@experiment626 what is a “hook”?
@Monkey288195 Basically things that are like First Generation, Low Income, Legacy, etc.
I don’t know if being Black matters, apparently Affirmative Action was banned in Florida a while ago (Thank god), but who knows, maybe they still secretly practice it.
-Forgot to add, I was waitlisted at UM
The relative importance of the following academic and nonacademic factors, as listed in UF’s latest common data set:
Academic:
Rigor of school record/Academic GPA/Application Essay = Very Important
Standardized test scores (ACT/SAT) = Important
Class Rank = Considered
Recommendations = Not Considered
Nonacademic:
Extracurricular activities/Talent-ability/Character-personal qualities/Volunteer Work = Very Important
First Generation/Geographical residence/Work Experience = Important
Alumni/State Residency/Level of applicant’s interest = Considered
Racial/Ethnic Status/Religious affiliation/Interview = Not Considered
Some things to note:
Race is not considered.
UF doesn’t do interviews or cares about recommendations…Not Considered
Class Rigor, GPA and the Essay are more important than your test scores. That silly essay is very important.
Your EC’s are very important. You really do need to do some volunteer work, or just plain work…
UF is now taking into consideration the “Level of applicant’s interest”. It’s not that important, but you do want to at least visit UF once and do a tour.
Date Applied: September 6 or something
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.102
SAT: 1420
SAT II’s: 790-US History; 650- Literature
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: Top 10%
AP’s: AP Human Geo (4) AP US History (5) AP Lang/Comp (4)
Extra Curriculars: - 8 years classically trained pianist with several awards; 2 years of Varsity Girl’s Golf Team; School Choir; Extensive service involvement including a service organization bringing music to nursing homes; In several Honor Societies
Senior Schedule: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Government, and AP Macroeconomics, Physics Honors, Chemistry II Honors, Religion Honors
Is UF your first choice? No
Other schools you applied for: FSU, Notre Dame, UNC, Rice, Georgetown, Wake Forest, Emory, Vanderbilt, WashU
Major/Field of Study: Psychology/ Pre-Med
Date Applied: Late October, October 31
Unweighted GPA: 3.62
Weighted GPA: 4.67
UF GPA (If you calculated it): Did not calculate
SAT:None
SAT II’s:None
ACT: Composite: 30 English: 28 Math: 33 Reading: 31 Science: 27
State Of Residence: NJ
Male / Female: M
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: 56/323 Top 15%
AP’s: I am an IB Candidate, IB is just as rigorous as AP, but there is a lot more that goes into the program (I don’t feel like explaining it). But I took IB-HL Bio, IB-HL English, IB-SL Psychology, AP US History II, IB-SL Spanish, BC Calc, IB-SL Business and Management.
Extra Curriculars: Basketball 4 years (Captain), Math League Four Years, About 200 Hours of volunteer work. National Honors society Spanish Honors Society, and i have a Job.
Senior Schedule: IB-SL Spanish, IB-HL Biology, IB-HL English IV, Advanced Physics, IB-Sl Business and Management, BC Calc
Is UF your first choice? Yessir
Other schools you applied for: Illinois (Still waiting), Pitt (Accepted), Rutgers (Accepted),
Major/Field of Study: Biology
Comments What do you guys think of my admission chances? (And yea I started a new discussion by accident my bad)
CHANCE ME PLEASE!!
Date Applied: 10/15/16
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.7
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT: 1440 (new)
SAT II’s:
ACT: 34
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female:F
Summer or Fall:Fall
Class rank: 8/298
AP’s: Env Science (4), Bio (3), Chem (3), A/B Calc (5), B/C Calc, Eng Lang (5), Eng Lit, US History (3)
Extra Curriculars: Varsity Soccer 4 yrs (captain), Beta Club, Extensive volunteering
Senior Schedule: 6 AP’s!
Is UF your first choice? yes
Other schools you applied for: Harvard (Deferred), UNC CH (deferred), Vanderbilt, FSU (accepted)
Major/Field of Study: Sciences/pre-med/pre-vet
Comments: AP Scholar of Distinction, Girls State
Status: PENDING
Term: Fall 2017
Major: Information Systems
Academics:
SAT (NEW) : 1270, Perfect SAT writing score
UW GPA: 4.0
WGPA: 4.6111
Class Rank: 1/353
AP Classes (score in parentheses): Human Geography (3), Calculus AB (currently enrolled in)
AICE Classes: (score in parentheses): Psychology (A), U.S. History (B), Thinking Skills (E) , Global Perspectives (B), English Language (B), English Literature (currently enrolled in), Business (currently enrolled in), Environmental Management (dropped 2nd semester)
Senior Courses: 1 AP + 1 Dual Enrollment + 2 AICE. I don’t have a full schedule because I’m enrolled in the BCE program which allows me to leave school early every day to go to work.
Honors/Awards:
- Senior of the year finalist
- Junior Marshal
- Cambridge Ambassador
- Junior Class Leader for Outstanding @ U.S. History
- National Honor Society Member
Extracurriculur Activities: Cambridge Club, Science Club
Community Service: 100+ hours. Most hours are from helping out kids at an elementary school
Job/Work Experience:
1 Proofreader (2014-2015) - Worked about 5 hours/week
2 BCE Student (2016-PRESENT) - I work about 20-30 hours/week
Essay: VERY STRONG. 9/10 in my opinion. I’m really good at writing.
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Income Bracket: Middle
State: FL
Hooks: URM, 1st Generation College Student, a lot of work experience, Soon-to-be Cambridge Diploma recipient
Strengths: Essays, Academic Profile
Weaknesses: SAT score, not a lot of extracurricular activities
First choice? No.
Accepted at:
UCF, FSU, FGCU, FAU, FAMU, The “U” (Miami)
Deferred/Rejected/Waitlisted:
NONE
R4cheh, I think your chances are extremely good. Love your “bringing music to nursing homes” EC, I’m sure UF will love it too! If you care to share, what IS your first choice school? Looks like FSU is your only “safety.” Notre Dame is the only true cold weather school on your list.
Rohaa I mentioned on your other thread I think your chances are pretty good. (not as good as R4cheh or SoflaGator, though)
Soflagator, I think you’re an equally good candidate as R4cheh, I think you’re both shoo-ins.
KiaraBabi, although you’ve got the somewhat lower SAT score, I think everything else looks good. Your essay will weigh in your favor. Also being a first generation college student will be helpful to you as well. I think you’ll get in. Wondering your first choice, again, only if you’re comfortable sharing.
For you pre-med/pre-vet people, just remember your undergrad GPA is all-important. Medical schools care what the number is, not where you went to school. Of course you two seem like top notch candidates so maybe you’ll hit it out of the park no matter where you go, but it might be slighly easier if you’re at the top of the pack at UF vs one of a gazillion superstars elsewhere.
Just something to think about, along with finances.
Good luck to all of you, I hope you ALL get in!
@Rohaa99 i think you have a good chance! Your ACT score is good as well as your extracurriculars!
@Trisherella my first choice is georgetown but it is very hard to get into so UF is very high on my list of top choices 
@r4cheh Well you’re a shoo-in. gpa, sat and EC’s are incredible
@Rohaa99 you still have a really good chance! I got a 30 on my ACT too I just chose to send my SAT instead
@r4cheh Thanks for your input. As of right now, my first choice is FSU. I didn’t have the best experience when I visited UF previously. I’m still going to try and visit again though.
Hi everyone!!! New to this thread.
Date Applied: Early October
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
Weighted GPA: 3.9
UF GPA (If you calculated it): how do you calculate this?
Date Applied: Early
Unweighted GPA: 3.4
Weighted GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1360
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: Top 25%
AP’s: AP World History, AP Statistics, AP European History, AP Us History, AP English Language, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP US government, AP Comparitive Politics, AP Psychology
Extra Curriculars: - President and founder of teens for troops, scholars society, part-time waitress, Volunteer at veterans hospital
Senior Schedule: Economics honors, debate, AP Environmental science, Dual enrollment world literature, AP comparative government and politics, sociology
Is UF your first choice? No
Other schools you applied for: FSU (accepted), Saint leo(accepted), UCF (accepted), USF (accepted), Auburn (accepted), University of Miami (accepted), Spelman (accepted), Georgia state (accepted) Ohio state (waiting to hear back)
Major/Field of Study: Political Science, Pre-law
KiaraBabi, our family visited FSU and UF on back to back days. We had the nicer visit/impression of FSU. My son is accepted to FSU, and I told him if he gets into UF he should go to the accepted students preview for both schools. I think it’s tough to get a full impression of a school just from a 2-hour tour/visit.
@Trisherella I’ll have to look into that. Thanks!
Date Applied: late October
Unweighted GPA: 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.4
UF GPA (If you calculated it): not calculated
SAT: 1250
SAT II’s:
ACT: 27
State Of Residence: Fl
Male / Female: female
Summer or Fall: fall
Class rank: 18/359 (top 5%)
AP’s: biology, human geography, photography, US history, psychology, microeconomics, calculus AB
Extra Curriculars: student government (hold office at the district level), beta club (placed in my category competition at the state level), NHS, lots of church community service, 2 varsity sports (cheerleading and weightlifting), volunteered with the national league of junior cotillions, had summer jobs
Senior Schedule: leadership, TA, AP econ, AP calc, DE 1102, DE grammar/English, pre-med internship
Is UF your first choice? Always has been!
Other schools you applied for: miss state, UWF, GA southern (accepted to all)
Major/Field of Study: biomedical
Comments:
This summer I worked a UF 4-H camp and wrote my essay on that and included my leadership role and how I mentored to kids. Maybe the fact that it’s a UF owned camp helped 
please leave any thoughts or comments!