Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>Hello, I know most of you don't like the chances posts, but please bear with me. I'm very nervous because they're freezing the enrollment.</p>

<p>This is my first post on CC. I'll just give you a short background on myself first:
I just graduated highschool, I finished all of my credits a year and 1/2 early (unfortunately giving me a weak senior schedule of mostly 1/2 credits) but graduated with the class of '07. (Meaning I officially am a year early grad)
I'm taking a year off to save up money, hopefully do some traveling, and some volunteer work. (I really hope FSU doesn't look negatively at most of this.)
I am applying for enrollment this August for the fall of '08.</p>

<p>My fsu weighted gpa is between 4.0 and 4.1
my SAT cr+m is 1290 (I'm taking it again to at least get the 1300)
I have 178 volunteer hours.</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:</p>

<p>English Honors IV
Latin I
Writing I
SAT prep
Law Studies
Psychology
Sociology
World Religions
Keyboarding</p>

<p>I have few extra curriculars, mainly because I was only in school for 2 1/2 years. (3 years officially)</p>

<p>Drama club 9th & 10th grade
Dance classes
Worked at Firehouse Subs 10-15 hours per week.
Worked at Outback Steakhouse 25-35 hours per week.</p>

<p>Apart of the National Honor Roll
National Society of High School Scholars
and Talented 20</p>

<p>I haven't taken any AP courses, but I've taken all of the honors courses available.</p>

<p>As long as I raise my SAT score 10pts, do you think it is likely that they will reject someone who qualifies for their honors program? Do you think I will at least get in for the summer? Have you ever heard of/know anyone who qualified for honors and got rejected?</p>

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<p>It is hard to say what admissions will be like next year with the freeze but I think you still should have an excellent chance to be admitted with your grades and SAT score. Perhaps you can pass a few CLEP exams or take some CC courses to show you are capable of doing college level work since you said you did not do any AP/IB or dual enrollment classes previously.</p>

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<p>I agree! I'm definitely considering taking some CLEP exams.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score looks fine; the grades look respectable. You may not get an offer to Honors unless you get a 1300+, which is a minimum. I believe the qualification score for Honors varies with each class and its been rising with the general SAT average. Your course work could be stronger, but a higher SAT or ACT may compensate for the lack of APs. Please consider taking the ACT as well.</p>

<p>Apply as early as you can, and perhaps meet with an admissions officer to see if a scholarship may be available or even an advantageous financial aid package.</p>

<p>Honestly, it looks like you're working too much for a full-time student!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice! I've already taken the ACT, didn't do very well. I did much better with the SAT. I think I wrote my hourly work a bit confusingly- I never worked at firehouse or outback at the same time. I worked at firehouse 10-15 hrs during the school year, and Outback 25-35 after I completed my credits in December, and stopped attending school. haha I don't think I could handle a 50 hour/week jobs + school.</p>

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<p>I think you're just about good to go. Nothing to worry about.</p>

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<p>Thank you, I hope so!</p>