Strength of Schedule

<p>I obviously understand UF considers the rigor of secondary school schedule. My intention was to say that UF values course quality over quantity. </p>

<p>Just because you fill your schedule up with easy classes such as “World Cultures” and go over the 31 benchmark, you shouldn’t consider that advantageous.</p>

<p>Given that only 225 of those who applied had these amount of courses you could infer that these courses were likely AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment.</p>

<p>UF doesn’t care if you pad your schedule with easy core classes.</p>

<p>I’m not going to waste my time counting courses under the imaginary pretense that the number 31 makes a difference and neither should you.</p>

<p>But than how could anyone ever got a high number? I have 8 class periods, and even if I had an academic class in every single one, that would still only add up to 24 academic classes. I smell a rat.</p>

<p>Dabigdawg: I didn’t pad my schedule. World cultures is the required social studies class as a freshman. The next year I took AP US history and got a 5 on the test. I am currently in IB HL history (exam tomorrow! yay!), as well as the rest of the IB Diploma prgram.</p>

<p>To illustrate: Sophmore and Junior year ( again, only using my academic classes; I took more.)</p>

<p>Sophmore: (hardest possible classes I was allowed to take as a sophmore)
AP US History: 2 semesters
Honors Chemistry: 2 semesters
Honors Geometry: 2 semesters
Honors American Literature: 2 semesters
Spanish 5/6: 2 semesters</p>

<p>Junior year: (this is when I started the IB Diploma programme, it gets fun here!)
IB HL History: 2 semesters
IB HL/AP Biology: 2 semesters
IB HL English: 2 semesters
Honors Physics: 2 semseters
Honors Spanish 7/8: 2 semesters
Honors Algebra 3/4: 2 semesters
Government: 2 semesters</p>

<p>Congratulations, you have an above average schedule.</p>

<p>Are you overcompensating for low test scores?</p>

<p>No, I got a 31 on the ACT…(33 superscore, if UF does that)</p>

<p>i dont understand why this causes conflict.</p>

<p>Hmm…on the common app box…i have the most demanding check box checked …is that not enough. god this is so frustrating…at my school you take 5 academic classes a year…that’s the max…what am i goign to do?</p>

<p>really? thats whack. make sure you mention and explain that where it asks for other considerations.</p>

<p>also, common app box? i dont see any question asking how demanding your schedule is on the UF application.</p>

<p>sorry i was talking about the common application…counselor rec form… ill write it in the other considerations…my residency is in florida.but i go to school in new england…this is going to be an experience.</p>

<p>uf doesn’t do common app
i’m confused</p>

<p>yeah sorry. i was talking about at my school on teh common app recommendation my courseload is seen as the most demanding. im sorry to confuse people. i know uf doesn’t do the common app.</p>