Should I appeal?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>I recently just got rejected from UF and I was wondering if I should take the time to appeal? This was my top choice school. </p>

<p>Here a few highlights of my resume:
- SAT: 1740 (Not amazing, but I feel everything else should outweigh this)
- GPA: 4.48
- I held many leadership positions, joined clubs, and was actively involved in the community.
- My essay was praised by several teachers and students at my school who reviewed it.
- 23/27 classes I've taken in high school were AP or AICE, the rest were honors, and I maintained A's and B's in all of these classes (Show's that I challenged myself)
- I'm ranked 104/822 students
- One of my family members graduated from there, while another one currently goes there</p>

<p>I was completely set on majoring in engineering at UF, but now with denied admission my next option is FSU, which doesn't really have an engineering program. I know UCF is better for that but I feel it doesn't have the same prestigious reputation as FSU. So I may have to change my major.</p>

<p>It also doesn't make sense how other students at my school were accepted who didn't take nearly as many AP/AICE classes, weren't ranked as high, and had lower test scores. It makes me feel like I took all those hard classes for nothing. But I guess they're just random with decisions. I know I'm ranting here, but it irks me.</p>

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<p>That SAT was probably your downfall. Look up the Common Data Set for UF and see how you stacked up. </p>

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<p>The average was 1960. I’m just genuinely not a good test taker, but that shouldn’t reflect my academic intelligence. I would think 4 years of rigorous classes rather than a 4 hour test would be more heavily weighted towards the decision.</p>

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<p>UF does care more about your GPA and class Rigor than test scores, however UF holistic admissions is 50% GPA(most important)/Class Rigor/Test scores and 50% ECs/Leadership/Essay (that essay counts…). It makes it very hard to detemrine why someone didn’t (or did) get accepted by UF.</p>

<p>Only appeal if you some new information that you think UF didn’t know that should be taken into account. </p>

<p>If you want to be an engineer, be an engineer. Don’t let prestige or reputation be the single factor used in picking a school (especially for engineering). Pick one thats a good fit and supprts the majors you’re interested in. Pick the one that makes you happy. Perhaps that’s FSU, or perhaps that’s UCF. Whatever works for you and your family.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Right, appealing may not turn out in your favor. There are plently in the same situation as you.</p>

<p>As for majoring goes, do what you like. Would you be a basket weaver if it meant you could attend idk MIT? Heck no, follow your dreams.</p>