How am I looking so far?

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<p>Hello College Confidential! I'd like to know how I stand right now in terms of being accepted to the University of Florida! I just finished my sophomore year of high school, and I've lived in Florida my entire life. I've know for many years know that engineering is the field I want to study, specifically computer engineering. I go to a well respected, old and traditional Catholic school in Fort Lauderdale.</p>

<p>Grades last year</p>

<p>Theology Honors: A
World History AP: A
Spanish 2 Honors: A
Algebra 2 Honors: A
Chemistry 1 Honors: B
American Literature (English) Honors: A</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.8 Unweighted GPA: 3.75
I haven't taken the SAT yet, but on the PSAT I scored a 73. I am not satisfied with that, therefore I have taken a rigorous SAT test prep class since I got that score, and I feel extremely extremely prepared to try and achieve my goal of breaking 200 on the PSAT in October.
My school does not rank us, so I have no clue where I stand.</p>

<p>Class I'm taking next year</p>

<p>Theology Honors
American History Honors (decided to change from AP last year to honors next year, because its a very time consuming class, and since I'm going into engineering I'm not going to need anything from here)
Spanish 3 Honors
Calculus AB AP
Chemistry AP
Language and Composition (English) A</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<p>Future Educators of America (9th grade)
Early morning honors leadership class (9th and 10th grade)
After school robotics class/club, we compete in FTC competitions. I think this is a great thing to show UF.</p>

<p>Community Service: Currently at about 150 hours. One really cool service I do is that I help an after school "Jr. STEM" club at a nearby middle school that's purpose is to teach kids about many different STEM fields to spark an interest in them.</p>

<p>Also a random little note: I just got back from a one week engineering camp at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, which is a top 5 engineering school. It was a selective program, meaning I had to apply and be accepted rather than just hand them money to get in. I had a lot of fun at this camp, learned a HUGE amount about engineering, got to meet professors, graduate and undergraduate students alike. However, it was really intimidating. My sister goes to UF, I've lived in Florida all my life, so I guess UF is just kind of set in my mind as where I'd like to go. That's considering I get in at all, which is what I'm focusing on now. </p>

<p>Thanks for reading, I can't tell you how much I appreciate any input! If I missed any important detail, let me know and I will address it my editing this post.</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>So far you’re doing great! :-bd </p>

<p>UF also uses your freshman year grades (they will use 9th thru 11th grades, and possibly any “High school” level classes in 8th grade, such as Geometry). Your grades this year (11th) will be important!</p>

<p>UF uses holistic admissions, with about 50% being based on GPA (most important), class rigor (are you taking the hardest classes available at your school?) and test scores. Try to take the SAT/ACT for the first time, in your junior year(the spring is fine). You can re-take it in the fall of your senior year, and UF does superscore SAT the test.</p>

<p>The other 50% is based on ECs, leadership, etc. You’re doing great with your EC’s, so keep it up. Look for any opportunities to lead (maybe your Robotics club), even in your senior year, but otherwise just keep doing what you’re doing.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>