<p>My D was ACCEPTED!
Gender: F
Location: Florida
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.97
GPA - Weighted: 3.97
Class Rank: top 25%
Class Size: 200</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 760
SAT I Critical Reading: 650
SAT I Writing: 670
ACT: 31
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 750
SAT II Chemistry: 710
SAT II Spanish: 710
Junior year: Macro/Micro AP, Calculus AB AP, English Language AP, Spanish Honors, Chemistry AP.
Senior year: Calculus BC AP, Physics C AP, Biology AP, English Literature AP, Spanish AP</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Beta Club, Spanish honors society, Math team
Athletic Status - Volleyball - 4 year Varsity letter - Club Volleyball 7 years
Volunteer/Service Work: Medical office - summer - Volunteer at church
Honors and Awards: AP scholars with distinction</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 570 M, 650 W (1160/1810)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.44 UW, 5.07 W (at the time of applying to UF)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 9%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 AP World History, 2 AP Lit, 2 Government (i know…)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 5 (IB Business and Management), still waiting to take the other exams…
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology, IB Bio Lab, IB Spanish (ab initio), IB English, IB Contemporary History, TOK, IB Math Studies, Executive Internship
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars, Community Service Awards, etc.:
Muslim Student Club Officer (9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade)
IB Board Member (11th and 12th grade)
Future Business Leaders of America (11th grade)
Beginner and Intermediate Guitar Ensemble (10th and 11th grade)
Islamic School of Miami – Office Aide (2006-present)
Project Downtown Miami (2009-present)
Garki Hospital (Abuja, Nigeria) – Volunteered as a physician’s aide (2009)
NHS (2009-2010)
Internship Program at Hospital (2009-2010)
Close-Up Washington (2007)
Regular and Superior Honor Roll Recipient (9th-12th)
[</em>] Essays: Mine was an experience on how I met the Emir of Kano in my hometown of Nigeria and how it shaped my character… really awesome essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Yeah
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Nope</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: African
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: I would say around $90,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: IB Candidate, Essay, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT and AP scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: most likely b/c of my GPA and courses (and plz don’t rant on us IB kids, most of us really work hard for our grades)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
UF wasn’t my first choice, so i’ll consider this a safety school for now. Still waiting on the Ive Leagues!! :)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3 Weighted: 4.0 UF: 3.7
SAT (breakdown): 2010 (CR: 620, M: 650, W:740)
ACT: 30
Rank: 25th percentile
Total number of academic classes (use your fingers, lol): like 30?
Total number of AP classes: 10
IB student (Yes/No): Yes
Senior year course load: All IB Classes</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities (position in parenthesis): French club (president), NHS, student ambassadors, etc.
Job/Work experience: I have a job
Volunteer/Community service (list your total overall hours, too): Volunteer at hospital, mission trips…300+ hours
Honors, awards, or recognitions: honors in some subjects
Essay (be honest): meh…it was okay</p>
<p>State or Country: Florida
Ethnicity: Mixed
Gender: Male
Income Bracket (low, middle, or high): Upper Middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy, etc.): None</p>
<p>General comments (how you feel, any advice for future applicants, etc): torn between here and FSU haha.</p>
<p>Gender: M
Location: Florida
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: The best!</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.67
GPA - Weighted: 4.19
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 650
Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 470
SAT I Critical Reading: 470
SAT I Writing:460
ACT: 20
SAT II Spanish: 800
Junior year: Spanish Lit and Lang AP
Senior year: Biology AP, English Literature AP, Human Geo AP</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta
Athletic Status - I hate sports!
Volunteer/Service Work: collect toys for Christmas orphans and Presidential Inauguration 2009 Participant
Honors and Awards: Honor Roll, Best Science Student</p>
<p>They better be a freaking Edgar Allen Poe/Mother Theressa or something… scored over 700 points higher than them on the SAT and was denied. And doesn’t that demonstrate a robot-like student? One that can’t do well on a standardized test, but can be a drone and get decent grades?</p>
<p>They are just analyzing people holistically! SAT/ACT are just a factor in our evaluation! that’s what happened to me, i am a bad test taker however my grades are fine.</p>
<p>Meowzor, people have opportunities to make their application shine through other means than the College Board’s measurement of “college readiness” on a Saturday morning SAT test. Maybe for those that you are referring to who got rejected, didn’t put their best effort into the application, or simply didn’t have what UF was looking for. It’s so wrong to specifically call out a student on here who got accepted to UF and say gee look at the others who were “so much better than you” and they got denied.</p>
<p>How accurate are SAT/ACT Scores? Well, within only 3-4 months My ACT reading score (with NO preparation) fluctuated from a 17 to a 32. Explain THAT. THEN, my English went from a 29 to a 24?! Why should we view so much in to test scores when there are so many other qualities that attribute to the overall makeup of a student. UF realizes that. I am not saying their admissions policies are completely right or wrong, just saying that SAT/ACT scores shouldn’t be weighed on heavily…</p>
<p>I find it funny that these are your first two posts as well. Do you have a grudge? Also, I got a 500 critical reading (32 act). Test scores definitely do not explain everything and don’t always measure success in college. 700+'ers on SAT congratulations, but that doesn’t mean you should receive admission to all the schools that are not in the Top 20. Oh, and how many of those 1400+ rejected were OUT OF STATE? And what was there UF GPA? By the way, there were people I knew who got accepted with outstanding test scores and to my amazement, a very low GPA. Usually that is not UF’s standard from what I have been able to determine from these decision threads, but it proves their point of holistic admissions.</p>
<p>I tend not to get in long arguments about the issue, but saying “They better be a freaking Edgar Allen Poe/Mother Theresa” is completely immature and wrong. For all you know, they could be. For all you know, they could end up being way more successful at UF than those 1400+'ers that got rejected would have been. LR2010 congratulations on your acceptance, you obviously EARNED your way in to the university and showed them why you are worthy for admission outside of your test scores. Don’t let ANYONE downplay your admission!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all who have been accepted! Those who have been rejected, keep your hopes up at other schools. See the girl last year who was rejected by UF and accepted at Yale.</p>
<p>I agree that an application should be looked at holistically, but from what I have observed a large majority of those getting in from my school with sub-standard SAT scores are under-represented minorities. </p>
<p>While I understand UF tries heavily to increase diversity, there becomes a point where it becomes reverse discrimination. </p>
<p>While lr2010 didn’t list his ethnicity, and had a great GPA, I would be surprised if he didn’t have some hook (socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or first generation)</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.91
SAT: 2130 (790 CR, 680M, 660W)
ACT: 35
Rank: N/A
Total number of academic classes: 22
Total number of AP classes: 4 (Chem, Physics, Stats, English)
IB student: no
Senior year course load: Spanish V, Humanities, AP Physics, AP English, AP Stats, Bio M</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities: Newspaper, 9-12 (Sports editor), Science Bowl, 9-10 (3rd in Region), Basketball 9-12 (Varsity manager in 11th, varsity in 12th)
Job/Work experience: 1 summer maintenance job
Volunteer/Community service: Only to fulfill the requirement, about 20 hours over 4 years (my school’s requirement is a joke)
Honors, awards, or recognitions: National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
Essay (be honest): I thought it was good, and my English teacher, who in my opinion is the best English teacher at my school, only had one revision suggestion.</p>
<p>State or Country: New Mexico
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle
Hooks: My essay was about my basketball commitment and about how I progressed from C-team manager to varsity player</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.4
SAT: 1950 (640 CR, 670M, 640W)
ACT: 28
Rank: 74 / 434
Total number of academic classes: 23
Total number of AP classes: 2 (US History, European History (got threes in both))
IB student: Yes!
Senior year course load:(all courses are IB) Spanish IV, Calculus (SL), English IV, Music, TOK, History of the Americas</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities: Band, Band, and more band (Three Years, section leader in Final Year), Wrestling Club (1 year), NHS
Job/Work experience: Never had a job
Volunteer/Community service: Alot… it said 74 hours on the transcript I sent over though.
Honors, awards, or recognitions: I talked about my band awards and stuff
Essay (be honest):I thought it was really great, I talked about my past experiences with the University (I was born in shands) and how I’ve gone to pretty much every home football game, and how all of that would affect my dedication to my studies and to the university.
State or Country: Florida
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
Hooks: Eh, I guess it was that I showed how much I loved the university xD</p>
<p>UF GPA: I think it’s a 3.89-3.9
SAT (breakdown): 800 CR 640 M 720 W (2160)
ACT: 32
Rank: They don’t tell us
Total number of AP classes: 5; Eng Lang (5) US Hist (4) Eng Lit (5) Gov (4) Calc AB and a bunch of AC/Honors
IB student (Yes/No): No</p>
<p>Extracurricular activities (position in parenthesis): Tennis, Youth Senate (Lead Presenter), Student Council, DECA, Symphony Orchestra, etc.
Job/Work experience: Junior Associate at Venture Capital Firm (25+ hrs/wk from Junior Year through present day)
Volunteer/Community service (list your total overall hours, too): Quite a bit, don’t want to get too into detail.
Honors, awards, or recognitions: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor
Essay (be honest): I thought it was pretty good.
State or Country: Michigan
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket (low, middle, or high): High middle?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy, etc.): I guess NMF, since that’s the only reason I even got to apply.</p>
<p>General comments (how you feel, any advice for future applicants, etc): I’m almost definitely attending, so I’m pretty excited. For OOS applicants, I wouldn’t get too freaked out by everyone telling you it’s impossible to be accepted.</p>
<p>ACT: 25
SAT : we know, rather LOW…1140 / 1720
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76 UW 4.1 UF GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%</p>
<p>BUT
… HAD AMAZING EC’S…I won’t go into it…
Oh well, its ok.
LIFE does go on :)</p>
<p>^^^
I wrote an email to one of UF’s academic admissions officer about reconsidering my application for Spring 2011. I might as well give it a shot. I want to get into biomedical engineering and so far UF is the BEST as far as rankings go.</p>
