<p>admitted for fall 08 =)</p>
<p>SAT: 1350
ACT:29
UW:3.6
W:4.8
IB</p>
<p>omg elizabethlai you go to my school!!
haha
but yeah you should definately appeal!</p>
<p>what... is this the only alexi i know?</p>
<p>For last year's applicants: how long from the time you got the decision online did it take for you to receive the materials in the mail</p>
<p>vincanity1 I cant tell you that, they had the wrong address for me so I had to call and fix that. But I would say one or two weeks? I dont know why it would take any longer...</p>
<p>Accepted: Summer B</p>
<p>Note: The information below is taken mostly from the "Returning To Print Application Summary" option; as such, the descriptions found here are the same UF saw. The exception is the category, "Sex/Gender," to which I have added a small joke for the sake of comic relief.</p>
<p>SAT: 2180 (700 Math, 730 reading, 750 Writing)
ACT: 33 (English 31, Mathematics 31, Reading 35, Science 34, Combined English/Writing 29)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
-CALCULUS AB Advanced Placement 1.0
-ENGLISH LIT. & COMP. Advanced Placement 1.0
-PHYSICS C: ME, E, MA Advanced Placement 1.0
-HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Advanced Placement 1.0
-MACROECONOMICS Advanced Placement 0.5
-U.S. GOVERMENT & POL Advanced Placement 0.5
-FRENCH 2 Regular Course 1.0</p>
<p>Awards:
-AP Scholar With Honor Award: Given to students with an average AP Score of 3.25, AP Scores of 3, and having taken 4 AP Exams.
-Publication (INK): Had a story published by INK, Krop's literary magazine. The story alluded to a teacher's research paper.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Activity: Judo
Position: Yellow Belt
Hours/Week: About 2.5-3
Each class we warm up & practice either throwing, holding/pinning, chocking, or armb</p>
<p>Activity: Chess Club
Position: Parliamentarian
Hours/Week: About 1-1.25
My job is to yell at the club loudly in case an announcement is needed.</p>
<p>Activity: Video Game Club
Position: Member
Hours/Week: About 1-1.25
We pay $3 to join a tournament of either Smash or Halo 3. Popcorn is served.</p>
<p>Activity: Spectrum (Gay-Straight Alliance) Position: Member Hours/Week: About 0.25 We discuss LGBT-related issues and plan the Day of Silence.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutoring/Homework Help
Hours/Week: 2-3
Pay: $20
I helped a younger friend with homework & was paid by his mother. Was done in middle school.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community Service: "The Art of Fashion," Make-a-Wish Foundation
Time: 10 hours (one-shot)
Saved a seat for 3 hours, helped move boxes for 2 hours. Hours got doubled.</p>
<p>State/Country:
Florida/United States (Legal Resident)</p>
<p>School Type:
Public</p>
<p>Gender/Sex:
Male/No Thanks</p>
<p>Essay:
My life experiences which can be described as considerably changing it are few. This is not due to my interactions with the world having no effect on myself, but rather because my experiences are part of a whole, seemingly melding into one another and into my existence. They are not single and definite events, and are therefore difficult to write about without turning any essay into a mere collection of loosely connected anecdotes. The goddess Fortuna, however, has smiled on me, for the experience that has affected my life the most (and which will continue to affect it as I move through college) has a relatively clear beginning and ending. That experience was the meeting, falling for, and eventual abandonment by someone of the name of Lotta, and it will motivate me on the way to the top of the academic curriculum of whichever institution I go to, UF or otherwise.</p>
<p>I met Lotta many years ago, in a place with a lack of bricks and mortars. We quickly became friends, and had many talks which would involve our problems, feelings, anecdotes, and whatever else was in our minds at the time we happened to see each other. Whether we sought to multiply happiness or to mitigate sorrows, we were always there for each other, and I eventually realized that though I loved Lotta as more than as a friend. And when I told her, and when my feelings were returned, and when we kissed, and when I slept through the night with a smile on my face, it was the happiest of the days I have seen yet; an impressive feat considering she lived in Vrnskvldsvik, Sweden, while I lived in Miami, Florida. </p>
<p>We saw each other daily through the oldest and most adept form of telepresence yet devised by the humanity, the mind. And though the time we spent together had sorrows as well as joys, it was the only period of my life I can describe as not only content, but happy. However, in the words of Frost, "nothing gold can stay." And so my eden sank to grief, for then came the day Lotta grew distant, and so it followed that she revealed she no longer held feelings for me, and so it concluded that I lost my partner, lover, best and one of my few friends all at once. Frost may have said that it is the fate of beautiful things to disappear, but I, like Romeo, shall defy the stars by sheer willpower. The world has shrunk much in the last millennium; communications are instantaneous and cheap, and travel across continents takes only enough money and a few hours. How hard, do I wonder, would it be to find a single person with all the resources of a university graduate adult?</p>
<p>And here it is that this experience will affect my college experience. I will not be dating, of course, but far more importantly, I will be pushing myself past any limit and reservation I could have in order to achieve my goal. Of could have chosen any number of other ways to make profit other than academia. If my goal was simply to earn funds enough for travel, I could easily have dropped out of school and worked to save money while living at home. But that would have gone against everything I am. I am a scholar with a love for education, and anything less than to continue studying would have been a violation of Polonius's famous maxim, "to thine ownself be true." And considering one of the reasons I love Lotta is because she loved me for whom I am, if I should I change I would have missed the point entirely.</p>
<p>accepted for fall 2008
SAT: 1300
ACT: 27
uw GPA: 3.9
w GPA: 4.4
All honors and A/P classes
lots of e/c's
top 5% of class of 600
non IB</p>
<p>accepted for spring 2009
SAT: 1300
uw GPA: 3.87
w GPA: 4.3
Mostly honors classes, 3 APs
Rank: 21 out of 370 weighted
non IB</p>
<p>Accepted Fall 2008
SAT: 1300
hs GPA- 4.1
(honors and AP)
A couple ecs
Top 10%</p>
<p>Accepted Fall 2008
SAT: 1310
GPA: 4.2
all honors and AP
top 10%</p>
<p>i cant believe 28000 people applied, what was the acceptance rate this year?</p>
<p>The acceptance rate was about 35%</p>
<p>The incoming class boasts a very high SAT range:</p>
<p>2007 = 1210 - 1400 for the admitted students</p>
<p>2008 = 1240 -1410 for the admtted students</p>
<ul>
<li>Yield Rate should be well over 60%. Also keep in perspective there is a difference between the "Admitted Students", and the students who actually "Enroll".</li>
</ul>
<p>Here is the link to back up my claim:</p>
<p>One vignette in order to add to the picture that is becoming this year's admissions: </p>
<p>An acquaintance of mine, Florida resident, private prep school, applied to UF by Nov 1, requested fall and was admitted for Spring. Meanwhile, he was accepted no questions asked for Michigan. Several others from my school were rejected with 1300+ SAT's and 3.8-4.1 UF GPA's</p>
<p>Is your friend willing to pay OOS tuition at Michigan? I have a friend that was accepted at Penn State, asked for no finaid in application, willing to pay the $35,000. Did not apply to UF. Lower stats that some of your friends that were not accepted. Wouldn't have looked good if rejected. Similar schools in size and ranking. About $100,000 difference over four years. Some schools will accept full paying OOS students at the expense of local talent for the sake of "diversity."</p>
<p>I'm not sure, but I don't believe his willing to pay 100%</p>
<p>Did you guys notice:</p>
<p>There has been 14 pages of people talking about their acceptance or denial. Alot more activity than last year.</p>
<p>Last year was like 6 pages for the official Acceptance thread.</p>
<p>That's good. Back on December I complained about where was everybody.</p>
<p>Accepted! in Spring 2009 - ***? thank god i got into miami, early decision, with a 24,000 per year scholarship lol</p>
<p>*Best ACT or SAT (breakdown): math & cr - both 670
*UF GPA: no idea how to calculate it, but i had a 97.6 unweighted with 11 AP classes in there
*Class Rank: 4th, but our school doesn't really submit rankings
*Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Eco Macro & Micro, AP Gov, AP English Lit, AP Spanish, Symphonic Band
*Awards (best 3):NCTE (National Council of English Teachers) Achievement Award in Writing, AP Scholar with Honor, Whos Who Among American High School Students
*Extracurriculars (best 3): key club secretary for 12th - in the club for two years, battle of the classes (a dance thing for all 4 years), World Interest Club - Model United Nations - 10th & 11th
*Job/Work Experience: CVS for two years, camp for a few years
*Volunteer/Community Service: almost none besides key club - maybe this is why i got screwed </p>
<p>*State/Country:NY
*School Type: pretty large - 500 kids
*Gender/Sex: Female
*Hook/Other: lots of Graphic Design experience, i sent a few examples (actually wait i didn't lol, only to U of Miami)</p>
<p>I kinda really didn't want to go at all so I just rushed through it...</p>
<p>Wow, almost 200 threads. UF is becoming popular on CC!</p>