Chances for UF and any scholarships?

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I am a junior from Michigan getting ready to fill out college apps. I would like to know what others think about my chances for UF.

I am looking to major in something business related, and possibly hospitality (if business does not work out)

GPA: UW: 3.92 W: 4.06 (my school only weights APs)

List of AP classes taken/taking/will take
AP US History 5
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Stats
AP Calc AB (senior year)
AP Spanish (senior year)

ACT: 29 (35 E, 28 M, 28 R, 26 S)

SAT US HISTORY subject test: 740

Taking ACT on Saturday and really hoping for 30s, taking SAT on Tuesday.

ECs:
Student Congress fresh-senior years (Chair of school improvements and co-chair of student fundraising for Make A Wish, conference Rep)

Key Club fresh-junior years

Unified Sports (help disabled kids play sports) fresh-sophomore year

Tennis (varsity starting sophomore year)
Golf (varsity starting sophomore year) Voted most improved sophomore year (hopefully captain senior year)

National Honors society junior and senior year

300+ hours of community service

Attended the state leadership conference 3 years and attended the summer leadership camp this past year

I was a counselor at a camp for kids with Muscular Dystrophy for a week last summer. (7 days/overnight camp)

Please let me know what you think about my chances as far as my college list goes! Thanks!

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Good work! Your GPA is basically straight As.
You should work on your ACT. Try to get at least a 30, 31 is good and would put you at 75th percentile.

I’m not sure if UF favors out of state or in state.
I think you are a competitive applicant. I believe you will probably get in.

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In my honest opinion you are a strong applicant for UF, however, scholarship is VERY hard to come by. I believe as few as a hundred, or a couple hundred, freshmen are actualy awarded scholarships (13,000 are accepted).

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Update: I got a 33 on the April ACT. (34 E, 33 M, 34 S, 31 R).

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@pbmcdoug Do you have any tips on how to go about the reading?

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Great great job. This puts you quite a bit above the 75% mark for ACT.
I’d definitely expect to be admitted if everything else is in line.

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Do I have a shot at any scholarships?

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I would say you have an excellent shot at being admitted, awesome job! Scholarships at UF are tough to come by though. My son (class of 2021) had a higher UF GPA and a 34 ACT score and received nothing, but there were others with slightly lesser stats who received the top scholarships, so you never know. I definitely wouldn’t count on it, but good luck!

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Probably not a scholarship, at least not from UF. But you have a decent shot at admission!

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Well, if you’re a National Merit Finalist, you can get full-tuition at UF despite being an OOS student (You still have to pay for other expenses like housing and food, though)… Other than that, you probably can’t get a good scholarship. I don’t know if I’m remembering correctly, but there was a thread a few years back about a parent complaining about how his OOS daughter had perfect stats and only received a few thousand dollars in scholarship money from UF.

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Never mind, the National Merit thing got vetoed. : /