<p>I was at a party tonight and about 8 people were accepted either for summer, fall, or spring. P*$$ed me off a lot.lol My friend who was accepted for the spring said I could possible appeal. I didnt know what he meant but I was wondering if anyone would like to share your wisdom.</p>
<p>(This isnt me being all I should have gotten in, why not me! This is a If there is any other way to get in at this point, I will do it.)</p>
<p>Just some of my stuff.</p>
<p>SAT-1490
GPA 3.7/4.2
DE Classes:
MAC 1105 A
ENC 1101 and ENC 1102-B
All honors all through HS. Top 30%.
Both parents alumni (Mom was in the Sig Ep house).
Employment- Volunteered my summer at a Maryland State Park.
In the BSA. And my essay was on my Northern Tier High Adventure (The one in Bissett, Canada). </p>
<p>Congratulations to all the people who are accepted!!! If I cant make anything happen with UF, Im going to FAU (Closer to the beach so I can surf, so thats cool lol).</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of anyone from the top 30% of their HS get accepted to UF. It’s always been at least top 15% in my experience. At least. So, appeal if you want, but I don’t really think you would have a decent shot.</p>
<p>I don’t think the OP is out of state, as those college course ID #s are Florida standard numbers.</p>
<p>Edit: OP beat me to it.</p>
<p>You could email them to inquire about the process and send them a letter further expressing interest with important “updates” as to what has happened to make it so they should reconsider. That’s all I can think of; chances aren’t high.</p>
<p>Poeticlicense, she was a member. She was a “Little Sister” for the Sig Ep house. Has a fraternity paddle and class photo of all the guys and sisters. : )</p>
<p>Ok. Well there’s the reason. It is extremely rare for anyone to be accepted at UF with your scores. I just don’t know what your basis for appeal will be, unless you retake, up your scores, and try to get UF to consider the late scores. I wish you luck though. Who knows. But FAU sounds great.</p>
<p>what if i got a 1260 out of 1600 and a 1960 out of 2400 on the sats
played tennis on the team for the past 3 years
have 673 hours
3.4 gpa last year and a 4.2 this year
2 national honors societies
honor roll every year in high school</p>
<p>@tennisgirl You sound like your GPA is what sank you. I would, though, in your situation file an appeal. If you can explain that your GPA is not abnormally low, or something to that effect, you may well be able to work your way into UF. What’s your class rank? Also, bear in mind that appeals do very, very rarely work, but if you feel strongly about the school, appeal the heck out of it. You might have a shot at it; I don’t want to give you false hope, but it definitely should be a possibility for you. And you should bear in mind that UF doesn’t look at even your first-semester grades in the admissions process, so an appeal would help to bring those to their attention.</p>
<p>@OP - A 1490 means you were below 500 in a section, which might even disqualify you from the entire “top tier” or FL universities. I’m sorry, but I don’t think any appeal, no matter how heartfelt, would work for you. I am sure that there are many options which are available to you, and I urge you to reconsider those.</p>
<p>I’m definitely appealing. I’m flying down from NY to go to the office and personally speak to one of the people on the admissions team. I’m just going to ask what happened.</p>
<p>going to the admissions office in person is a really really bad idea. What do you expect you will accomplish? If there was any chance of being granted an appeal, you will insure it won’t happen by showing up on the doorstep of the admissions office demanding answers. </p>
<p>I know that you and others who were not accepted are probably frustrated and angry, but unfortunately, they don’t have to answer to you. Sorry, that;s the way it is. It’s like if you apply for a job and don’t get it. That doesn’t mean the company owes you an explanation. </p>
<p>UF accepts 40% of applicants. I know it’s hard for people to understand, but the 40% they accept are not necessarily the ones with the highest GPAs and test scores. It’s about making the student body diverse. I’m sorry that seems unfair to people with high scores and GPAs, but that’s the way it is. </p>
<p>If you want to appeal,then request the paperwork, make you best case, and be done with it.</p>
<p>And remember, they already saw what you put in your application. Tell them what has changed, what’s better, what you’ve been doing, et cetera. The case would be better for those who can honestly say they would accept an offer of admission. It might be awkward to fight to get in, get in on the condition that you accept, and then decide against it in hopes of going elsewhere. They don’t want to worry about yield in appeals.</p>
<p>I appealed my rejection last year, and straight up if you didnt have a medical/family reason,something extreme in your life going on to explain for your low grades/SAT scores you have a slim chance if any of getting in on an appeal. They accept less than 3% of every 300-400 appeals. I’m so sorry for you guys who didn’t get in, it’s a terrible feeling. </p>
<p>And to UVAorbust- flying down here won’t get you anywhere because they reviewed 24,000 applications they aren’t going to remember why they rejected you</p>