<p>I was really surprised that I got accepted to the Innovation Academy. Everybody I talked to made it seem near impossible. </p>
<p>Even though it would seem like an easy choice for some, I am still between two schools: UNF and UF. </p>
<p>What really is strange is that the day of UF admission decisions, UNF declined to give me an academic scholarship and admission to honors program but then UF accepted me. </p>
<p>I don’t know if that is just fate sending me to UF instead or what but it was really strange. </p>
<p>Are there any current UF students at the Academy that can give me some insight of what it is like?</p>
<p>Great analysis Alex23 - we have prepaid as well - worked out well for 1st son now at FSU and accepted at film school there, but really didn’t think about how the prepaid program and Bright Futures for that matter, are keeping so many more students in Florida and keeping it so much more competitive. While I don’t expect BF to stay around too much longer(at least not just as a merit based award - will become need based), for people holding prepaid contracts, it would have been better if governor had let UF and FSU raise tuition as they wanted to instead of capping it, thereby putting a little more into that “savings acct” as you refer to it. With second son(freshman in HS), we also have prepaid, so we’ll see what happens. He is IB as well and straight A’s thus far, but as I have seen on this post, nothing is guaranteed for UF anymore. Although, UF doesn’t really give scholarhship money, FSU top award is $2400/year, but UCF still gives alot for top students and national merits… 3 more years for us… we’ll see what changes…</p>
<p>White Male -2230 (800cr 710 math)(Submitted, got 2300 after deadline)
IN state, 3.9 GPA
20 Volunteer Hours total.</p>
<p>These schools dont give a F$CK about you being well rounded. They want a well rounded STUDENT BODY. That means a chunk of the spots go to scholar material, another chunk for URMs, another chunk for artists/musicians/athletes, and finally rich people/legacies (not as much at UF).</p>
<p>I don’t understand this decision… my brother’s application says that his application is being “held in deferment” while he “considers” Sante Fe’s engineering transfer program to UF. Uh…what? Can he get in for another major? Is this a denial or an acceptance?</p>
<p>Accepted!
Accepted for Summer B! (what I applied for)</p>
<p>-ACT: 25
-SAT: 1710
-GPA unweighted: 3.97 (out of 4.0)
weighted: 4.7 (out of 4.8)
-ECS: 4 year varsity softball player, team captain. 4 year HOSA member, President. Also President of the region for this club (all surrounding schools in the county). Member of 3 other clubs. 100+ CS by volunteering at the local hospital, humane society, and health clinics. ETC
-Employment: Peachwave Frozen Yogurt for 2 years
-AP classes: AP bio, AP psych, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP US
-2 dual enrollment classes
-Major: Biomedical Sciences
-First generation
Essay: I have to say my essay was probably the reason why I got in.</p>
<p>I didn’t have superb test scores by any means, so my extracurriculars, leadership positions and GPA definitely saved me. I’m surprised I got in when other people who should have gotten in but didn’t.</p>
<p>Dual-Enrolled
UWGPA: 4.0
WGPA: 4.46
Graduating with my AA in May (triple majoring in Political Science, Mass Communications, and History)
Extra Curriculars: student government all 4 years, senior class president, VP of college philosophy club, 2 years of competitive speech, cheerleading, NHS (each)
Work Experience: babysitting for 5 years, waitressing for 6 months
SAT: 1940 (not reported)
ACT: 30
Community Service: 150+ hours, organized independent service project, regular college math tutor
Miscellaneous: attended 3 different high schools, white middle-class female
Essay… Mine honestly sucked. I cringe even thinking about reading it again. </p>
<p>Congratulations to all those accepted! Cheers to our future!</p>
<p>don’t worry about it. They only took kids at my school in 2012 out of the top 40, with my luck i was ranked 50 haha. I felt like you did when i got rejected. I go to UCF now and i couldnt have made a better decision. I get paid to go to school while learning and having fun. You can always transfer to UF after 60 CH no biggie. @Sharpeie</p>
<p>All I got on decision day was a message something along the lines of “As a HS/AA student we are continuing to evaluate your college level course work along with the prerequisites for transfer admission.”
Guessing I was denied as a freshman?</p>
<p>That would mean UF was unable to admit you as a freshman and is now evaluating you as a transfer student to see if you can be admitted through that route. Your application status will change slightly to show you what you are missing (if anything). Be sure you have sent and updated college transcript to UF showing fall grades and that you major is what you would like to be considered.</p>
<p>I know I’m late, but I was accepted OUT OF STATE (central Virginia) for Fall 2013. I believe I’m the only one who applied from my school, but I don’t know if that increased my chances or not. I was in a panic the week before decisions were released, as I saw that OOS admissions at UF are capped at 3%. My stats are as follows:</p>
<p>GPA (weighted, my school doesn’t do unweighted): 4.45
SAT: 2030 combined (660 Reading, 630 Math, 730 Writing)
ACT: 30 combined
Top 5% of my class (20 out of 346)
White male, Jewish (if that influences anything)</p>
<p>Classes taken/taking: AP Chemistry, AP Language and Composition, AP Literature and Composition, AP World History, AP US History, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP American Government, AP Comparative Government, AP French V</p>
<p>Co-Treasurer of NHS, Co-Captain of Forensics Team (Top 12 in State for Original Oratory), Treasurer of French Club, numerous hours of community service, founder and president of Young Democrats, head of music department at my synagogue for the past five years, held same job from September 2011 until it closed in January 2013, head of social media for varsity men’s lacrosse team</p>
<p>I missed the SAT cutoff requirements for the Honor Program by 40 points, but will be applying anyways today. My family is moving to Florida next year.</p>
<p>Truly, I think UF has the most unfair acceptance system. It seems that they don’t even look at your stats or anything. I don’t quite get it, and that tells me nothing but bad things about the school. People from every where in the “stats spectrum” are accepted. I rather be with most people with similar stats, than people with al kinds of grades. Last year, a Chinese girl with no more than 1600 SAT was accepted. She was international plus Chinese. That tells me something. I was talking to my friend today, and her son was accepted for fall term, but they have decided to choose another school over UF. Good for them!</p>
<p>Honors has an application that you should start filling out now and are due March 1st. Scholarships - if you are offered one from admissions - happen mid to late March.</p>