<p>The entire application is online, and the responses are supposed to go in these boxes with a 950 character limit. How do I format my responses? Do I use a word processor with bullets and indents (and then copy and paste into the boxes)? Or do I answer in paragraph form? Here are the questions ...</p>
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<li><p>Extracurricular activities. List the organization(s) that are most important to you and in
which you have made your highest achievements. Include your position, a description of
the activity and the number of hours you contributed each week.</p></li>
<li><p>Community service. List the activity, your role and the number of hours you volunteered
each week.</p></li>
<li><p>Honors, awards and recognitions. List each and describe the level and the number of
years of your involvement.</p></li>
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<p>The admissions officer I talked to suggested bullets for the personal resume questions. As for the essay, you should obviously write in full sentences. She said to make sure you brag and sell your self to admissions office.</p>
<p>It is a weird feeling though, submitting the application this early. I almost want to wait a little longer because once I finally submit the application it will be final.</p>
<p>Additionally, are you guys putting anything in the “8. Any other information for the Admission Committee to consider when your application is reviewed?” category. </p>
<p>I talked about how Florida has always been my first choice and all the times I have seen the campus. </p>
<p>IntangibleGator: I would say that is obsequious. For all they know, they can assume you put that on all your applications.</p>
<p>I put: “I was invited to, but could not attend, the Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC for three consecutive years” The name of the event may be wrong, but that is what I put when I applied last year.</p>
<p>Also, I would wait a little before submitting. (i.e. Revise your essay as much as you can…hehe)</p>
<p>Is the Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC something of an honor? I always thought they sent that to like everyone. Maybe not though. I have gotten it three years now as well. If is something worth mentioning, maybe I will.</p>
<p>D submitted her application 7/27 last year, so submitting in July is not crazy. She wanted a great housing number, which is ironic since she’ll be living off-campus. If you have great stats (especially grades), great course rigor, and great standardized scores … go for it. She wrote her essay in an afternoon, we read it over, made a couple of “eh, what about this?” and she submitted the next day. But … here’s the but, she had hugely great stats so, frankly, we figured they’d never get to reading the essay so we didn’t stress as much, plus … we knew she could look it over for a month and it was as good as it would be (writing those kind of essays not her strength). If, however, you feel your essay is going to be more important to your package, have a trusted “editor,” (whether it be an english teacher, parent, whatever …) go over your essay. Also, if you think you’ll have additonal honors to add. For instance, AP scores will be delivered soon. So, if you haven’t checked your scores by phone, you might be waiting on those … maybe you made one of the “scholar distinctions” that you could add to your application. We also made sure her AP scores were on her application (can’t remember where) because they were mostly all 5’s (couple of 4’s), and we knew they’d validate her straight A’s as far as showing she actually learned something w/ those grades.</p>
<p>The essay will be most important for those in the middle 50th percentile. Those who are extreme outliers in regards to test scores and GPA will likely be admitted or denied on that basis alone.</p>
<p>I am going to take Zebes advice and wait for my AP scores to come in. That actually will help the application since they are self reported. I was going to re-take the SAT, I got a 2130 last time, because Honors college admittance last year was brutal, but I guess I still will have time to re-take just for honors.</p>
<p>The essay will be most important for those in the middle 50th percentile. Those who are extreme outliers in regards to test scores and GPA will likely be admitted or denied on that basis alone.</p>
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<p>I know a 4.0/1590 SAT athlete who was rejected a couple years ago (presumably) because she completely blew off the essay. That being said, she did not want to go to UF anyway, so the rejection did not bother her.</p>