Background: Wrote essay about being first generation American w parents from Haiti and how my experiences differed from others- whats it like growing up with all that pressure on you, etc.
Moved to Florida after sophomore year
Also applied to FSU and USF
Unweighted GPA: 3.88
Weighted GPA: 5.24
UF Recalculated GPA: 4.34
Top 20% of class (old school had different grading scale)
SAT: 1240 (I know my test scores are bad, I do not test well)
ACT: 26
Extra Curriculars:
National Honor Society Historian
Key Club Secretary
Yearbook Content Editor
Mu alpha theta math honor society
Latin honor society (old school offered Latin- took 3 years of that- heard that it’ll give me an advantage bc UF is so accommodated to seeing Spanish as people’s language)
Rho kappa history honor society
Beta club honor society
Track & field (9th & 10th grade at old school)
Symphonic Orchestra (old school)
124 volunteer hours
75 of them came from volunteering at Tampa General Hospital
Nominated by the Tampa chapter of Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to run a fundraising campaign for their inaugural students of the Year Campaign. Won an award from the non profit
AP Classes I’ve taken: Human geography, psychology, world history, English language - passed all of them
AP classes I’m currently taking: biology, statistics, and English literature
Currently taking precalc honors at school and anatomy & physiology honors online (doubled up in math and science)
Will my test scores be detrimental to my admissions decision? I was hoping that being a first gen American, moving to a new state & school for junior & senior year, and taking Latin would give me a little edge.