<p>I had a 3.48 weighted GPA and 3.0 unweighted at the end of my first semester of Junior year. I don't know what mynew GPA is, but I took 3 AP's and 2 honors core classes this year and got mainly A's and B's in them, so I expect my GPA to raise.
I took the SAT and got a 1250 out of 1600
and 1840 out of 2400
I got a 26 composite ACT, and I'm planning on retaking both the SAT and ACT to get higher results.
I'm taking DE English next year, and also 3 regular AP's and 2 .5 credit AP's. My only non AP-DE Courses are Honors Pre-Cal and Pottery 3 Honors (yes, honors).
I was on the swim team for 2 years, will be joining the LAX team this year and I am part of a club. I've also had a job since freshman year, and I am hispanic.</p>
<p>Do I have a chance of getting in? If so, should I apply early? I read in my schools college help website that average accepted GPA's and scores are higher if you apply in summer. is that true? if so, should I just do regular desicion?</p>
<p>You’re SATs for the first time are pretty good, only 20 points away from the 100% bright futures. Although your GPA weighted only means something if it is weighted the way the university weighs highschool transcripts. A 3.0 unweighted is not really suited for early decision. I would say your SATs can carry you to a regular decision acceptance. Although admission standards are getting more difficult every year (I got 2013 with an 1120, 2014 averaged a 1260 but i had high GPA). You’re prorities this year as a senior should be your GPA. Take the APs, dont worry about what you get on the exams as much as your grade in the actual class. Take your SATs again and ACTs. I would reccommend the normal decision route, that way you have more time to work on your credentials.</p>
<p>Your GPA will probably be 3.2 unweighted maybe higher, and if you follow the path of A’s (highschool really you just need to do the work, quantity over quality, atleast in my hs) and your shot at FSU looks promising. </p>
<p>FSU does not have binging ED and regular decision. All decisions are regular and nonbinding, but they have two deadlines, and early deadline and a later deadline.</p>
<p>Get your application in early, and all your required information for the first decision period. I think you will be in. To increase your chances of getting accepted in the first decision period and not getting deferred, consider applying early AND asking to start summer term.</p>
<p>THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE to applying early. You get a way better priority number for dorms, for merit aid you must apply early, and there is just no reason to wait. It takes HIGHER scores to get in later, when the competition heats up as there are only so many places left.</p>
<p>Thank you so much ! It was very helpful. I was wondering, since I have a good amount of AP’s and Honors classes, would my FSU-calculated GPA be high enough?</p>
<p>Is 3.48 your FSU GPA or your district weighted average? The only GPA that matters is your FSU GPA. I believe you will be okay because of your SAT score, but you definitely want to apply early. Also, assuming you are instate, retake the SAT because 20 more points will mean $3,720 extra in Bright Futures over four years.</p>
<p>It’s my district weighted. I don’t know my FSU calculated. And yeah I’m definitely taking the SAT again for sure so I can get the Academic Scholar award. Only 20 points, but I wanna get it higher than that. Atleast a 1300.</p>
<p>In the FSU website it says they give you a full point for AP’s and .5 for honors. The link you sent says .5 for AP and .25 for honors. Which do they use?</p>
<p>I believe that work sheet just cuts everything in half until the end. In any case, your best bet is to just open up a spread sheet. Start with any HS classes you took in middle school, then begin with freshman year and make sure to do each semester (not each year) separately. For example, if you took Geometry in your freshman year and it was an annual class, you need to list it twice. Only write academic classes. Courses such as band, music appreciation, art, gym, driver’s ed or any other bogus classes do not count. After you’ve listed all your classes from each semester, enter your grades in as numbers. A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1 F=0. For all honors classes that you got a C or above, add .5 to the number. For all AP classes that you got a C or above, add 1 to the number. The highest GPA you can possibly get is a 5, and that’s if you got straight A’s all 8 semesters and took only AP classes.</p>
<p>Your Bright Futures GPA is NOT accurate, because they only count so many math classes, so many social studies classes, etc, so it works out much more in your favor.</p>
<p>I don’t know all my past grades right now, and my school gradebook doesn’t show end-semester grades, so is it possible to take my current 3.0 unweighted multiply it by 14(# of current core credits) and add 3 (1 point for each AP) and 5.5(.5 for each honors) and then divide by 14 again?</p>
<p>Most all in-state high schools now report grades at the end of the semester with a 0.5 credit. State high schools have been phasing out full year grades. So you take each semesters grade with a weight of 0.5. and you ignore the final grade. If you had a class with a semester grade of B 1st semester and and A second semester with a final average of A, FSU will take 0.5 of the B and 0.5 of the A for a final grade of 3.5 NOT 4.0. If it was AP it will be 4.5 and if it was honors it will be 4.0. </p>
<p>So get out old report cards, or a copy of your transcript (you should definately get a copy and check it for errors before colleges get a copy of it) or just go on FACTS.org You can register on FACTS.org and get ALL YOU GRADES if you have attended a public high school. You should check that for accuracy, because that is what determines Bright Futures, and state U’s check your transcripts against FACTS.org.</p>