Deferred, chances for march admission?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Florida State University
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<p>After lots of refreshing and waiting, I finally accessed the website to find a big, fat deferral. I was kind of suprised so I called admissions and they suggested getting good grades this semester and submitting them in January. This is my match school imo with UF as a reach and UCF as a safety. Anyways without further adieu here are my stats:</p>

<p>Hispanic Male</p>

<p>SAT: 2020
Math:660
Reading:650
Writing:710</p>

<p>GPA (bit low):
UW - 3.1
W - 4.15
FSU - 3.3</p>

<p>Service Hours: 284
Extra Curriculars - Varsity Lacrosse 3 yrs, held jobs (McDonalds & Walgreens) all throughout junior and senior year, in a couple of clubs but nothing too special.</p>

<p>Essay - solid</p>

<p>Senior Courseload - AP Gov/Econ, AP European History, all honors besides that.
We're currently at the end of the second quarter, my grades aren't phenomenal because I thought I was into FSU for sure and just had to keep them above D's...I'm hoping for AABB for 1st quarter (talking to teachers about grades, currently still have a 79% in gov/econ) and AAAB in 2nd quarter. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>how the **** did you get deferred? mind <em>blown</em></p>

<p>what was your schedule? also, grades?</p>

<p>my schedule is 2 dual enrollments, 5 APs, one honors</p>

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<p>It’s because I got a D in Calculus and my fsu gpa is pretty low, lol wish I wouldn’t have taken that class…Never had any intentions of studying math in college.</p>

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<p>interesting…yeah i had gotten a B in calculus and a B in ap chem the same year (11th).</p>

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<p>math and sciences aren’t really my thing >:l</p>

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<p>what did you list as your major?</p>

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<p>sociology i believe</p>

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<p>yeah…most sociology majors are “partiers” from what i believe…they want to lose the party reputation so you should blend in more with the math and science people. lol</p>

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<p>meh. lol. do you know at all how much harder march is than december? i thought it would be easier because the more competitive applicants were already accepted…</p>

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<p>no because most seniors are lazy and decided to turn in applications after oct 17</p>

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<p>March is MUCH more difficult to get accepted than December.</p>

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<p>what do you think my chances are?</p>

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<p>It’s going to depend on how you do in your courses. If you don’t have any bad grades, I’d say your chances are pretty good. If the D was just a one-time thing, that’s all they really care about.</p>

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<p>Yeah, actually up doing some work for my euro class as we speak…-_-
Anyways thanks.</p>

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<p>It’s hard to imagine someone with a 2000+ SAT being rejected. I guess what they say is true: FSU really prioritizes your GPA over your test scores. </p>

<p>It seems like once you get below a 3.5, FSU starts to get very picky.</p>

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<p>It appears so :confused: Anyways I’m shooting for a 4.0 FSU gpa for first quarter and a 4.5 FSU gpa second. Hopefully that’ll show them that I’m a serious student.</p>

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<p>It’s not really surprising to me that anyone that got a D was deferred. Stats have steadily crept up the last few years, so any bad grades are magnified.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that FSU only looks at semester grades, not quarter grades. So if you have a B for the semester, talking to teachers about your first quarter grade likely won’t change anything.</p>

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<p>in my freshman year i ended up with 2 bad final grades: drama (i was shy) and world history (i wasn’t used to heavy bookwork). i ended up with an F and a D, respectively. however those were my only bad grades freshman year, and sophomore year i had A’s and B’s only (semesters).</p>

<p>also, my schedule has been rigorous since junior year. I’ve also never had regular classes.</p>

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<p>Yeah I think as long as you have an upward trend you’re fine, but my poor grades were in junior year so it’s different</p>