*OFFICIAL* UF Class of 2020 Applicant and Decision Thread

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I know it’s a little early but I figure why not start this thread now. I know a lot of applicants like myself are eager to talk about the application and whatnot. I’m super nervous, excited, anxious, and basically every other adjective you can think of. To all the other hopeful Gators out there, let’s get started! The next few months will be interesting!

Date Applied:
Unweighted GPA:
Weighted GPA:
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT:
SAT II’s:
ACT:
State Of Residence:
Male / Female:
Summer or Fall:
Class rank:
AP’s:
Extra Curriculars:
Senior Schedule:
Is UF your first choice?
Other schools you applied for:
Major/Field of Study:
Comments:

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Date Applied: late October
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.2
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.4 based on my core classes, I could have made a mistake though…
SAT: 1940 (first try, taking again in December)
SAT II’s: N/A
ACT: 30
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Originally applied for Summer B, in the process of switching my application term to Fall
Class rank: 5/210
AP’s: Human Geo, English Lang, English Lit, Stat, Psych, Government
Extra Curriculars: Hospital volunteer, museum intern, student government, science olympiad, nhs, other misc things.
Is UF your first choice? YES!
Other schools you applied for: USF (accepted), FSU (Waiting), UM (waiting)
Major/Field of Study: Pre-med
Comments: I’ve never wanted anything so much, not much else to say.

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Date Applied: October 29th
Unweighted GPA: 3.875
Weighted GPA: 4.300
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.375
SAT: 1830
SAT II’s: N/A
ACT: 27
State Of Residence: Fl
Male / Female: F
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: top 10%
AP’s: English Lang, Govt, Econ, Biology, Physics 1
Extra Curriculars: Secretary of Medical Club (UF sponsored), Vice President of Science Club, Soloist in ASL club, NHS, Beta Club, Competitive cheerleading (2 years), math tutor, AP Bio teacher assistant
Senior Schedule: AP Govt, AP Econ, DE English (ENC1101 & ENC1102), AP Physics 1, ASL 4, DE Personal Finance and Intro to Business, DE College Algebra and Stats
Is UF your first choice? yes :slight_smile:
Other schools you applied for: USF (accepted), UCF (accepted), and FSU
Major/Field of Study: Pre-Med
Comments: Good luck :))

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@gatorgal1331 I was starting to think this thread was dead! Awesome to see another pre-med applicant. I don’t know how I’m gonna make the wait until February… @-)

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@aaajones Me either, just a few more months though!

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I left this very vague lol sorry confidentiality :confused:

Date Applied: November 1st(lol)
UF GPA (If you calculated it):4.18 rounds to 4.2?
SAT: N/A
SAT II’s: (Omitting for confidentiality)
ACT: 29
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: M
Summer or Fall: Summer
Class rank: 30-50 /600-800
AP’s: World History/U.S History/Physics 1/Psychology/Statistics/Human. Geo/Calc AB/Biology/Micro/Gov’t/Macro/Art History/Calc BC/ European History
Extra Curriculars: Hospital Volunteer/HOSA/FBLA/Some more but cc
Senior Schedule: Calc BC/Euro/Art History/Biology/Micro/Macro
Is UF your first choice? No but if I get rejected from my ED school it will be lol
Other schools you applied for: FSU/USF/Cornell/UCF/some others
Major/Field of Study: Not sure tbh but I put French Studies
Comments: I really hope I get into UF b/c if I don’t I’ll be crushed.

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Date Applied: October 31st
Unweighted GPA: 3.79
Weighted GPA: 4.58
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.23
SAT: 1740 (1770 Superscore)
SAT II’s: N/A
ACT: 28
State Of Residence: In-state
Male / Female: M
Summer or Fall: Summer B
Class rank: 38/499 (top 10%)
AP’s: Human Geography, World History, Physics 1, Calculus AB, Physics 2 (also did IB program for freshman year)
Extra Curriculars: Chorus/Piano/Thespians (MPA (chorus) (Excellent at District twice, Superior at District/Excellent at State once); Federation (for Piano) (Excellent (Medium, 2014), Superior (Mod. Difficult I, 2015)); musicianship award for chorus (2 times); leadership award for chorus); organized fundraiser for NHS; autodesk inventor certified
Senior Schedule: AP physics 2/AP calculus AB/economics & us gov H/English 4 H
Is UF your first choice? yes!!! :slight_smile:
Other schools you applied for: FSU, FIT, UCF
Major/Field of Study: Chemical Engineering and/or Physics (applied as Chem E major)
Comments: So nervous, hoping for the best!!! Good luck to all!!!

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Date Applied: oct 26
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.0 (school only goes up to 4.0)
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT:
SAT II’s:
ACT: 34
State Of Residence: MD
Male / Female: male
Summer or Fall: fall
Class rank: school doesnt rank
AP’s: didnt send any scores
Extra Curriculars: president of communications club, conducted an independent research project, internship/research position at dental office, 2 years soccer,
Senior Schedule: ap gov, ap calc, ap bio, ap psych, hn. world lit, religion
Is UF your first choice?: upenn
Other schools you applied for: upenn, miami, dartmouth, fordham, charleston, some others
Major/Field of Study: bio/pre-dental
Comments: anybody know anything as far as OOS scholarship amounts?

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Also applying this cycle. Will update my states later down the road. Good luck to everyone!

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Date Applied: Late October
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.8
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.6
SAT: 1900
SAT II’s: 750 US HIS, and 650 Math 2
ACT: N/A
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: F
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: top 5%
AP’s: Human Geo (4), AP Bio (3), AP Lang (4), Ap Psych (5), APUSH (5), AP Enviro (4) taking AP Physics and AP Macro senior year
Extra Curriculars: Part Time Receptionist Job, worked with Alzheimer’s patients, Captain of Varsity softball for 3 years, Founded of photography club, president of healthier generation, NHS, SHAPE,
Senior Schedule: English 4, Ap Physics, Calculus, AP Macro/gov, Spanish 3, Anatomy
Is UF your first choice? Yes!
Other schools you applied for: American University, Syracuse, GW, Emory (reach)
Major/Field of Study: Political Science
Comments: I’m really nervous and hope I get in!

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Getting closer and closer to that Feb. decision… wish everyone here the best of luck! No matter what happens, everything will be OK. Good luck everyone! :slight_smile:

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Hi, I’m an international student wanting to apply for food science in UFL 2016 fall. Do you think they’d still accept application if I were to send it by the end of December 2015? Thanks

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@JJRedick I’m pretty sure they will still accept your application; however, the chance of acceptance drops significantly after the November 1st deadline. Good luck!!

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Date Applied: October 31
Unweighted GPA: 3.73
Weighted GPA: 5.0213
UF GPA (If you calculated it): n/a
SAT: 1920
SAT II’s:
ACT: 28 but didn’t send
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: female
Summer or Fall: summer
Class rank: 45/742
AP’s: ap human geo, ap lang, ap psych, ap calc AB, ap enviro, currently ap gov and ap stat; also I dual-enrolled this past summer in 2 college courses
Extra Curriculars: actively involved in environmental club at my school (organizer of recycling groups), actively involved in best buddies, part-time job working 30-40 hours a week as a desk receptionist, tutor at local business every other week, volunteered as a counselor at a camp, lots of awards and programs, interned at law firm this past summer
Senior Schedule: astronomy honors, ap statistics, T.A, ap gov, sociology honors, lit & arts honors, peer counseling
Is UF your first choice? Yes
Other schools you applied for: fsu, ucf, 4 California schools, texas, tulane
Major/Field of Study: pre-med
Comments: Also I think my essay was pretty good, I worked really hard on it :slight_smile: hope I get in and good luck to everyone!

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Date Applied; October 31st
UW GPA: 3.61
Weighted GPA: 3.9
SAT: 1830 (620M/620W/590CR)
SAT II: Bio M 700, Math I 630
ACT: Didn’t take
State of Residence: NJ
Male/Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class Rank: None
APs: AP Bio, AP Art History, AP German, AP Environmental Science; 3 summer courses online
ECs: 600+ community service hours, 8+ varsity seasons of sports, tutoring (NHS), music, clubs; treasurer of one. Worked over summer
Senior Schedule: AP Art History, AP German, Calc CP, Environmental Science AP, English H, Band
Is UF your first choice? 1/3 yes
Other schools: TCNJ, Penn State, Rutgers, Providence, Gtown, JMU
Major/Field of Study: Generalized science
Comments: Solid recs and essays. The February wait time is killing me.

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Date Applied: I forget… The first day it was open.
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.76
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT: 2190 not superscored taken only once and National Merit Semifinalist
SAT II’s:
ACT: 31
State Of Residence: fl
Male / Female: f
Summer or Fall: fall
Class rank: 1/207
AP’s: AP world 4, us history 4, Eng. Lang 4, psych 5, macro, 5, bio 4, eng Lit 3, European History 4. 5 more on senior schedule: Micro, US Gov., Human Geo., Calc ab, Computer Science
Extra Curriculars: Student Gov., literary club pres. and founder, Amnesty International chapter vp, Academic Quiz Team, Interact, Nassau Youth Leadership, NHS, Little Women, cheerleading etc.
Senior Schedule: Honors Physics, AP Gov, AP Computer Science, AP Micro, Gifted/Honors Art History, Honors Spanish 3, AP Human Geography
Is UF your first choice: one of
Major/Field of Study: business and psych.

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not gonna do a full break down but I’m a very nervous out of state student! both of my parents went to UF so it’s been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember. not my top choice but in my top 3! go gators and best of luck to everyone

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@carolinagirl922 good luck! and thank you :slight_smile:

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Date Applied: oct
Unweighted GPA: 3.0
Weighted GPA: 3.9
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT: SAT II’s:
ACT: 31
State Of Residence:FL
Male / Female:
Summer or Fall: fall
Class rank: top 75
AP’s: Psych human Geo Calc -DE Enc01/02 Govt Stat Psych Speech Chem Human Body. HUMANITIES all classes either AP Honor’s or DE
Extra Curriculars: 4 years sideline cheer 4 year competitive cheer 2 years job at law office couple hundred hours volunteer
Senior Sched early college enrollment all DE 24 CREDIT hours (1ST SEMESTER PREDIDENTS LIST)
Is UF your first choice? Yes
Other schools you applied for: FSU UCF UA (accepted to all)
Major/Field of Study:nursing BSN
Comments:

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Date Applied: Can’t remember but I know it was before the priority deadline of Nov 1
Unweighted GPA:4.0
Weighted GPA: 6.97(??? Prob went up…)
UF GPA (If you calculated it): lol no XD
SAT: 2190 (National Merit Commended b/c life! lol 10 points from cutoff XD )
SAT II’s: Math II (770), Bio (670) >.>
ACT: 32

State Of Residence: Fl
Male / Female: F
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: 29/12,000 (12k as in my county b/c my school doesn’t rank XD all I know is I’m top 1% in my hs)

AP’s: AP Lang (5), APUSH (5), AP Psych (5), AP Euro (3)<–yeah…

Extra Curriculars: Volunteer HCFPA for Interact (Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Distinctive Service Citation, VP and P), Red Cross Club/ Association Volunteer (2 years, 12th grade secretary though), Graphite Drawing Artist (9-12th grade, Won Award for Excellence in the Florida State Fair), Relay for Life (Team Captain 11th but hoping to go again this year), Violin (Superior 9th), racquetball and yoga! :D, Seeds of Hope Volunteer!, TGH Volunteer (Hospital).

Senior Schedule: Taking AP Calc, AP Lit, IB HL English, IB HL Bio, IB HL Psych, IB SL Math, IB SL History, IB SL Spanish…TOK (if that counts although I did hear it was similar to one of the UF courses I think title what is the good life? but I’m not sure)…Took some Dual enrollment classes including statistics ( shudders ).

Is UF your first choice? YESSSSS

Other schools you applied for: USF, Emory, JHU, and probably FSU.

Major/Field of Study: Pre med (with major in biomed engineering hopefully since it literally has the same course requirements for pre med)
Comments: I really, really want to go here! I would love to go to Emory out of state but with finances that will prob not be the smartest bet. I think I liked my Essay but after filling out other Common app essays I feel those were more beneficial. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! :smiley: WE CAN DO IT!