@madisonskipper I actually have no idea. I remember browsing through Facebook and a friend said he was posting pics from his AP Photography project, but he doesn’t go to my school. I just used that as an example because it’s the only “non-academic” yet AP class I could think of other than Art History. In fact, I don’t even know if Art History is an AP course either. I just tried coming up with random examples, my bad.
Also, how did you manage to take 23 DE classes? If you had so many how did your overall UF GPA recalculate back to a 4.45?
Thank you! My ACT is 32, I have so many EC’s and I have a job. I’m captain of my track team. I have 4 years of Spanish and I’m in calculus honors this year along with AP English and Bio.I just got my report card for this past semester and my GPA jumped, but they don’t count senior grades! I was offered a $30,000 scholarship to UCF and FSU $9.800. Deferred from UGA and Tulane. Got into Fordham and was offered $80.000 for Baylor. Waiting on Cornell, had a phone interview with the ulumni. I’m just hoping for UF.
@PupuLovesPickles Well the 4.45 had been my junior year weighted GPA (around when I posted that) and the 23 DE classes are counting the classes I took this past semester and summer (another 7 classes) so NOW, after this past semester my recalculated is a 4.58, but not all of my 23 classes were considered core so not all of them brought up my UF GPA (especially the beginner gen ed classes like speech). I started dual enrolling in 10th grade, early admittted senior year, and also did summers so that’s how I have so many.
@PupuLovesPickles Keep in mind that UF is considering course rigor, as well as GPA. That’s why you’ll see folks accepted from the IB/AICE/whatever programs, who are ranked lower (have lower GPA’s), than students who only took a few AP classes. That’s one reason it “appears” that UF loves IB kids. UF loves RIGOR, and if the IB program is the most rigorous program at your school, UF would like to see that you’re in that program.
If the most “rigorous” option at your school is several AP classes, than that’s what UF wants you to take.
I’m currently a junior in high school and was just wondering how things look for me and what I should improve on. I’m providing a copy of my resume because I recently did a class assignment and was curious to see my chances. I realize I am missing some information but this is all that I have at the moment.
@Gator88NE Exactly, that’s why I still did 4 APs because of how like like standardization and decided to do junior level classes at my local state college like Chem 2, biochem, calc 2, microbio, etc. and then I took the APs test for calc, chem, bio, and environmental as well to help. But I plan on redoing half of those when/if I get there anyways! I wish my school offered IB or AICE but I got rezoned in 10th grade away from the MYP IB program.
Date Applied:October 17
Unweighted GPA: 3.85
Weighted GPA:5.19
UF GPA (If you calculated it):
SAT: 1410
SAT II’s:
ACT:32
State Of Residence:FL
Male / Female:Male
Summer or Fall:Fall
Class rank:20/778
AP’s:IB program, AP bio, lit, euro,physics,human geo, Calc ab
Extra Curriculars:Tennis team captain, New hope for kids grief facilitator, ormc volunteer, piano, snhs, nehs, mhs, nhs
Senior Schedule:AP Calc AB, IB TOK, IB English 4, Video Production, IB History, IB Psych 3, IB Bio 2
Is UF your first choice?Yes, getting in would be a dream come true
Other schools you applied for:Fsu(accepted),Yale,Harvard, Vanderbilt<— big name schools just to see if I can get in
Major/Field of Study:Biology/premed track
Comments:UF admissions are very surprising at my school, many qualified students rejected and many surprises accepted, happy for anyone who will get in though. Good luck!
@Monkey288195 your resume looks good. I can’t give you chances, but you look like a good fit.
The only advice i can give is on double majoring in ME & AE, since that is my son’s major. Honestly, the only thing you’ll gain by double majoring is a lot of stress and a lot more time and money invested. There’s about an 80-90% overlap between the two anyway depending on the college. AE can be thought of as a specialization of ME. I’m sure you know this already.
A better idea is to take the first year and decide which path you prefer to take and focus on getting into grad school from there. UF also offers a great accelerated five year BS/MS for both.
If you are set on AE you can do either and apply to grad school for AE. A masters will always look better to employers than a double major.
@Monkey288195 another way to think of it…in the same time it would take you to double major in ME & AE, you could already have your MS in AE from UF and be more marketable to employers.
@Gator88NE I heard it was mainly that and the fact that IB kids have so much extra stuff associated with their curriculum that an AP student wouldn’t have. I don’t think anyone but the admissions officers and a few people really knows the truth about the whole thing.
Date Applied: September 30th
State of Residence:TN
Unweighted GPA: 3.17
Weighted GPA: 3.60
Act: 23 (24 Superscore)
Gender:Male
Summer or Fall: Summer
Major: Criminology
All Honors Courses and 3 Dual-Enrollment
Extracurricular: Cross Country, Track, Eagle Scout, Teen Court, Beta Club, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes
112.5 hours of community service
Is UF your First choice? No
Schools applied to: FSU(Accepted), FIU(Accepted), SDSU(Accepted, Will Attend)
@Trisherella I have been there a few times. In my opinion, it does feel really big and spread out, but not necessarily in a bad way. Most classes tend to be in the northeastern/central part of campus but dorms and other campus buildings can be spread pretty far out. Uf definitely has the most scooters I have ever seen but again that is not a bad thing. I like that it’s so big because it’s more places to explore.
Date Applied: 10/19/2016
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.76
UF GPA (If you calculated it): 4.74
SAT: 1500 (760 math, 740 reading)
ACT: N/A
State Of Residence: Florida
Male / Female: Male
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: 31/576
AP’s: Human Geography (5), World History (5), English Language and Composition (5)
Dual Enrollment Credits: Will graduate with AA degree (72 college credits) including Calculus I-III, Differential Equations, Physics I and II, and all other AA prerequisites
Extra Curriculars: Publix Cashier, Library Assistant at local public library (150+ volunteer hours), Digital Media Assistant at my church (200+ volunteer hours), Phi Theta Kappa member, Photography Club Vice President, and Early College Club President
Senior Schedule: Calculus III, Physics II/Lab, Differential Equations, Intro to Programming, and Research Methods
Is UF your first choice? Yes
Other schools you applied for: UCF (Accepted), USF (Accepted)
Major/Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering
Comments: I am a National Merit Semifinalist if that helps at all. What are my chances?
Brandon I think your chances are GREAT! The only thing I’m not sure of is how your dual enrollment/AA thing plays into it. I think they’d be crazy not to take you.
Date Applied: November 1st
Unweighted GPA: Applied with 3.53, now have a 3.6 consistent upward trend
Weighted GPA:Applied with 5.1, now have a 5.6 (crazy grade inflation)
UF GPA (If you calculated it): Applied with a 4.1? Approximately
SAT: 1260/1600 First time, took again Saturday but obviously irrlevant for UF lol
ACT: 27, 11/12 essay (dont know if they received)
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Male
Summer or Fall: Fall hopefully
Class rank: Top 11%, but probably has gotten better from most recent report card
AP’s: Total of 6 by end of senior year and 3 dual enrollment
Extra Curriculars: National Honor Society, BETA Club, Class Secretary/Senator 2 years, Italian Honor Society, Key Club, 13 Years of Classical piano lessons, 10 years of competitive figure skating and 6 national titles, 4 jobs throughout high school, employed by google through youtube partnership 35,000+ subscribers
Senior Schedule:AP Literature, AP Music Theory, Economics Honors, Dual E. College Algebra, Dual E. Public Speaking, Dual E. Sociology, Piano 1 (for performance credit lol), Zoology, OJT
Is UF your first choice? yesssss
Other schools you applied for: UCF (accepted), USF (accepted with 12,000 scholarship), FSU (applied late, still waiting to hear)
Major/Field of Study: Pre-med or Nursing
Comments: I think I wrote a killer essay and I also am Hispanic, first generation and dads disabled. Im super nervous because my scores are all very borderline I’m hoping my ECs and essay compensate!!! Good luck to all
date applied: September
unweighted GPA:3.8
Weighted Gpa:?
U of Fl. Gpa:?
SAT: Old 2230 new 1540. one try each.
State of residence: Florida
SATII: MathII:740 Chemistry:710 Biology:740
AP’s:9. Biology, chemistry, calculusAB,calculusBC, macro economics, micro economics,statistics,english language and composition,American government.
EC’s: National merit semi finalist, finalist hopeful.
city council teen advisory board.
AP scholar with distinction
weekly club at local middle school teaching spelling and the love of written word and improving their reading confidence-3 years
Mensa member
2014 finalist in National spelling bee,finished 7Th.
Trophy winner regional math competition FGCU 2015
Gold medal in National Etymology exam.
avid Numismatist giving seminar at American Numismatic Association show.
Pronouncer local middle school spelling bee-2 years
Pronouncer North South Asian spelling bee
high schools chess, debate clubs
Recognitions: Personal letters of congratulations from governor Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio,City Mayor.
iterviews with Naples Daily News, Ft.Myers News press,ABC,NBC,CBS,FOX,ESPN radio,Jeff Lytle show.
2014 my name trended number 6 on twitter
Applied to 15 schools total.
Decisions: Harvard- deferred.
but I got rezoned in 10th grade away from the MYP IB program.