<p>I am a white male who currently attends a community college in New Jersey. I am currently 23 and want to transfer in for the Spring 2014 semester, which I will be 24 by then. I transferred out of Monmouth since 1) I could not afford it anymore, and 2) my grades were poor. I took a break for a few years to work since I was undeclared. I graduated high school in 2008 with a 3.0 GPA and a 1550 on my SAT's. I know all these stats are too low for the U of F, but I am doing well in my classes at Bergen Community College for Accounting so far, and I was wondering a few things:</p>
<p>Should I retake the SAT?
Should I take the ACT?
What would I have to get my GPA up to at BCC for 3 semesters to have a realistic shot at getting accepted (I had 5 classes transferred from MU to BCC)?
How important will my GPA at Monmouth and in high school be to the people who evaluate the applications?</p>
<p>Be honest and explain your opinion if you think I can/can't get in. Thank you to the people who took the time to read this and let me know what they think :]</p>
<p>Honestly, i think you know the answer to your question I’m sorry but your chances of acceptance based on information provided are minimal. Possibly if you make an appointment with an admissions counselor maybe they can provide some guidance</p>
<p>YOU could prob get in with a 900/GED if you did well enough at Santa Fe or a CC in Florida. I don’t know about out of state CCs but I doubt the HS stuff matters UF likely have really high standards for the college grades from an OOS but its pretty easy to get in from in state if you’re motivated so you prob just gotta work really hard and get an AA w really high GPA and all the required classes for your major</p>
<p>The 3.0 GPA is from high school. I am currently going to a New Jersey CC for 3 semesters, with this one being the first one. I think I will end up with something along the lines of a 3.3-3.5 GPA this semester if that clears anything up.</p>
<p>The minimal university standard is a 2.0 from each institution attended, 60 transferable credits and the foreign language requirement being met. So, depending on how poorly you did at Monmouth you may have selected yourself out of the applicant pool. To get into Accounting specifically, your GPA needs to be closer to a 3.8.</p>
<p>Suggestion and I hope you don’t take my advice in a negative context.
Concentrate on school, try your very best to achieve as close as possible
To a 4.0 gpa as you can and stop wasting your time with pointless chance me
threads as all the information provided here will make no difference if your
academic record is not up to par with the other transfer applicants and currently
based on your academic record you are not progressing towards an admission to UFL.</p>
<p>Because I didn’t know any of that information beforehand…I’m asking about it to see if it is worth me applying or not. I’m not even looking at Florida seriously but I figured I would ask a question to see how people felt. Seeing how the people on this thread are apparently ILLITERATE and did not notice the GPA posted was from high school, I have come to the conclusion to not take anything said on this thread serious. One reason for this forum is “chance me threads” like the one I posted. Aside from Melissa and bobbo, you people sure are narrow-minded.</p>
<p>Based on the UF website, most majors require at least a 2.5 GPA with an AA. Some majors require higher GPAs. If the major is limited access, then there is no specific GPA requirement – it just depends on how your stats compare to the other applicants. You’d probably need a 3.5+ GPA for any limited access major. For extremely competitive majors, you’d need close to a 4.0 GPA. The point is that it all depends on the major.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT/High School GPA are generally irrelevant for AA transfers. Don’t even worry about them.</p>
<p>^^^
“Seeing how the people on this thread are apparently ILLITERATE and did not notice the GPA posted was from high school, I have come to the conclusion to not take anything said on this thread serious”</p>
<p>Honestly, in reality, you came to this thread and asked for an honest opinion which I believe most here are providing. When a freshman applicant, such as yourself post a chance me thread and indicate that you transferred from one community college to another community college and your grades from the first school were poor and you took a few years off, these “indicators of success” are a red flag for the admission committee.
Additionally, several of us here, including myself are already students @ UFL thus I’d imagine that you wouldn’t want to transfer to a school with so many illiterate students anyways! Good Luck anyways…</p>
<p>Thank you SweetheartCroc for giving a knowledgeable answer (unlike other people) that includes some goals for which I now know I should strive for :)</p>
<p>as for ilovethe47…
“When a freshman applicant, such as yourself post a chance me thread and indicate that you transferred from one community college to another community college and your grades from the first school were poor and you took a few years off, these “indicators of success” are a red flag for the admission committee.”
First off, I wouldn’t of minded this answer since it gives an indication of what the admission committee considers a red flag. However, Monmouth isn’t a community college and I would be a junior transfer at that point…
I’ve made the same post in other school’s forums and I have received negative feedback (UNC being one of them), but they explained what I would need to do/get to have a chance at acceptance. Instead of answering me “lol 3.0 in hs kills your chances”, say “well by the looks of it, it will be an uphill battle. to have a shot, you need to achieve a <em>insert #</em> GPA”. Those are the answers that I appreciated because I was informed of how much I would have to improve and gave me an opinion on whether I should apply or not.</p>
<p>I feel like applying just to see if I would get in to prove the majority of this thread wrong -____-</p>