Chances?

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Hi! I’m an incoming senior in high school & was wondering if anyone could help me with my chances

SAT: 1870 (retaking this October)
ACT: 27 (retaking)
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.812

I am in the IB program at one of the top 30 high schools in the nation
10 APs by the end of HS, 2 DE’s by the end of HS, 3 IB SL’s by the end of HS, and 3 IB HL’s by the end of HS

ECs:
-UNICEF Club President
-Member of SGA (1 of only 20 members chosen in class)
-Member of Math Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society
-Leader of MIT’s Code Club in local community
-Member of Environmental Club
-LiNK Crew Member
-Multi-Lingual
-Tennis Player throughout all of High School
-Member of National Honor Society
-Musician with YouTube Channel (Advanced in playing piano, clarinet, alto saxophone, and acoustic guitar)
-Advanced chess player with numerous awards and a high rating

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I’d say you’re squared to go. Weakest link is the ACT, SAT is looking average for freshmen. Solid profile in my opinion.

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Thanks for the response. Do you know how UF GPA is calculated? I know that for AP and IB classes it’s +1 and for honors it’s +0.5 but my GPA is calculated by semester grades. So would I add these additions to every semester grade’s grade points or just add it to the total grade points accumulated throughout HS?

Also, my rank is just outside the top 25% for my unweighted GPA and just outside the top 15% for my weighted GPA. Is this important?

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UF will require you enter your grades into SSAR (Student Self-Reported Academic Record):

http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/ssar.html

UF will want your grades entered for each semester. But follow the rules below to determine which grades to enter.

This is a bit complicated. UF wants to know how you did compared to your peers, so they do look at it (if provided). I believe rank is also entered into the SSAR. The more competitive the high school, the less important the ranking. Another way to look at it. At a less competitive, high school, UF may only be accepting students in the top 10%, while at some of Florida’s most competitive high schools, they may accept folks outside of the top 25%.

Good Luck!

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@Gator88NE thanks for your response. I go to a very competitive school so do you think I would be ok? Also, so if I had an A in an honors class for both semesters, when calculating my UF GPA would I be adding 4.5 + 4.5 or would I be adding 4 + 4 and then + 0.5 for the weight?

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4.5 +4.5.

Then divide by the total number of semesters.

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@Gator88NE thanks again. So with that, my UF GPA is around a 4.477, if I did this correctly. So are my chances ok with this?

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You’re a match to UF, but it’s holistic admissions can seem a bit random. Make sure you have a few other options, just in case.