<p>I've heard that getting into Regular Decision II (as opposed to RDI) is very competitive AND I'm an out-of-stater soo I was wondering if you could give me an honest opinion of my chances for getting in.</p>
<p>STATS:
SAT: 2150: 800 CR, 640 M, 710 W
SAT II: 650 U.S. History; 600 Chemistry
GPA: 4.1 (weighted at my school, i dunno about the UF scale)
Senior Year Courses: AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Statistics, AP European history, Spanish V
Other APs: AP Physics (3), AP U.S. history (4)</p>
<p>Essay: Alright, but nothing amazing.
Teacher Recs: one alright, one really good</p>
<p>ECs:
-4 Years cross country, indoor track, outdoor track: Varsity
-3 Years Enviornmental Club
-NHS member
-MSPCA foster care for abandoned kittens :)
-3 Years Newspaper (Managing Editor this year)
-Lifeguard/Babysitting jobs
-Involved in Habitat for Humanity, athletic mentoring program for inner-city kids, YWCA youth council advisory board (promote awareness of racism/sexism to middle schools thru presentations)</p>
<p>also, I read about the Honors College at UF and it sounds amazing, but how many people are accepted? Do I have a shot?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for everyone who responds!!</p>
<p>You have a great shot. Your courseload and SAT scores are superb compared to UF averages. Your GPA is high as well. Your ECs arent great but they sure are better than mine! LoL. I think youll do fine, but applications have shot up because fo the championships</p>
<p>thanks! do you know anything about the honors college? the website wasn't very specific, just said that 1400+/4.0+ is required, but how many people get in?</p>
<p>I believe you get sent an invitation if you qualify.</p>
<p>Um, from what I've seen, if you have the requirements for the honors college you pretty much get into it. The invitation seems redundant in that sense I know, but I'm pretty sure that's how it works. UF OOS isn't as hard as say UNC I don't think, so you seem pretty well qualified and will probably be in the honors college next year.</p>
<p>ah that makes me feel a lot better...the whole 98% in state statistic makes me really nervous!</p>
<p>gatorgirl, alot of people on here are misinformed. There is no difference in IS and OOS admissions. No one is held to a higher standard.</p>
<p>98% IS is due in large part to the fact that because it is a state school less OOS apply, thus less get in, thus less matriculate.</p>
<p>oh okay...and is RDII more competitive then RDI? or is that pretty much equal too?</p>
<p>RDII is, as far as I can tell, more difficult to be accepted.</p>
<p>The honors college is mostly a community thing with some special smaller (and easier from what I was told by students) classes on odd subjects. Plus, the way you get an honors degree is by doing an honors thesis, which you can do whether you're in the honors college or not. So I wouldn't worry too much about the honors college stuff.</p>
<p>so maybe i'm just being "misinformed" again, but i heard that there is a land grant thing that requires UF to fill a certain number of spots for IS rather than OOS and thus makes it more competitive for OOS applicants</p>