Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>chances???????
Prelaw route...
INSTATE
Freshman year
Spanish I Hon-A
English I Hon-A
Algebra I Hon-B
Crit Think Hon-A
Spanish 2 Hon-A
Gym-A
Health -A</p>

<p>Sophmore year
AP World History,-A (3 on Ap test-i know sucks)
Ap Biology-A(3 again-i had a really bad fever and missed like the last two weeks of school so this was expected)
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Geometry Honors,-B
English 2 Honors -B
Drafting 2. -A</p>

<p>Junior Year (so far/ projected)
AP Chemistry-C/C (2)----------i hate chemistry
AP English Comp -A/B (4)
AP American History -A/A (4)
AP Government (TOOk ONLINE)-B (4)
Spanish IV Honors -A
Algebra II Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B/B
Latin I (TOOK ONLINE)-A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
Ap MacroEconomics ONLINE
Ap English Lit
Ap Statists
Ap Psycology
Ap Physics
Precalc
Debate 1</p>

<p>STATS</p>

<p>ACT-27
W.GPA 4.9
UW GPA 3.65
Class Rank= 19</p>

<p>ECs(by the end of high school)
4 years of Track (Captain Jr and Sr years, 3 varsity letters, 3 school records, regionals states all that good stuff, not going to run in college though)</p>

<p>3 years varisty Cross Country (Captain Jr and Senior year) ran on a cracked rib the whole season, so didnt go to states or anything, regionals sophmore year
3 years of being a Cross Country mentor to a local Middle School team (set up races, practices, etc.)
Finished 4th in my age group in the Naples Half Marathon (1:31:00)
Running 2008 Naples Half Marathon this december...
Founder of local running club (VP Junior year, President Senior year)</p>

<p>3 years of school soccer (varsity senior year)
Competed in Spanish Mens Socceer league inbetween season
volunteer coach/CIT at county youth sportscamp</p>

<p>City basketball runner ups sophmore year
coached a youth basketball county team
Job at Country Club (18 hours a week)
Teen Court Volunteer
Mock Trial
175 hours of community service
2 years of Key Club
3 years of FCA
2 years of NHS
2 years of History Honors Society</p>

<p>National Honor Roll
AP scholar with honor
Canidate for Lauerate Diploma (3 APs in # 3 different subjects, 3.0 gpa, and you have to write a 5000 essay and present it to a panel)
11 AP classes by the end of graduation</p>

<p>My essays are the best part of my app, and my recs are all great too</p>

<p>If this helps me any, my mom is a single mother with 4 kids on a teachers salary...</p>

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<p>High 90's percent chance you're in. Good luck and nice work</p>

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<p>even with the crappy test score?</p>

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<p>Your gpa makes up for it, don't worry. Besides, a 27 is still in the median.</p>

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<p>On the other hand, you could always take the SAT, since they superscore it</p>

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<p>the A's in health and gym make up for the average test score</p>

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<p>bummmp....</p>

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<p>W.GPA 4.9
UW GPA 3.65</p>

<p>That's quiet a difference. Is that common?</p>

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<p>i wouldnt say its exactly "common"...but i did the best i could with 11 Ap classes...</p>

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<p>Moviebuff is right. Not only is it uncommon, it's impossible! UF recalculates GPA's based only on academic classes, with honors/pre-IB given half-weight(.5) and AP/IB's given full weight(1). So the OP's difference of ~1.3 is not possible. I assume he was working on a school system that was different from UF's. However, all GPA's need to be reworked to UF standards before any true chances can be given.</p>

<p>Reading this post over, it sounds kinda mean. I didn't mean it that way.</p>

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<p>I think the OP's Florida (UF weighting) gpa is 4.2. This, together with the excellent EC's (both leadership and varsity sports) and reasonable ACT give his/her a very solid chance at UF.</p>

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<p>Wow, they give .5 for pre-IB and 1 for IB?
Do most schools do this?</p>

<p>If so, then I'm golden.</p>

<p>Through Freshman and Sophomore Year, I have ~4.21
So far through Junior year, I have ~4.56, which would bring the cumulative average through 5 semesters to ~4.28</p>

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<p>"Three years after university officials capped the size of the freshman class at about 6,600, competition at UF is at an all-time high, forcing admissions workers to choose among the brightest and leaving behind an unprecedented number of disappointed families. Of those who applied to be part of this fall's incoming freshman class, an estimated 42 percent were accepted -- the lowest acceptance rate in the history of the state's public schools. Selectivity at the state's top university is expected to heighten as UF continues to work toward becoming one of the nation's Top 10 public universities. It should also be noted, the Yield rate was at 57% for last year."</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Please stop posting this in EVERY thread. We read it, and we don't need it anymore.</p>

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<p>anyone else have an opinion?</p>

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<p>I am a bit confused here, is UF's admission policy randomized. That being said, would having a low test score (ACT/SAT) harm me of getting in</p>

<p>How can grades make up for poor test scores.</p>

<p>3.69 (UW)
5.4 (W)</p>

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<p>so, do u guys think i have a solid shot at uf?</p>

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<p>I don't know, but according to what someone posted as UF's grade weighting system, the most a GPA can vary under that system from unweighted to weighted is 1 pt. (If EVERY class was either AP or IB)</p>

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<p>All state universities in Florida by law use the same formula. There is a chart you can use to calculate that Florida university system weighted GPA here:
<a href="http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cyberguidance.net/college/recalgpa.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>its about a 4.2 according to that</p>