Today is the big day. A bunch of us have been on this board for a long time and try to help with application insight all year long. If you decide to post your results, please do more than say: “I got in” or “rejected.”
For example:
Accepted y/n:
Term:
In-state or OOS:
UF recalculated GPA (if you don’t know, then list the next two):
Unweighted GPA:
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it:
ACT and/or SAT Score:
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE):
Class Rank (%):
Extracurriculars of note and things that make you stand out (like service hours, awards, varsity letters, volunteering, clubs, you know the drill):
Was your essay great? (Be honest):
Why do you think you got the result?:
Accepted y/n: Y
Term: Summer B
In-state or OOS: In-state
UF recalculated GPA: 4.5
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it: 4.6
ACT and/or SAT Score: 1310 superscored
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): IB Program and AP classes
Class Rank (%): ~25/388 (6%)
Extracurriculars of note and things that make you stand out: 198 service hours, 2 club leadership positions, food pantry volunteer, NHS, part-time job
Was your essay great? (Be honest): 7/10
Why do you think you got the result?: I believe being in IB helped as it showed academic rigor along and it boosted my GPA
I am ecstatic, I have been so nervous about this decision and although I applied for fall, I was hoping for summer B as I have heard great things about starting in the summer.
Fall 2020
OOS
GPA W 4.6/ UW 3.9
1370 SAT
Will graduate a year early with 5 AP and Honors for the rest
19/412
3 year baseball and PT job throughout HS
Above average essay writer, IMO.
He is a hard worker and has always had a competition with his friends to who gets the best grades, which I feel has pushed all of them to be better than normal students. Competition IS a good thing.
Daughter OOS
Accepted – PACE program
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.0
1290 SAT
5 AP, 90% honors classes
Well-rounded extracurriculars, several leadership positions, part-time job, volunteer Spanish tutor and CCD catechist
Essay kicked ass – honestly lol
Bubble kid – I can handle it, they don’t want to say no, but not on par with Fall 2020
Son got accepted for fall. 1490 sat. In state. Can’t remember the rest right now. Happy this is over for him. He still doesn’t know if he is going to UF or UCF.
Son accepted for physics. Visiting UF, UCF, FSU in late March.
OOS
4.0uw, 4.8 w, (UF recalc about 4.6)
5/427 class rank
1510 SAT
National Merit Finalist
IB Diploma Candidate
2x State Tennis Champion and 8x National Championships Qualifier
Mathnasium Instructor
A few EC’s, some with leadership role
My son was accepted to Gator Engineering at Santa Fe
Accepted y/n: y
Term: Gator Engineering at Santa Fe
In-state or OOS: in
UF recalculated GPA (if you don’t know, then list the next two): 4.3
Unweighted GPA:
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it:
ACT and/or SAT Score: 31 act
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): 10 APs and most of the balance honors
Class Rank (%): 11
Extracurriculars of note and things that make you stand out (like service hours, awards, varsity letters, volunteering, clubs, you know the drill): Eagle Scout, lots of community service and leadership
Was your essay great? (Be honest): pretty darn good
Why do you think you got the result?: he was on the bubble but a good fit for this program. UF has become outrageously competitive.
He will accept.
1480 SAT (800M) / ACT 33 / SAT II Math 2 (770/800)
9 APs (taking 4 this year, five of the others he got As in the classes and scored 5s on the tests). All classes are either Honors or APs.
ECs are pretty good - active in several clubs in school, some leadership on campus, and is a math and physics tutor to underclassmen.
Volunteering with the same organization since freshman year and now holds the role of Volunteer President and Community liason. He works with special needs kids and advocates for inclusion and serves as a mentor to 5 teens with autism. About 400 hours to date and is going to continue volunteering until he leaves for college. Miami Herald Silver Knight Nominee for his school.
His essay was pretty good - reviewed by several people
He also has some Engineering related certifications including being Certified in AutoCad and Solidworks and has three REC Foundation Pre-Engineering industry certifications in Fundamentals of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.
Accepted OOS
Gender: M
Ethnicity: W
UW GPA: school does not provide GPA only CNA (est. WGPA 4.6 and UW GPA 3.85?)
SAT: did not take - but National Merit Commended for PSAT
ACT: 34 composite
AP/IB classes: 8 APS, 1 Dual Enrollment, 12 honors from top ranked high school
Leadership roles, notable ECs: competitive year round club swimmer with sectional times (avg 20 hrs/wk and 47 wks/yr), 4 year varsity swimmer, 4 year athlete scholar, Link Crew Leader, VIP awards, Mu Alpha Theta, math tutor, honor roll all semesters
Major: Statistics
Essays: average - maybe slightly above
Why he got in? - honestly weren’t sure he would - he has been bleeding orange and blue since birth - so thankful for the opportunity
Accepted y/n: Yes
Term: Summer B Term
In-state or OOS: In-State (W, Female)
UF recalculated GPA (if you don’t know, then list the next two):
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it: 4.55
ACT and/or SAT Score: 29/1370 (both 1 try, no superscore)
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): 3 AP, 3 DE
Class Rank (%): maybe 20%?
Extracurriculars of note and things that make you stand out (like service hours, awards, varsity letters, volunteering, clubs, you know the drill): Academic Excellence for AP Language, 75 hours volunteered at a library, math tutor
Major: Marketing
Was your essay great? (Be honest): I think so, it was very personal and the only essay I wrote for a college so I was able to focus on it.
Why do you think you got the result?: My scores are pretty good and I’ve been a math tutor for all 4 years of high school. Maybe my letter because it was personal, but I’m not sure. Not a legacy at all. I think my lack of APs is the reason I got into the Summer B Term… also maybe to help me adjust from a very small private school to a much larger UF. Hope this helps!!
@Suldog1969 Search this forum for post on PACE. You’re find several useful post.
One of my son’s friends from HS (and a current roommate) was in PACE (he’s a junior now). He moved to Gainesville as a freshman and loved it. He didn’t mind taking his classes being online, and still got the “college” experience by living in Gainesville.
It’s not for everyone, but it’s something to consider. About 10% to 15% typically decide to enroll in the program.
PACE program you have to do 60 credits online before go to the regular classes and you can’t live in the doors also. If you have taken AP or IB and they recognized them you might move in a little early than 2 years.
Accepted y/n: Y
Term: 2020
In-state or OOS: OOS
UF recalculated GPA (if you don’t know, then list the next two):
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it: n/a
ACT and/or SAT Score: 1600
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): 3 AP classes (1 Jr, 2 Sr)
Class Rank (%): no rank but around 85-90 percentile
Extracurriculars of note and things that make you stand out (like service hours, awards, varsity letters, volunteering, clubs, you know the drill): school president, nationally ranked chess player
Was your essay great? (Be honest): no lol 2/10
Why do you think you got the result?: perfect sat, school president, national ranking for chess - mainly sat tho
Accepted y/n: yes
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it: 5.1
ACT and/or SAT Score: 1550
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): 10 AP’s. 15 DE
Class Rank (%): top 2%
EC’s, etc: NMF, US Presidential scholar nominee, 4 years of XC & track, 2 years Academic team, 100 hours of community service, National AP scholar in junior year.
Was your essay great? I don’t know, I didn’t read it.
Accepted y/n: yes
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA as your school weighs it: 5.3
ACT and/or SAT Score: 1520
Notes on rigor (like number of AP/DE/AICE): 12 AP’s.
Class Rank (%): top 7%
EC’s, etc: NHS Officer,Presidential Key club, 4 years of V lax and field hockey, 2 years Editor, 250 hours of community service, work PT,
Probably going UMD Honors Smith Business school as Banneker Kaye Scholar
My daughter (W) was admitted to UF for fall 2020, freshman honors and freshman research program. Small honors scholarship. In state. 36 ACT, weighted 4.95 / unweighted 4.0, 8 AP classes (all 5’s), senior year full time DE (primarily science coursework.) Most rigorous high school in state (doesn’t rank students.) Cellist, Model UN, huge multiple year commitment to service in many different ways, basically bilingual in her 2nd language - Spanish, two years of a paid internship for a local nonprofit. I do think her essay was excellent as she had an interesting story to tell about working in Europe last summer. She committed last night!
Twin daughters. Both IB students. One had a 4.8 weighted gpa, the other had a 5.1 weighted gpa. Both had 9 varsity letters. Both worked all through high school. Both had well over 250 volunteer service hours. One accepeted. One told sorry not good enough… Insanity
