP classes."</p>

<p>I think you could have a great shot at it @Kaelanae. Bring up your ACT score and it’ll be great!</p>

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<p>Thank you all so much!</p>

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<p>Was there anything about SAT scores in that? </p>

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<p>I called up the admissions office. For SATs the levels were 1900 for a partial, and 1960 for a full at least for this past year’s applicants.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that FSU doesn’t just use SAT/ACT scores for things like that… GPA and course rigor is going to play a huge role in determining scholarships as well.</p>

<p>The 3.5 GPA quoted above is hardly accurate- a 3.5 weighted GPA is below the 25th percentile for even accepted GPAs for FSU. There’s no way that with only a 3.5 GPA (and no test scores, significant course rigor, etc) that FSU would throw money at an out-of-state student.</p>

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<p>That may very well be. I’m simply reporting the information as provided to me. </p>