<p>SAT: 770 cr 610 m 600 w
ACT: 27
GPA: 3.6
Rank: School doesn't rank
Essay: 7/10 on a personal rating
Hook: Besides ethnicity and residency, not sure
State: Florida
School type: Private Prep
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Major strength: SAT, EC's
Major weakness: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: SAT above median, pretty good GPA</p>
<p>Stats
SAT: CR:690 M: 670 W: 650
ACT:
-Composite: 31
-English: 35
-Reading: 31
-Math: 31
-Science: 26
GPA: W: 4.5 UW: 3.6
Rank: Top 10%
Essay: My life in relation to Ghandi quote: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: As caucasian as they come (1/16 Native American - doesn't count for jack)
Gender: Female
Major strength/weakness: strong standardized test scores/weaker extra-curriculars
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because they thought I was pretty ;-) [completely joking, people!]</p>
<p>If any of this is incoherent/overrun by stupidity, please forgive me. It is 1:16, I have no caffeine in my bloodstream, and I am going to bed as soon as I hit "submit reply." Bear with me.</p>
<p>SAT: 590 cr 660 m 600 w
ACT:
GPA: 3.5
Rank: top 20%
Essay: As his dad, I am biased
Hook: Besides ethnicity and residency, not sure
State: New York
School type: Large Public
Ethnicity:
Gender: M
Major strength: SAT, EC's, CS -
Major weakness: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: SAT above median, maybe being oos helps in terms of finances for the university, applied very early (the day the app became available). I believe this is a big advantage, especially for borderline applicants. There is a much greater chance that an admissions rep will take a more holistic view of your application if i is in early. they will read your essay (unlikely later on when things get busy in admissions). I also think visiting the campus was important. I am sure the college makes a note of students who came for a visit. Finally, during our visit, our son met an admissions rep and emailed with her during the application period. I think this helped him. By establishing contact with someone in admissions he was able to have a contact in admissions he could reach out to whenever he had a question. she helped him by encouraging him to send in any additional info i.e. awards etc to include in his application folder. </p>
<p>on a side note. i feel terrible for those who did not get in and really wanted to. I wish everyone the best of luck wherever they go!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT: 590M, 500CR, 560W
ACT: 24
GPA: 3.7
Rank: 61/643
Essays: Decent... I wrote better essays for some of my other schools.
Teacher Recs: None
Counselor Rec: None
Hook (if any): I don't think I have one.
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Major strength/weakness: I applied early.
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I don't really know. I though I was going to get rejected, so it was a pleasant surprise.
Other Factors: I had pretty good EC's.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1020
[</em>] ACT:25
[<em>] GPA:3.46(with only academic courses)
[</em>] Rank:N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:7/10
[</em>] Teacher Recs:none
[<em>] Counselor Rec:none
[</em>] Hook (if any):Hispanic,semi-poor?and i'm taking AP Japanese(my school is the only one that offers it in the state of florida)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Instate
[</em>] School Type:competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity:hispanic
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] major strength/weakness:languages and ecs
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:AA helped me a lot D:
[/ul]Other Factors:applied early</p>
<p>you remove the space between the first bracket([) and the asterix(*) and the first bracket and the forward slash and for the first bracket and everything else</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 710 M 670 CR 670 W
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] GPA: UW: 3.9 W: 4.5
[</em>] Rank: Top 5%, I think.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: None
[<em>] Counselor Rec: None
[</em>] Hook (if any): Both my parents graduated from FSU. Also, I have kind of a weird major for a female (physics)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Applied early, etc.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I had 12 AP classes (including really hard ones, like Calculus BC, Physics, and Chem) , almost straight A's, good test scores, LOTS of time-consuming EC's with leadership...
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 530M 570CR 530W
[</em>] ACT: not so hot (we did not send but transcript had them)
[<em>] GPA: 3.4 UW, 3.9 W (FSU GPA not known)
[</em>] Rank: top 25% ish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: very good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: sent 2-3-did not see them, suspect they were very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: sent-did not see, suspect it was good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nothing really, altho D did have a passion that she pursued for years and told them about it
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:FL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Weakness was SAT/ACT. Strength was showing she was way more than her scores. And lots of leadership EC;s
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Hard to know, exactly.
[/ul]Other Factors: D took ballet since the age of 6, and it became her passion. BY middle school she had class 5 days a week. She studied at summer pre-pro residential programs for 5-6 weeks each summer for many years, and went away freshman year to a conservatory to train. She got injured, rethought the whole starving artist professional dancer plan, came home, regrouped and and now plans a career in physical therapy. She told her story to FSU.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 560 M, 580 CR, 660 W (1140/1700)
ACT:BAD, did not submit
GPA: 3.4 UW, 3.63 W
Rank: school does not rank
Subjective:
Essays: excellent (she is a good writer)
Teacher Recs: none</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: very good
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: private prep school
Ethnicity: caucasion
Gender: female
major strength/weakness: took strong schedule and did well in math and sciences, poor standardized test taker.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Strong course schedule throughout HS, HS has great relationship with FSU, wrote great essay, visited the school</p>
<p>Factors: Marching Band - flute and percussion.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 640M 570CR 560W
ACT: Still haven't received October ACT!grrr
GPA: 3.45 UW, 3.98 W
Rank: 51/101
Essays: Well written
Teacher Recs: None submitted
Counselor Rec: None submitted
Hook (if any): My Mom is an alumni
State or Country: Pinellas County, FL
School Type: Public (NCSSMST Technology Magnet)
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Weakness was my spanish grades, Strengths were ECs, Courseload, Magnet High School, Alumni Relation, and Essay.
Other Factors: I worked as a network administrator for my school during Junior-Senior years, and am the chief programmer for my schools FIRST robotics club.</p>
<p>Essay: Submitted
Recommendations: Not requested, none submitted.</p>
<p>White, female</p>
<p>Not really sure why FSU didn't simply reject me, instead of deferring decision. Guess they are giving me a long shot chance of getting better aptitude score and admitting me. Will submit mid-year grades and new ACT scores requested by FSU to strengthen my application. Will see what happens, but I'm not holding my breath for favorable decision. Looks like FSU is getting tons of applications and odds aren't good me.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1160
ACT: 26
GPA: 3.6 or so
Rank: top 25% ish</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I think good
Teacher Recs: -
Counselor Rec: -
Hook (if any): -</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Live in NY, but in-state tuition
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: strengths probably gpa, essay
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Not sure, in-state maybe</p>
<p>FSU really looks at your grades and course rigor perhaps more that the SAT or ACT. You may still have a shot due to your performance in the classroom.</p>