FSU 2021 Accepted/Rejected/Deferred Thread

Accepted for Summer 2017
Major- Finance

2.97 GPA UW
4.17 GPA W( Top 35%)
1200/1600 SAT
Priority Deadline
Out of State
African American
Taken 7 AP Classes through out high school along with a large amount of GT and Honors Classes as well as received the AP Scholar Award, Minds in Motions, Honor Roll and All Academic Team

EC- Founded/President of “I AM”( A club that promotes artistic talents),
]Member of Entertainment Committee of Relay for life,
4 Years of Cross Country Indoor and Outdoor Track, (Year Round Athlete)
Captain of Cross Country Team Junior and Senior Year,
Member of my churches Youth Group,
Member of the School Improvement Team,
2 year Maryland Taekwando State Champion,
Breakdancer( Founded my dance crew)
Dancer For Double E Entertainment( A entertainment Company)
Cashier At Swim Resort
Published Poem
SADD( Students Against Destructive decisions)
Some other things that I probable forgot about…

Essay- I used to have a conditions with my knees that prevented me from walking but I overcame it through physical therapy so I could begin dancing and running ( Its a real tear jerker)

Application Status: accepted
UW GPA: 3.75
W GPA: 3.85
SAT: n/a
ACT: 27
In state or out of state? Out of state – ohio
Strength of classes? 8 honors, 4 AP
Other colleges you applied for? UF, FSU, U Arizona, U South Carolina, U Texas, U Colorado Boulder, Ohio State
EC’s: Field Hockey, Rowing, Volunteering, Global Scholar, Photography, Business and Finance, Debate

Updated

Got deferred, instead of rejected.

Application Status: Deferred
Intended Major: Nursing, but decided to change it to Exploratory, because I want to finish my pre-reqs before I go into Nursing.
UW GPA: 3.1
W GPA: Don’t know
SAT: 1050
ACT: n/a
In state or Out of State? In-State
Strength of classes? 10 honors, 2 AP
Other colleges applied for? USF, UNF, FAMU, FSU
ECs: JROTC Sergeant, Agriscience, UAS Certified Drone Pilot, Digital Design, Writing

It’s possible, but unlikely. While I’m sure that choice of major plays a small role since there is a certain threshold of how many students each major can comfortably accommodate, it’s not going to be a huge factor.

The reason for that is that students are usually not formally admitted to their intended major until they meet a certain credit hour threshold and have met certain pre-requisites. For Arts/Sciences that’s usually around 52-58 credit hours. Until then, students aren’t formally admitted to their major, and a lot of students change their major before they are formally admitted.

One anecdotal piece of evidence that I have that FSU probably doesn’t weigh intended major very much is that the number of incoming environmental science majors just a couple years ago was almost 3 times what the department thought was their feasible maximum (straight from a faculty member of the department).

Congrats to those that have been accepted. If you have been deferred until the March decision date, your best bets are to retake the SAT/ACT, send in your mid-year grades (make sure you don’t have any semester grades below a C this year!), and if possible, reach out to the Admissions department and inquire as to why you might have been deferred. Showing interest despite being deferred can be beneficial by showing that you are more likely to attend FSU if ultimately accepted.

What else helped you get accepted? Was your weighted GPA high/did you take lots of AP classes? What is your major?

Accepted!! (Fall 2017)

GPA: 3.224
ACT: 25
Rank: Top 15%
All honors/IB/AP/Dual Enrollment Courses
Major: Psychology

Really good resume, decent essay

Accepted with the Full Out of State Tuition Waver and the Presidential Scholarship
32 ACT
3.73 GPA weighted
rank: top 20%
10 APs, too many honors too remember at the moment but about 12
Major: Industrial Engineering
Didn’t do the essay

@iman1998 you don’t have the presidential scholarship. That requires an extensive application and interview in March. You might possibly have the University Freshman Scholarship, but that in no way guarantees Presidential Scholars. Only 25 incoming freshman receive Presidential Scholars; about 10% of accepted students receive the UFS.

You’re correct, I actually did the application for the presidential scholarship and received the university freshman scholarship already. Also, they are the same award amount I believe.

Question for you FSU experts…

If there is no mention of scholarship money on the admissions status page, is it safe to assume that no scholarship money is forthcoming?

I will eventually call to ask, but I was wondering if anyone knows the answer.

@Iman1998 Presidential scholars is an additional $2400 a year along with a $12,000 stipend for academic enrichment. No where near the same amount imho lol.

@stem2017 pretty much. If there’s a massive mistake (like you received a 34 ACT and a 4.4 GPA) then there’s a chance it was a computer error and scholarship should be awarded, but that’s unlikely. Unless the student falls outside of the 75% range for GPA and/or ACT/SAT they most likely didn’t get anything. Although of course it won’t hurt to call to ask!

ACCEPTED for Fall 2017 on 12/8
OOS

3.95 (UW) GPA
Top 10%
28 ACT
All honor classes and 5 AP’s
Pre-Biochemistry

Application Status: ACCEPTED for Fall 2017
UW GPA: 3.56
W GPA: 4.50
SAT:1210
ACT: 24
In state
Top 10%
Strength of classes? All honors throughout H.S, 15 AICE/A.P through Junior Year, All dual-enroll senior year
Other colleges you applied for? UF (pending), FAU (admitted), UCF (Admitted)
E.C: Health club (vice pres), NHS, Environmental Honor Society (treasurer), Science National Honor Society, outside volunteer work. 250+ hours
Major: Pre-biological sciences
Pretty good essay

I called yesterday and inquired about the freshman scholarship. Was told the cutoff is a 4.0 weighted core GPA. Guess that’s not in the cards for my D but I’m extremely grateful for the OOS Waiver. Looks like she’s FSU bound. Go 'Noles!!

@GoodKidFromCT Can I ask about her GPA and scores? I’m really hoping to get OOS waiver as well

We just got an email saying that there is a financial aid award and to click on the “finances” tab but I can’t find any such tab! I just activated the FSUID so maybe it takes time. Hopefully there will be something to show by tomorrow. We would not qualify for any need based aid.

@marg928 With your FSUID, log into my.fsu.edu. Toward the middle of the page, you will see three tabs that say “Financial Aid”, “Student Accounts”, and “FSU Card”. Click on the “Financial Aid” tab. You should see something there.

They say it takes a day or two for your FSUID stuff to kick on. I hope you get a holiday gift from FSU tomorrow! Or today…

@marg928 We got the same email. The only aid we will be getting is the federal unsubsidized loan of $5,500/yr. Thanks, but no thanks.

My son has not yet received that email. But, I do see a financial aid package for 2017/2018 posted to his account. A small FSU grant plus a combo of subsidized and unsubsidized loans.

He was accepted for Summer 2017. Perhaps he hasn’t yet been notified because they don’t yet have any aid posted for that term. We needed to file the 2016/2017 FAFSA on Monday to be eligible for any Summer aid. It will probably take them a few more days to get that posted.