Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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I am currently an in-state junior and I was wondering how my application would fare. I plan on majoring in Public Health.

Gender: Male
Race: White/Asian

Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.98 (my school has a very inflated GPA: 5.0 for honors, 6.0 for AP/DE)
Class rank: 7/995

ACT: 31 (35E/26M/34R/30S/10W) I’ll be retaking it again to try to get the math and science scores up.
I just took the SAT for the first time this month, so I don’t have my scores yet.

AP Classes

-AP Human Geography (5)
-AP World History (4)
-AP Biology (4)
-AP US History (currently taking)
-AP Calculus AB (currently taking)
-AP Psychology (currently taking)
-AP Calculus BC (senior year)
-AP Physics 1 (senior year)
-AP Gov/Macro (senior year)

Dual Enrollment Classes

-Freshman Comp 1 (A)
-Sociology (A)
-Freshman Comp 2 (currently taking)
-Biology II (currently taking)
-Statistics (senior year)
-Anthropology (senior year)
-Social Problems (senior year, through UF’s Online DE program)
-Art Appreciation (senior year)

Extracurriculars:

-Varsity swimming team (10th, 11th, 12th) and I have a good chance of becoming captain next year
-Science National Honor Society (11th, 12th) and currently running for Vice President
-National Honor Society (11th, 12th)
-National Beta Club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
-Club swimming team (10th, 11th)
-Job experience (will be working at a clothing store for 1 year in August)

I will graduate with ~150 volunteer hours

I have applied for a summer program at the Center for Disease Control, which is in direct connection to my major (I think I have a good shot in getting accepted.)

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I like your chances, Redshirt!

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Looks like you are on track @Shirtisred

You should re-compute your GPA using UF’s weighting method, that will give you the proper comparison with the incoming Freshman profile UF publishes.

The following is from the UF website:

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^ agree with @CaucAsianDad

But assuming your unweighted is a 4/4, you have a very very high shot at UF. Also, your ACT puts you at the top 75%.

Nothing to worry about in my opinion.
I’d consider it as a low match (means easy match) or even a safety.

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I would disagree a bit calling it a “safety,” Aiming. I have seen people with higher stats get denied. I think his chances are quite good, but no way would I count on UF as a safety.

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True, UF’s admissions are tricky… But he has nearly as good of a shot as anyone

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Your chances look really good.