Hi there! I’m a rising senior in high school and I was wondering ballpark if anybody knew if my dream of FSU Honors is a reality or a far-reach. By graduation I will have taken 19 Honors Classes, 4 AP Classes, 4 passed exams AP hopefully, and 5 Dual Enrollment Classes. My current SAT score is 1940 old and 1390 new. My ACT score is 30. I want to major in Political Sciences and have above average experience in politics. Any help would be highly appreciated! Thanks for reading!
And a 4.7 weighted GPA roughly 3.8 unweighted 
You should have a good chance of getting into the Honors Program.
@saxlady thank you!
According to the FSU website:
Also, it is impossible to get to a 4.7 W from a 3.8 UW GPA with 19 honors classes and 9 AP classes using FSU’s calculation methodology of +0.5 for an honors class and +1.0 for AP
@CaucAsianDad Sorry my wording was off I have a definite 4.7 weighted GPA and a 3.8 roughly unweighted GPA. And in my school it’s +1.0 for honors and +1.5 for AP
What your school does isn’t what FSU does. As mentioned above it’s 0.5 weight for Honors and 1.0 weight for AP.
You’ll want to recalculate your GPA to see where you stand.
You should be fine, but the overinflated GPA because your school does things differently can give you a false sense of security.
@Pasbal @CaucAsianDad ok just talked to my guidance counselor and my unweighted is 3.7
Based on the info you supplied above, I would estimate your FSU weighted GPA around a 4.3.
If you don’t get into the honors program as a freshman you can apply for lateral admission! I just got accepted, all you have to do is answer a few short questions in an application. They consider your answers and your first semester grades, so if you do well you’ll have a good chance of being accepted
@aaaammy123 when did you apply for the honors college and how long did it take to get an answer? Also how were u notified? Thanks!
Information from the Honors Program staff is that to be in the honors college, you basically have to have a University Freshman Scholar. To receive the University Freshman Scholarship requires a 30 ACT and a 4.0 FSU Weighted GPA in only core academic courses.
@rev mom… What if your gpa is like a 3.97?
Sorry @soyunchico but I didn’t ask that question.
Sorry I’m replying so late. I didn’t apply as a freshman, I only filled out the lateral application and was notified a day after final grades were posted.