<p>To clarify from earlier, I meant, were letters of recommendation used for the regular admission? and will they be applicable during the appeals process.</p>
<p>thats a good question hypnopomp.
Kauffman, i may transfer to UF as well, either in Fall 2008 or Spring 2009. I'm shy of 12 credits away from my AA AND my prerequisites for my major because you need to declare your major and satisfy all your prerequisites for your major when you apply as a transfer.</p>
<p>no recs arent used for regular admissions.. i believe they do use it in appeals process though.</p>
<p>Your time will be better spent looking more closely at your other options. Re-visit the other schools that have accepted you. Keep an open mind about them. Face it--you got rejected here. It's a business so don't take it so personally. Stop blaming the school for not accepting you. Stop blaming policies, race, gender, finances, and anything else you can come up with for a reason why they didn't accept you. It sounds as though this is your first time having to face the realities of life. When something doesn't go your way--stop trying to place blame. Use some maturity and find alternative solutions. If your heart is still set on attending this school, do well somewhere else for a year or two and try to transfer. It's not the end of the world. Remember, you are all talking about undergraduate. In the long run, it doesn't matter where you go for undergraduate. Everyone has to take the same crappy general education and liberal arts classes whether it's here, community college, or a top tier rated school. Do you honestly think that appealing is going to make a difference? You are one of thousands who didn't get in and many with much higher statistics than you didn't get in. Get over
it. There are hundreds of great schools out there. Find one.</p>
<p>Re: Letters of Rec
As the admissions director commented at a meeting I attended, letters of recommendation are always positive :-) Therefore, in the regular admissions process, they are rarely reviewed. They are reviewed in the appeals process.</p>
<p>fwiw: while the admissions process may seem 'random' to those with high stats who were denied, consider another twist on the 'diversity' theme that has already been posted in various ways-</p>
<p>look at your school's particular demographics re: admits. where do YOU fall into that schema? also look back at the prior years to see if there is a trend or a constant 'formula'. your guidance counselor should have this information.</p>
<p>my understanding is that each high school (and ergo, each county) has a pretty consistent 'quantity & quality' of admits, year to year. basically, the diversity is at the high school level, which translates to a county level. </p>
<p>so while you may have better stats, and be a better candidate than another admit, you MAY have lower stats than the rest of the admits from your demographic area (be it private vs. public, minority vs. other, wealthy vs. poor, athlete vs. musician, etc.) </p>
<p>I don't think this is a racial bias as much as true overall diversity given a demographic and geographic slice of the population. And that's a good thing.</p>
<p>In other words, it's not about you! Much is situational...</p>
<p>as posted by mom2three, consider the approach that things happen for a reason and usually work out for the best. find your alternative, and make that a positive!</p>
<p>No one from my school got in.. and we're the only high school in the whole county. Although I think I was the only one that applied.</p>
<p>The auto reply about requesting in March is awkward at best. I requested the appeals info. now and will again on March 3rd.</p>