<p>I have a unique situation... I went to freshman, sophomore, and junior year at a top rated public school in NJ. I had trouble at school, and was bullied pretty badly (I wrote my essay about that), and my grades suffered. I only took one AP class in junior year, and had a B average. Senior year, I decided to declare Florida residency and take all of my classes online through flvs. We've had a house down here for like eight years, so everything was legit. I'm currently taking Ap English lit and comp, ap microeconomics, hon geometry, ap environmental science, ap us gov and politics, and have all As and Bs. I have two great letters of Rec from my vice principal and my favorite teacher from the public school. Three volunteering awards, and over 400 or 500 hrs of service. I wrote my essay a year in advance, and had it read over by a published author in my area, who said it was really great. It shows how I turned a bad situation into something good... I initiated and led an anti bullying group at my towns middle school and spoke of my experience. My essay isn't a big sob story, although it is pretty deep in the beginning. What are my chances for UF? I'm a homeschooler, have a ton of extra curriculars, did three years in a NJ public school, have been a florida resident since August 14, highest ACT score was 26 (31 reading, 21 math, 20 science, 10 writing, 28 English), Steep upward trend in grades, I'm certain that I'll end my classes with A or high B averages, two awesome letters of rec, and a really unique and meaningful essay. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Typo: I put UF instead of USF</p>
<p>You should have a good shot for admission with your ACT scores and if your GPA is well over 3.00. You stated above you have been a Florida resident for about a month…what about your parents…did they get Fl. drivers licenses, voter registrations, register cars in Fl, homestead Fl house, etc.? Florida is tough with verifying residency; be sure you and your parents dot all your i’s and cross all you t’s meeting residency requirements so you don’t get any surprises. USF doesn’t require recommendation letters nor essay, but they may request them if they initially defer your admission to to see your fall semester high school grades first. Good luck!</p>
<p><a href=“http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/Residency.pdf[/url]”>http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Admissions/pdf/Residency.pdf</a></p>