Chances for admission at UF

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<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Total: 1390 (2070)</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>SAT Verbal: 640</li>
<li>SAT Math: 750</li>
<li>SAT Writing: 680</li>
<li>SAT II: Chem-600 Math L2-690 Math L1-680</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: Chem 4, Physics (Sr Yr)</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 3.5</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: Top 20% in a very competitive school (top 20% kid got in ED to Tufts)</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Solid</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Solid</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Excellent</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): none</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: MA</p></li>
<li><p>School Type: Public</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: White</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: M</p></li>
<li><p>Legacy Yes/No: No</p></li>
<li><p>Recruited Yes/No: No</p></li>
<li><p>Important ECs: Varsity Tennis 10-12. Varsity Soccer 10. Chess Team 11-12 (captain 12). Spanish Club. Latin Club. Have had 3 jobs (1 current at Staples). Tons of leadership community serveice roles (coaching middle school rec basketball and organizing a high school rec basketball league). Volunteered for a congressional campaign (Michael Capuano).</p></li>
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<p>Any type of opinion or advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>How many AP classes? The typical UF admit has 5, and most students are in the top 10% of their HS class. Still, you have good SATs. Overall, I'd say you have a very good chance.</p>

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<p>Our high school only offers 6 total.
Chemistry
Physics B
Physics C
Environmental Sciences
Biology
Calculus</p>

<p>I'm in the next highest calculus that is not AP (and I get consistent 95+'s in that class.</p>

<p>The thing about my school is that its a very competitive public high school from a blue collar town that is very very focused on academics.</p>

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<p>You should get into UF without a problem. If you can retake the SAT and get an extra 10 points (CR or M) you can get into the honors program--lots of perks for that.</p>

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<p>I think the GPA is too low for the honors program. You need a 4.0 weighted average as calculated by UF, and he has a 3.5 UW - it's a possibility depending on his/her courseload, but kind of doubtful.</p>

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<p>Honors is out of the question. If I were to take the SAT's again, it would be on January 28th (next closest date). University of Florida requires scores before then to be eligible for the honors requirements.</p>