<p>This is the school I want to go to even though I think that Im on the bubble
in state
weighted gpa 3.92
sat 1810
act 27 (superscored at 28) but they dont use it.
rank is 135/715 (top 19%)
highly competitive high school</p>
<p>my senior schedule:
ap gov/econ
ap stats
ap comp/lit
ap psy
honors holocaust/research 2
journalism 2</p>
<p>other courses of interest
algebra 2 honors,geometry honors,ap environmetal science, ap bio, honors bio, ap comp,aice photography 1 and 2, aice us gov, ap world history, aice math, spanish 3 honors,aice us history, aice marine science</p>
<p>aice courses are comparable to ib I have over 170 hours of ec and most notable would be my internship at a local hospital for 3 summers which is the major im applying for (nursing)</p>
<p>I am also applying to FSU, clemson, u of mass-amherst, unc, temple, uconn,pitt,udel</p>
<p>any help would be appreciated</p>
<p>I think your stats are a bit low. Try to get your ACT up a little, to a 29 or a 30. My son raised his score from a 31 to a 34 with zero studying, so you can certainly do the same.</p>
<p>Also, I understand that UF is more “holistic”, so they will also look at your EC’s.</p>
<p>If you have good EC’s, that would help. </p>
<p>Also, they may even care from what part of the state you are from.</p>
<p>And other subjective things like that.</p>
<p>Given that UF is such a bargain, and given that private colleges cost $50,000 a year, in this tough economy, a lot of super top kids opt for UF, where in prior years they might not have gone the UF route.</p>
<p>The reason I say that admission may be tough for you is that my son, who is applying this year, and has a similar gpa to yours, and much higher SATs, has been told by the private college counselor we hired that he is not a sure thing.</p>
<p>And I have seen postings on cc where kids complain that they got rejected at UF, but got into University of Virginia, and even MIT. I believe I also saw a posting once entitled something like “2100 SATs, but rejected by UF”, and a number of people responded to that post.</p>
<p>That is very odd that you referred to what part of state. I’ve heard that also and alot of kids get into uf from my school and you would not think they have a chance. Im in a Boca Raton high school that is very competitive and well liked by the school. Maybe the folks at uf know how hard the ap/aice courses are here. Its a very competitive high school and I think I’m very well prepared for college after being here.</p>
<p>Hgh:</p>
<p>If they did it only on merit, 75% of the acceptance offers would probably go to kids from Boca Raton and Miami. </p>
<p>I think they have lots of “political” considerations, such as geographic diversity, race, first in family to attend college, and things like that. That is the reason I have some reservations about your chances.</p>
<p>However, I didn’t notice that you were applying for nursing. Their evaluation of your application might be much different than some typical pre-law kid just applying to major in history. (they have a million applicants like that). </p>
<p>In any case, no point in worrying about it though. Just do the best you can, and see what happens.</p>
<p>You might want to post another message asking for specific advice from current nursing majors. Their insight would be the most valuable.</p>
<p>If you have to go to FSU rather than UF, it wouldn’t be the end of the world, right?
You would still become a nurse.</p>
<p>Actually, if I get into fsu its actually a better choice for me because the nursing program is direct entry. With UF you have to apply to the nursing program in soph year. Hmmm…its definately a consideration. </p>
<p>Good luck to your son, I prolly know him…lol!!!</p>
<p>hgh:</p>
<p>While my office is in Boca, my kid lives in Broward County, because I am divorced.</p>
<p>I think you will get into FSU for sure, but it is such a pain to get to.</p>
<p>Some kids are picking USF or UCF instead of FSU, for that reason. Not sure if they have nursing programs though. Also, at least FSU is nationally known.</p>