<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.4-ish
FSU weighted: 4.0
ACT: 32
SAT: 1950
AP classes: Human geography, Chemistry, World History, Art History, US History, English lang, Psychology, Calc AB, Biology, Government/Macroeconomics, Calc BC, English Lit, Statistics, Physics B
Clubs: National honors society (2 years), Debate club (1 year, treasurer), Young democrats (4 years, founder), Science national honors society (2 years) Mu alpha theta (1 year), habitat for humanity (1 year)
EC: Intern for United States Senator, Counselor in training over the summer, worked in father's sandwich shop since I was about 9, went to spain over the summer to help spanish kids learn English; about 500 hours total in all of those ^^^^
White male, middle/high income.
Great essay
Applied for fall</p>
<p>I know. I’m still pretty surprised that UF rejected you. And I noticed from another post of yours that you hate FSU. But all hope is not lost; you could do well in your first semester at FSU (let’s say upwards of a 3.5) and then transfer to Florida as a sophomore. Sure, you’d have to spend a year at a college you don’t really like; but you’d have three years as the Gator that you want to be.</p>
<p>This is exactly what I was thinking. The only reasons that I don’t want to go to FSU are irrational, yet existent none the less. And I already have about 30 credit hours from AP classes so I technically could transfer after only one semester. To be honest I just “hate” FSU because I just wanted to go to UF and I always had FSU sort of taunting me in the background.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m in a similar situation. I didn’t get into UNC-Chapel Hill, so I’m probably going to Appalachian State for a year and then I’ll transfer. Wish me luck; and good luck to you, too!</p>
<p>UF probably didn’t accept you just based off your unweighted GPA. I don’t know if things have changed in the last few years, but I remember in high school it was harped on that UF almost never accepted anyone with a weighted GPA below 3.7. If I had to guess (not having any idea about how UF works, of course), that would be what I’d say probably was the deal killer.</p>
<p>But good luck not only getting into FSU (not that you need it), but enjoying it. Although if you really hate the school, you probably won’t find yourself enjoying any time you spend there.</p>
<p>You’re of course assuming that anyone in UF’s admissions office gave a damn as to where you were transferring from in the first place. As long as you have the academic profile that would suggest that you would succeed at the school, they don’t give a damn where you’re attending or have attended.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to go to FSU, why even bother with doing so? You’re likely going to resent every waking moment that you spend here. You aren’t going to like it, so why waste your time? Just go to a community college, get your AA, and transfer to UF. It’ll save you a ton of money, and you’ll likely end up at your dream school anyway.</p>
<p>I would say that the community college to 4 year college route is getting more popular, just because of college costs. 2 years at a CC at sometimes just a small fraction of the cost is well worth it to a lot of people. My current roommate did that, and he said that his AA cost him less than 1/4 of what it would have cost at FSU for the first two years. And he still graduated within 4 years, in a very difficult major.</p>
<p>I already have like a year and a half out of the way because of the AP classes though, so could I just go to CC for one semester and then transfer? That doesn’t seem possible.</p>
<p>If it only takes you that long to fulfill the requirements to get an AA, then that is quite possible. However, more realistically you’re looking at at least 1 year before you can transfer. More than likely your AP credit will overlap a bit on what it does and doesn’t cover towards your AA.</p>
<p>Oh well that’s nice. But I would have to rent an apartment and pay for my own electricity and stuff :/. I know that I would eventually have to do that, but going directly from high school to that environment would be too much for me, I think.</p>
<p>Santa Fe is the community college feeder into UF, the same way TCC is to FSU.</p>
<p>If the goal is to attend UF then I see several choices:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Attend SFC and apply to UF after 60 semester hours as a junior.</p></li>
<li><p>Apply for UF Summer or some other entry variant as a freshman.</p></li>
<li><p>Attend FSU and earn the BS/BA then apply to UF as a grad student. (This way you get the best of both worlds; but tend to dress oddly during the annual game with both school’s colors).</p></li>
</ol>