**** Official UF 2013 Decisions Thread ****

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 520 math 650 reading
ACT: 26
[ *] SAT II: none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3, dunno about UF GPA, probally higher
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/665
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): did 12 passed only World History/Human Geography
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism 1, AP(micro, stats, calc, gov, bio), Dual Enrollment (Speech, Freshman Comp 1, College Algebra)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Best Buddies (President)
National Honors Society
Interact Club (vice-president)
student govt (historian)
newspaper (copy editor)
Business Professionals of America (treasurer)
mentored failing 9th/10th graders
cross country(10th grade)
robotics (10th grade)
and some other stuff, I put everything I did/do with a description lol
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 287 hours on application (now have 400)
[ *] Summer Activities: like 3 summer college prep things
job shadowed pharmacy department at a hospital
some more stuff
[ *] Essays: was good, I talked about failing 3 classes in 9th grade and then doing better also about going to 3 dif high schools
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 1, from head of math department
[ *] Counselor Rec: none
[ *] Additional Rec: none
[ *] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: african american
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: 60k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, fgc(didn’t mention in application though)
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: leadership/volunteer hours, rigorous course work
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores, gpa, class rank
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to summer B, I guess good essay was really honest and detailed in everything
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] it did seem like more people got in this time, im happy I got in its the only place I applied to lol don’t mind starting sooner</p>

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<p>I hope this is a typo;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>My D just learned today!</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800/W 730/M 560
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] SAT II: Lit 730/Bio-M 660
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 of 1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: English Honors IV, Math for Liberal Arts Honors, Bio II Honors, World History Honors, World Civilization II Honors, Psychology Honors, Speech IV.</p>

<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Six state speech championships, one regional speech championship, bunches of state and regional seconds, thirds, fourths, etc. First Place in Collier Education Foundation and Colonial Dames essay contests, several seconds and thirds.</p>

<p>Subjective</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student coach at speech and debate clubs, church drama and dramatic speaking.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Server at adult congregate living facility.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Drama, church.
[ *] Summer Activities: Speech competitions, summer youth mission, speech and debate camp, “spy” camp, Homer (the long-dead Greek guy) summer camp.
[ *] Essays: Okay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: NA
[ *] Counselor Rec: Outstanding (especially since Dad is the counselor)
[ *] Additional Rec: NA
[ *] Interview: NA</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida native going back many generations
[ *] Country (if international applicant): NA
[ *] School Type: Home-school since fifth grade
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Poor
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Mom is UF law graduate, distant cousin was captain of UF’s first football team, cousins are current students and recent graduates, </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>[ *] Strengths: Home-school emphasis on “Great Books,” reading, literature, history, economics, and science
[ *] Weaknesses: Home-schooled make all “A’s” on transcript suspect, math
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Reading SAT score</p>

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<p>oh i fudged my rank it was 30/265</p>

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<p>After 7 long days of waiting … </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR 710, W 630 (essay 10), M 540
[ *] ACT:27
[ *] SAT II: Did not take<br>
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (unweighted) 4.6 (weighted)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/1
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP courses: AP American History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature, and AP Government & Politics
[ *] CLEP: Macroeconomics (passed)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A </p>

<p>[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, Latin II, ESS Honors, Spanish I, World Geography Honors, Journalism I, Logic, Personal Finance. Dual Enrollment (32 credit hours) at local college: English Comp II, American State and Local Politics, Statistics, Biological Science I w/ Lab, Financial Accounting II, US History SN 1865, Calculus for Business Social & Life Sciences, US History to 1865, and Managerial Accounting</p>

<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationally ranked public speaker and debater. A multitude of local, state, and regional level awards (1st – 2nd – 3rd- 4th & many top 8) placings in Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Dramatic Interpretation, TP debate, LD debate and TP/LD debate speaking. Essay contests: 1st place Action for Life Essay Contest (won twice) and 1st Place Edison College Holocaust Essay Contest.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
SGA- Student Government (STUDENT SENATOR)
Online Virtual School Newspaper (NEWSPAPER EDITOR) and contributor
Speech & Debate Club (CLUB PRESIDENT & STUDENT COACH)<br>
Speech and Debate League: extensive (3 years) experience in Impromptu, Extemporaneous speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, LD debate, and TP debate.
FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America (CLUB SECRETARY)
NEHS - Member of the National English Honor Society
NJCL - Member of the National Junior Classic League / National Latin Honor Society
International, youth news organization - contributor
Latin Club </p>

<p>[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked 20+ hours a week year-round for the past two years. Year 1 - a customer service representative for a national bedding and bath retail store. Year 2 – I currently work as a server at a national chain restaurant. Additionally, I tutor students and specialize in teaching ADD students organizational and study skills. </p>

<p>[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers Big Sisters (BIGS in School and BIGS in Community Programs) 11th & 12th grade. In 9th and 10th grades I volunteered at the local hospital. </p>

<p>[ *] Summer Activities: TOO BUSY! In order to fit everything in I wanted to do, I chose to school, volunteer, and work year-round instead of partaking in specialized summer activities. </p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Very good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding. UF does not ask for recommendations, although I sent mine anyway.
[ *] Counselor Rec: N/A
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Homeschooled
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation </p>

<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Proven academic success in college-level coursework, very rigorous homeschool curriculum, and extensive leadership experience. Very well-rounded!</p>

<p>[ *] Weaknesses: SAT math score, homeschooled student - UF looks at homeschoolers more closely than they do regular applicants.</p>

<p>[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Substantial, high academic course load throughout all four years of high school, comprising of 44 high school credits (excludes dual enrollment courses). 66 college credit hours taken through dual enrollment. Satisfied all major prerequisites for a triple major in public relations/journalism, business, and political science by high school graduation. Proven ability to successfully balance academics, competitive speech & debate, employment, clubs/associations, and volunteering. Very good CR SAT score. </p>

<p>General Comments:Applied to 7 universities and was accepted by all of them thus far, however, I am still waiting on decisions from the remaining three.</p>

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<p>I recognize that resume, Amystika!</p>

<p>Congrats!</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 720V/750W/600M
[</em>] ACT: N/a
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 86/488, 17%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I took 9 throughout high school
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP statistics, AP Macro & Government, Newspaper, AP Latin Lit, AP English Lit
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Section Editor), Youth in Government (Treasurer & Press Corps), GSA (board memeber 2 consecutive years), Book club (co-founded), Double Bass
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 20 hrs/wk at insurance company, sold tickets at school sports games during the year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, double bass lessons to middle schoolers, various clean-up initiatives.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Poynter Institute for Journalism, UNCG summer Music Camp (4 yrs in a row)
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about Poynter, I thought it was good but writing is my strong point.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, inflated GPA, essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: just an OK resume
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my school is probably the largest UF feeder school in my county. we get a lot of kids accepted because they have the GPAs
[/ul]General Comments: I got invited to apply to honors also</p>

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<p>Well, since late apps got decisions today, let me add my bit, with an extra bullet specifically for the occasion.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Date applied: Jan 15 or around then
[</em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR, 720 M, 730 W
[<em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[</em>] SAT II: 720 Chem, 680 Math 1
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95, 4.23 weighted
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank besides 1 and 2, and I’m not one of them
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 tests this year, none previous
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Fairly tough, but not the hardest
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Church (youth leader), SADD (Membership director), Hispanic club (board of directors), idk other stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Two jobs last summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A good amount. About 120 hours at time of applying
[</em>] Summer Activities: Umm…travel?
[<em>] Essays: Good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Why are
[<em>] Counselor Rec: These
[</em>] Additional Rec: Options
[<em>] Interview: Listed?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic with an overinflated reputation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >$60k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: School reputation, grades, idk really
[</em>] Weaknesses: Applied two full months past the deadline
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The adcom sneezed and accidentally hit “Accept” before he/she could fix it. Or magic. One of the two.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I just laughed hysterically when I saw that I was accepted, I made a bet with my counselor that he will have to tell the story to future seniors if I made it somehow.</p>

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<p>hope i can get in to the class of 2014, i have the same or better stats than some of the people that got accepted but since it is becoming more competative im kinda scare. Im a junior in HS.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Location: North Carolina
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.96
GPA - Weighted: 4.71
Class Rank: top 7%
Class Size: 350</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 31</p>

<p>SAT I- Math 680, CR 600 WR- 580</p>

<p>AP- English Language- 3</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Business Club (FBLA) 11-12th, National Honor Society 12th
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Varsity Tennis (10-12th grade; captain in 12th)
Varsity golf (9th grade)
Honors and Awards: Certificates of Academic Excellence in Business and Personal Finance (9th grade), Earth Science Honors (9th grade), Spanish I (9th grade), Civics and Economics Honors (10th grade), Algebra II (10th grade),Advanced PE (10th grade), Spanish II (10th grade), US History Honors (11th grade), Small Business (11th grade), AP World History (12th grade).
Wendy’s Heisman winner of TC Roberson High</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:none
Date applied: Jan 20</p>

<p>Comments: Oh well, I was going to attend UCF regardless. I did not expect to be rejected by UF after acceptance by UNC-CH.</p>

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<p>^</p>

<p>why would you pick UCF over UNC?</p>

<p>puzzled…</p>

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<p>Has any here hear about FSU? its better than UCF</p>

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<p>^ AGREE</p>

<p>much better.
UCF is a commuter college to boot.</p>

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<p>UNC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FSU</p>

<p>That’s just my opinion</p>

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<p>^^^^^I concur</p>

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<p>the question was FSU versus UCF, NOT UNC</p>

<p>for that matter</p>

<p>UNC >>> UF</p>

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<p>yeah jdjaguar is right, any way it does not matter in what college you your Associates, in fact it those not matter in what college you do you BA. graduate schools only care on what GPA you had for your BA, the point of going to a good undergrad school is because you will learn more, also because you did good and you deserve it.</p>

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<p>“because you will learn more”</p>

<p>lol</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 740 MA, 710 WR
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: 720 Spanish/List, 710 Math II, 700 Bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/~500
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro Hist (4), US Hist(5), English Lang (5), Stats (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): not IB
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP, 1 hon. chorus
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): major I doubt, but I was in int’l conference and was in All-State Chorus among other things.<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MAO, Quiz Bowl (sec.), Interact, piano
[ *] Job/Work Experience: nada
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours mostly in hospital, Red Cross and school
[ *] Summer Activities: SSTP at UF
[ *] Essays: pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: nada
[ *] Counselor Rec: nada
[ *] Additional Rec: nada
[ *] Interview: see above
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: S. Asian
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: no tangible idea
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: scores
[ *] Weaknesses: eh? I guess they didn’t see any
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: Am 98% sure that I’ll be going here. Good Luck!!</p>