Posting for my daughter as I’m a curious alum.
Unweighted GPA: 3.5
UF GPA: 3.94
SAT: 1270
State Of Residence: Florida
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Summer
Class rank: 16%
AP’s: World History, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Psychology, Language and Composition, Computer Science, Calculus, Literature
EC: Girl Scout Gold Award, project was 80+ hours, including creating an elementary school lesson plan on healthy eating and presenting the course to about 200 kids. Also built a website to sustain the project. She spent 10 years in Girl Scouts. She’s also in other organizations like NHS and the future educators with another 100+ hours.
Volunteering- More than 350 hours at a university affiliated pre-school for kids with and without special needs. Volunteered during three consecutive high school summers. Did it on her own with no prodding from her parents.
Awards: numerous for her community service including some high profile honors.
“Hooks”: attended a pre-college program at UF (CPET) this past summer - they loved her. From a family of Gators. Also went on the tour and spent a lot of time on the application.
Is UF first choice? Yes
Other schools applied for: Accepted to UNF, UCF, USF, FGCU. Pending at FSU and UF.
Major/Field of Study: Digital Arts and Sciences in Engineering
Comments: We know ii’s a reach. GPA is the big weakness, but grades have improved each year. She’s a monster on meaningful, long-term ECs,and wrote her essay about what she learned from volunteering with kids. Curious to hear thoughts from the group.