Chance Me UF Honors College

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<p>I plan on using UF Honors as a saftey school if I don't get accepted to Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, University of Chicago, Emory, and MIT.</p>

<p>Objective:
ACT: Taking in June
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85
Weighted GPA: 4.33 U.F. Recalculated is 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 3 %
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Award, Principals Honor Roll, Young Writers of America and many more.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Delta Phi Pi Chapter (English Honor Society) (President)
National Honor Society (Vice-President)
Rho Kappa
Key Club (President)
Mu Alpha Theta
JV Football Team Captain
Varsity Football Team Captain
Cross Country
Track
Basketball Team Captain
Science National Honor Society (Vice-President)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Universal Studios Orlando Florida (Team Captain)Volunteer/Community service:renouned hospital here in Florida 100+ hours.</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Large Public
Ethnicity:American Indian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: $60000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Low Income, First Generation College Student, and URM.</p>

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<p>The UF official Honors College reqs are 2070 SAT or 33 ACT, and 4.0 UF GPA. You’ve got the GPA, but without an ACT/SAT, I couldnt really say.</p>

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<p>SAT/ACT is by far the biggest component for entry into Honors at UF. For admissions, it’s holistic. But Honors admission is virtually strictly based upon the almighty SAT score, so you actually might get into a significantly better school and not make UF honors. I know of a girl who got into UNC and UF with a rather meager SAT score, largely due (in the minds of virtually the entire school) to her race as an American Indian. Frankly, that ethnicity may well be your greatest asset in this entire process, and you may well be able to make it into Harvard with rather great ease, provided your SAT is ample. All of the Top 20’s really want to increase their Native American populations, so I would shoot for the stars and take an amazing rigor and do really well, and you have a great shot even at Ivy admissions.</p>