FSU with AA degree and lower GPA?

Hi, I have a 2.5 GPA right now and at the end of my associates degree I will have a 2.8 or 2.9. FSU says that if you have an associates degree the required GPA is 2.0 instead of 3.0 however I doubt they accept everyone with a 2.0. I applied to a non-limited access major and have the required GPA and classes. Do you think I will get in without a 3.0? I’m really nervous to find out if I will or not. And how strict is FSU on transfers with an AA degree?

As long as you graduated from a public college with an AA, you’re gauranteed admission to any state university. I agree it is crazy that people with a 2.0 can go anywhere they want, but that’s the rule in Florida.

https://www.floridacollegesystem.com/students/transfer.aspx

@loller Tranfers with an AA are guaranteed admission to a state university. But, that doesn’t mean that they can go anywhere that they want. There is no guarantee that a specific school must accept them, just that one of the many state schools must offer admission.

Yes, that’s a common misconception about the rule: you’re guaranteed acceptance with an AA to a state university, but not any state university.

@oliviasmith77, I think you should be fine. A 2.8 or 2.9 with an AA should probably get you admission, especially if you meet all of the class requirements and it’s not a limited-access major.

The State says you’re not guaranteed to any university, only a university. However, I believe they do this to cover their bases in extreme circumstances where universities get more AA applicants than they can physically accommodate.

There is no global application system in Florida. If you are rejected from FSU, admissions offices at other universities have no way of knowing that you were rejected and that they, therefore, must accept you.

True, universities have no way of knowing that they must accept you- because no university actually has to accept you. If you have your AA and you apply to a certain number of public universities in Florida, you can petition for admission to one of them if you are not accepted to any of them. I believe it is 3, but that number may not be accurate.

There’s an entire process laid out for everything. The odds of being rejected by 3+ state universities as a transfer is extremely low, but I am sure that it does happen.

Olivia, did you get in?