Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>I know these chance threads are a little annoying but I can't seem to find the Academic Data Reference book for FSU so i can't exactly figure out my chances.. (if anyone has it, could you send me the link, please?)</p>

<p>Hispanic female first generation college student attending a public IB high school in south florida. Don't qualify for free/reduced lunch or waivers. Looking to major in either fashion marketing or communications with a minor in psychology</p>

<p>STATS:
-1710 sat (taking some summer courses, so could go up to an 1800)
-25 act
-3.3 unweighted, 5.3 weighted
-AP Classes taken: AP World, AP Euro, AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP English Comp, AP English Lit and AP US history</p>

<p>EC's:
-Varsity soccer since 10th grade
-Will be manager for JV soccer next year
-Member of Spanish Honor Society
-Member of National Honor Society
-Member of Quill & Scroll (secretary)
-Member of Model UN (secretary)
-Member of Key Club
-Member of the IBIS Committee (student government for the IB program) (historian)
-Yearbook Co-editor</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
-Baptist Hospital
-I tutor every wednesday during the year at a local middle school
-400+ hours logged into my school's system</p>

<p>Awards: only AP scholar award for passing my AP's...but thats it :/</p>

<p>My gpa and scores are on the low side, so I need to know if my EC's might make up for it. And hopefully, I get a bright futures scholarship....</p>

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<p>While your test scores aren’t ideal, they’re far from horrible. And FSU loves IB students, so you would more than likely be in with your current profile.</p>

<p>I would suggest that you recalculate your GPA to FSU’s scale, as a 5.3 GPA isn’t possible under FSU’s GPA recalculation. [You</a> can use this worksheet to help you calculate everything.](<a href=“http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf]You”>http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf)</p>

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<p>Ok thank you so much :slight_smile: how about the Honors Program at FSU? How are my chances there?</p>

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<p>You may research your own answers here: [The</a> Florida State University | FSU Honors Program](<a href=“http://honors.fsu.edu/]The”>http://honors.fsu.edu/)</p>

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<p>No way will you get into the Honors Program with those scores. You would need at least a 29 on your ACT, probably better than that, according to the latest stats posted from last year’s class. I think the candidates are only getting better each year.</p>

<p>From the Honors Dept. link above:</p>

<p>The average academic profile of students that were offered honors invitation in 2012 was as follows: 4.3 academic GPA*; 31 ACT composite, and 2070 SAT total.</p>

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<p>Yeah, with those test scores, you have pretty much no shot at the Honors program. You’d need somewhere in the neighborhood of a 30 ACT to have a decent chance (as pointed out above).</p>