My daughter was accepted to fall with a 4.17 and a 1370- something is wrong with this scenario. She was also accepted today to UF for summer- I assume it was based on her super strong essay. I don’t think full denial of acceptance makes sense for you. Let us know what you find out
I doubt that the essay was the issue. My understanding is that most big state schools rarely consider the essays except as an occasional “tie-breaker.”
Honestly, your stats look good. I’m sorry you didn’t get accepted. Apparently, FSU received an enormous number of applications this year, even more than UF (normally, it’s the other way around). It’s possible that what was good for FSU even a couple of years ago is no longer enough. On the bright side, those stats should be good enough to get into another good school.
In our information sessions the essay was stressed as being very important to help them distinguish one candidate from another. It was probably my biggest takeaway, that the essay should receive a lot of attention from the applicant.
You seem like the ideal applicant. Good luck with your appeal.
Something is very wrong with this picture- you should’ve gotten in. Please call them whether it’s you and your GC or just one of you. Let us know what happens.
Would love to know what happened here. According to the common data set, course rigor is the #1 thing they look and and extracurricular are not too important.
FSU has had historically competitive applicant classes for the last couple of years. A lot of kids who “should” have gotten in- and would have, easily, ten years ago- are getting denied.
The thing to bear in mind when looking at GPA is that FSU doesn’t go by your high school weighted and unweighted GPAs. They refigure GPA themselves, according to a formula that discounts electives and takes rigor into consideration. Dual enrollment and APs will help demonstrate that, but only to a point if your other classes are cake classes- and if those dual enrollment classes are coming in below a B you’re shooting yourself in the foot.
The essay may also have been an issue. Essays have been a big deciding factor for a lot of kids applying to FSU lately- writing style and competencies even more than topic.
And really, nobody’s admission anywhere is guaranteed. That guidance counselor is an idiot if s/he used that phrasing.