famu, ucf, usf, fau

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: abdc11
Gender: F
College Class Year: 2015
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.79
GPA - Weighted: 3.49
Class Rank: top 50%
Class Size: 149</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 540
SAT I Critical Reading: 510
SAT I Writing: 520
ACT: 23
i will retake both my ACTs and SATs. I'm aiming for a 25 on the ACT. and 1150 for Math and CR on the SATs.</p>

<p>Don't have my AP scores yet for Bio and Lang, but I anticipate passing grades. (3 or 4) I'm also taking AP Lit next year.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: NHS
FNHS
French Competition
Ethics Club
Volunteer/Service Work: Elementary school
Church
library
service work for children at hospitals
Honors and Awards: 3.5+ GPA
College Summer programs: dual enrollment:
college algebra
psychology
speech
humanities
precalc algebra
sociology
(the last 3 i will be taking next fall along with 3 dual enrollment classes in the spring.)</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Florida Atlantic University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Central Florida, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of South Florida, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Urban, Small City
Size: </p>

<p>Area: Southeast
Importance of cost: Important</p>

<p>I've taken many honors courses and my HS is one of the best in the nation.
Thank you so much! :)</p>

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<p>FAMU- I live in FL and I’ve honestly never heard of anyone applying there. I would check it out first.
FAU- safety
UCF- match
USF- match</p>

<p>Just get your test scores up I would say. And if you do get the 25 you’re aiming for, I would apply to FSU also!</p>

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<p>thank you so much!
i know i have weak extra curriculars so i’m worried about getting into college. it’s comforting knowing i match at least some of them.
and FAMU is an HBCU. that’s prob. why you never heard of it, but i think i’ll get in. i surpass the average test score they have according to collegeboard:
Test Scores
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Critical Reading: 410 - 500 63%
SAT Math: 410 - 500 63%
SAT Writing: 400 - 490 63%
ACT Composite: 17 - 21 74%</p>

<p>and thanks about fsu. i thought fsu was way outta my league, but now i’ll work harder to get my ACT test scores up so i can get into there. it would make me so proud if i got in. :)</p>

<p>and if there’s anymore chancers out there. i am a first generation college student and a minority.</p>

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<p>I think you got your GPA’s mixed up, haha. The weighted GPA will be higher because it adds weight from AP or honors classes.</p>

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<p>No, you do not have “weak” extracurriculars - you’re quite active outside of school.</p>

<p>Since I’m not too familiar with those schools, I won’t be able to chance you. Sorry. :(</p>

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<p>FAMU-Yes
FAU- Yes
UCF- maybe more likely yes
USF- yes
Tip: APPLY EARLY!!!</p>

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<p>My brother got into FSU with a weighted 3.8 and a 25 ACT, I’m sure you will have no problems so long as you get that ACT up! Also, he barely had any EC’s outside of sports. Being a minority and first generation will definitely help.</p>

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<p>great. :)</p>

<p>this may sound like a stupid question but how do colleges know i’m a first generation college student. is it on the application?</p>

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<p>^You will be asked about the highest degree your parents earned, where you can indicate that they did not receive a college degree. Are you considering any out-of-state HBCUs? Some I think you should consider are:</p>

<p>[ul]Spelman
[<em>]Xavier University
[</em>]Morgan State University
[<em>]Winston-Salem State University
[</em>]Fayettville State University
[<em>]Vorhees College
[</em>]Hampton University
[<em>]Knoxville College
[</em>]And that’s it for now.
[/ul]</p>

<p>By the way, are you aiming to go to an HBCU? Would you like me to broaden my search to include non-HBCU schools with admitted students that have your stats?</p>

<p>Best of luck. :)</p>

<p>*I will return to provide average SAT and ACT scores, along with the average GPAs of admitted students.</p>