ACCEPTED
Date Applied: 10/29/16
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.5
ACT: 31
State Of Residence: Florida
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Applied for Summer
Class rank: 6 of 60ish (top 10%)
AP’s: 2, school offers only 5
Dual Enrollment: 9
Extra Curricular: Class president, many strong leadership positions, over 800 volunteer hours
Senior Schedule: 1 AP 3 D/E
Is UF your first choice? Yes
Other schools you applied for: UGA (Accepted with 10,000 scholarship), Alabama (Accepted with 2/3 tuition) scholarship), FSU (Waiting), William and Mary (Waiting)
Comments: Wasn’t sure about my course strength, but I guess my other stats made up for it
I have had a job for 3 years… many, many EC’s… Athlete… I was never home… I have friends who got In that were partying all the time and were part of one club… I scored in the top 2 percent in the country on my ACT of 32 and had high GPA…with many AP’s currently taking Calculus honors . Every school I applied to I was accepted with partial scholarships…
Admission rate was just under 38%. http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_e584a33e-f067-11e6-a022-276a54ba0335.html
@hopefulundertone Nothing is binding until you pay the money. Also, as someone who had UF as their first choice in state last year but wanted to go to their number one last year (sadly money was a problem which is not surprising for OOS), I LOVE IT HERE AT UF!!! As a UF and Honors Student, I want to congratulate all of you who got accepted! I 110% am now understanding what current alumni and people have told me when they said UF has so many opportunities! I am a Freshman rn, but I’m already into research, volunteering, and have a leadership position in a committee I’m in! I hope all of you coming here take full advantage of everything there is here. To those who didn’t get accepted and had this school as their first choice, don’t let this decision get you down (and this is coming from someone who applied from something she really wanted and was also not accepted). I’m a strong proponent of the philosophy that when one door closes, another one opens.
Congratulations, Class of 2021!
@BlackHuntress. Do you have any knowledge of the neuroscience dept.? Its reputation?
I’ve heard the UF is great in terms of offering research for those interested in neuroscience as an undergraduate student. However, there is no declaration of a “neuroscience” major…more like take the courses that fit to satisfy the neuroscience concentration (and this is coming from someone who originally was interested in doing neuroscience). Here is a link for more insight though in that regards:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-florida/1078423-uf-vs-vanderbilt-neuroscience.html
Hope this helps! @snicks1234
@BlackHuntress. disappointing. They don’t have a neuroscience dept.,as such, and no neuroscience major.
Bummer!
It means you are going to start in summer . My son last year was accepted in summer term and believe me… this is the best option.
@snicks1234 there is a neuroscience heavy concentration in the psych major and there is an interdisciplinary neuro major that requires an application and a thesis.
Accepted!
Date Applied: Late October
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.26
UF GPA (If you calculated it): did not calculate
SAT: did not take
SAT II’s: did not take
ACT: 29
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Male
Summer or Fall: Summer
Class rank: 37 out 336
AP’s: AP Biology, AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Government and Politics, AP Seminar, AP Computer Science AP Microeconomics
Extra Curriculars: SGA, HOSA (President), FBLA (Parliamentarian), NHS, Basketball, Tutoring job, and over 200 volunteer hours
Senior Schedule: Physics Honors, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, and AP Government and Politics
Is UF your first choice? yessss
Other schools you applied for: FSU (accepted), USF (accepted), and Nova Southeastern (accepted)
Major/Field of Study: Biomedical
Comments:
@SouthFloridaMom9 and @Gator88NE Can either or both you comment on getting to and from UF for OOS people? Specifically from the northeast would be even more helpful to me. Which airport, how far, shuttles, etc.
Would be happy to hear comments from anyone in the NYC area, actually.
Thanks.
Accepted as a journalism major!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1440 (720 R&W + 720 M)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 750 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Weighted GPA: 4.66 [went up to a 4.74]
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/315
AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), Lang (5), APUSH (5), APES (4), Lit, AB Cal, Psych, US Gov, Macroecon
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Lit, AB Cal, Psych, US Gov (first semester), Macroecon (second semester), senior multimedia, journalism 3, marine science honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown for 2016-2017 yearbook, Florida Scholastic Press Association Silver Medal for 2016-2017 yearbook, been top 10 in my class for three years now
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): yearbook (Editor-in-Chief – 11th & 12th), NHS (President – 12th), Environmental Club (co-founder and VP – 12th), creative writing club (founder and president – 10th), summer 2016 intern for online publication, active member of my church, council member for local teen volunteering non-profit (12th)
*I’ve been on my yearbook staff since 10th grade
*I’ve been in NHS since 10th grade
Job/Work Experience: I worked at a PacSun here and there, but I no longer work there
Volunteer/Community service: 175+ hours
Summer Activities: University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication Summer Institute (2016), The Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University (2015)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): (8/10)
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: communication
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public magnet
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: essays, extracurriculars, GPA
Weaknesses: none in particular; my SAT score was in range but not above average
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: REALLY good essays (my mom’s from New Orleans, so I was able to write a pretty thorough essay)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: FSU (accepted), USC (accepted), Chapman (accepted), Tulane (accepted), UGA (accepted), Pepperdine, NYU
@STEM2017 Not that knowledgeable on this. But…
Looks like we have several <$300 round trip flights into Gainesville (usually with a stop over in Atlanta), from the NYC airports. That’s likely the best way (I was expecting it to be much more expensive…).
Most freshman don’t take cars to UF. Parking is limited, and if they move their car, it’s a nightmare to find a new spot. Lots of good public transportation (Buses) which is free for UF students (nothing is “free”, the cost is covered by one of the fee’s we get charged…)
Gainesville airport is small, and not super reliable. My child is a student at UF, and we fly into Orlando from BWI most times. She has to take a Megabus and an Uber from there, but it’s really the most efficient and inexpensive travel plan. There is a FB group for gator famiies in the NY/NJ area.
Yeah, my H flies from GNV frequently and it is not reliable (small market which depends on the hubs).
I personally love the JAX airport, but the Orlando suggestion above is what many OOS students do if our family page is an indicator.
It’s my only big negative with Gainesville (other than it is hot as heck in the summer).
@PAMom21 what is the fb page called
Does the bus take them right from MCO airport to UF? Does Jacksonville have one as well? Uber must be pricey??
The bus usually goes to Rosa Park bus station in downtown Gainesville, which is a little…um, what’s the right word. Hubby called it “sketchy”. But so far, no problems. She usually gets a ride from there, though there are local buses. It’s not ideal, but she’s at her dream school. The Uber jumps are pretty short. My son is at UCF, and travel is definitely easier there! We did fly into Jacksonville once, which was easy enough with a rental car. We’ve never flown her by herself to that airport, always Orlando (half a dozen times now maybe).
Rejected students; Is any of you appealing?
Freshman admissions decisions will be available after 6pm EST on Friday, February 10.
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