Chances for a somewhat special case

<p>I'm going to graduate early as a junior because of my household circumstances. I didn't decide to graduate early until after the November 1 deadline so I'm going to try and send my application in soon as possible. Thank You for your replies (;</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 and 4.9
Top 4% of class
Rank: 28/807 (will increase as soon as semester grades are in)</p>

<p>Freshmen Year:
AP Human Geography (Got a 4)
Algebra II Honors
English I Honors
Biology Honors
Latin I
Journalism: Newspaper Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
AP World History (Got a 5)
Precalculus
English II Honors
Chemistry Honors
Latin II
Journalism: Newspaper Honors</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Statistics
AP Physics B
AP European History
AP US History
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus AB</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>-Played three seasons of lacrosse
-Editor in Chief of a weekly bulletin published throughout the school
-staff writer on school newspaper
-Public Relations Officer in Model UN
-National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, Beta Club, National Society of High School Scholars, Mu Alpha Theta
-Received National Scholastic Press Association Honor Roll in 2007 and 2008
-Volunteer at the hospital weekly (over 50+ hours)
-did over 70+ hours babysitting the nursery at church</p>

<p>-I live in Florida and attend a public high school in Orlando</p>

<p>I'm taking my ACT's in December and from my practice tests, I think I will get in the range of 30-33.</p>

<p>So, am I being realistic? Does my graduating early affect my chances of admissions? Thank Youuu</p>

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<p>I don't believe it will affect your chances beyond having to compete with seniors. I know a handful of people who did the same thing and as long as they were competitive for admission as a senior then they were fine.</p>

<p>thanksss (;
oh also, I know they say they place a lot of emphasis on the essay so I'm writing about how my mom was adopted into a white family (we're Korean) when she was 13. I actually don't live with my parents and I live with my American grandparents so I'm writing about that.</p>

<p>how are my chances of getting accepted looking?</p>

<p>good....on a joking level, theres alot of asians at uf,lol. (:</p>

<p>haha i knoww (:</p>

<p>I know a lot of Koreans that go there.
Actually, like 90% of the Asians I know go there. lolll</p>

<p>You need four years of English both to graduate early and for UF. Will you adding English 4 honors? Adding AP English Lit? Doing a dual enrollment ENC 1101?--I don't think the Journalism course will count.</p>

<p>I will be taking the last of my required courses (Economics & Government & English Literature) at a community college next semester.</p>

<p>I honestly don't know. I had a few friends with really good stats trying to apply a year early to several schools, and they didn't get into any of them. If I were you, I would explain the circumstances to UF somehow - tell them why you are graduating early. From what I've gathered (and please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong), colleges look down on people who have graduated early for the sake of graduating early, without exhausting every academic opportunity possible at their school.</p>

<p>That is great!</p>

<p>I hope you get accepted, nothing in your record stands out as being egregious or anything, and your stats place you well at the top of the applicant pool!
Have you visited Gainesville yet? There's a wonderful Korean church just about 3/4 miles from the New Physics Building, and if you can speak Korean pretty well I'm sure you'll feel right at home!</p>

<p>j. hackleman: ahah thank you. I actually have visited Gainseville and the campus is great and really big ! I didn't see the church though. I really do hope I get accepted! </p>

<p>illusionsx: thank you for your reply; I'm graduating early because I have personal circumstances at home and not just for the sake of graduating early. I do understand that it would be more difficult for early graduates.
I'm really worried that the admissions committee would examine my application even more because I'm an early graduate. I hope that would not go against me. I think I will contact the admissions office and ask about!</p>