So my D left out that she has ADHD and a 504 plan in her application felt it would hurt her. During COVID the online school was a big disaster for her and she felt unmotivated sitting at home alone. She’s a dancer for 15 years in the studio Company with lots of lead ballet roles and competition awards. She is driven by human interaction. She also failed to mention she is a College Board NHR Scholar and the two year AP Scholar awards as well. Great ACT score but due to the COVID online school issue her grades specifically during that time were not terrible but she got a few C’s in that period of time. Should we appeal and do we mention everything left out or only focus on some? Any direction or advice is helpful. P.S>Her sister attends UF and is doing extremely well there.
Devil’s advocate type question- is your DD going to continue to dance at a high level? UF Admissions may not have felt that is a good fit.
Does your high school counselor have advice or input? Your DD is compared with other applicants from her high school.
Did no one proofread this application before it was submitted? I would reach out to the high school counselor and see what they say. UF has tons of applicants.
Appeals for admission (from what I know) seldom move the needle. But I could be wrong.
No she wants to be a Chem major her strong suit with ultimate desire to become a pediatrician. Counselor doesn’t really say much other than UF is very competitive with students having ~4.7 weighted GPA which my daughter is short of. With that said her highschool is a very academically rigorous high school so everyone there is top notch for the most part.
Her essay was proof read but not her application for thoroughness she did it all on her own. Agree that the probability is slim yet not impossible and nothing ventured nothing gained.
I agree chances of an appeal being granted are slim. Here are the directions for appealing, follow those exactly. Talking with her HS GC also makes sense too.
The CB NHR scholar and AP scholar likely won’t move the needle at all.
Good luck.
I recently heard a college admissions counselor say appeals are difficult, but if you have something new to add in your appeal why not try it?
Thank you that’s my feeling too.
We didn’t find out about those awards until after submission. Additionally and I dont know if this had an impact but she mistyped her counselors email into CA. So alot of her applications ended up being marked incomplete.
Not sure mistyping the email would matter. What do you mean her app was incomplete? Commonly, if it were incomplete, she would not have received a decision.
It did matter at least in other schools. she missed out on early decision for a bunch of them only found out when she got deferred from a school which said her application was incomplete. Corrected and got it submitted.
Right, that makes sense that the round of admission was changed if her app wasn’t complete for the early deadline (and you can only apply to one school ED).
I don’t know for sure about UF, but most schools won’t send decisions if the app is incomplete (did her UF portal show the app as incomplete prior to the decision?)…another thing to ask the HS GC about.
Regardless…I would not go with the I-didn’t-complete-my-app-because-I-didn’t-check-my-portal for an appeal reason.
I’m guessing you meant early action…because you can’t apply to a bunch of schools ED….you can only apply to ONE school ED.
She received a denial from UF, right?
Yes i mixed up the terms. She was rejected Friday yes. She really wants to go to UF so I figured I’d let her appeal and worse case scenario it’s a 2nd no. But if she doesn’t try she’ll never know, but she herself knows the stats aren’t in her favor.
I’ve helped a couple of students appeal at UF. I won’t discourage you from trying, but nothing you’ve stated indicates the decision will be reversed. It is extremely competitive and those Cs for a Chem major pretty much ruled her out. They won’t care why.
I thought the major didn’t matter at UF? For clarification the C’s weren’t in Science they were AP World History and Pre-Calculus.
Usually a school will only consider information that was not available at the time of application for an appeal. In your case, that would be the two awards but not the ADHD, the 504 plan, or anything to do with Covid as all that was known at the time of application and should have been included with the applications.
Does she have the option of starting at a CC and transferring to UF?
These would only be included with family consent. No special education anything is shared without the family knowing.
Was this info addressed in the counselor letter or anywhere else on the application (with your knowledge)?
She does. Honestly she received Honors Program and full merit paid scholarships because of the NHP to USF, UCF among other schools. So I would prefer she go that route and transfer as a junior instead of going to a CC
Should she appeal? No.
Can you appeal? Yes
UF is not an easy in - and you see people with 35 ACTs and top grades getting rejected.
UF says this.
Each application is reviewed at least twice and more often three or four times by the admissions committee using a holistic review process. Due to the thoroughness of our application review process, it is unusual for us to reverse an admission decision. We will consider an appeal only if it provides new and compelling information .
There is a a section to appeal for disability and for omitted info.
But thinks like AP Scholar actually mean nothing. I say this because it means you got a 3 on X amount of AP tests - but they already know that. That’s a feel good from AP - but frankly, is likely meaningless to every college because if you had X tests with a 3, the college would know this from putting your scores on the app.
The truth is not everyone is going to get in - and it might just be that your daughter, for whatever the reason and you’ll never know, wasn’t chosen.
Many kids, btw, have covid horror stories. Some schools may take that into account. Others may say - well, other kids do it.
I think many think they are entitled to an admission - and if I don’t get it - then I need to convince them otherwise.
You can try as they have a process - but I don’t see anything you’ve written that would be worthy of a change. Of course, I’m not admissions - but I wish your daughter luck wherever she lands and hope she has a wonderful four years.