Date Applied: October 26th
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.99
UF GPA (If you calculated it): N/A
SAT: 1200
ACT: Didnt Take
State Of Residence: Florida
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Fall
Class rank: 20/631 (Top 3%)
AP’s: I did dual enrollment, I’m a semester away from finishing my AA
Extra Curriculars: Stayed faithful to volunteering at my local hospital (a little over 100 hours) because I want to be a Nurse
Senior Schedule: (DE = Dual Enrollment) Spanish, Economic Honors, DE Anatomy & Physiology I, DE Chemistry, DE American History, DE Creative and Critical thinking
Next Semester: Spanish, US Government Honors, DE Anatomy & Physiology II, DE Medical Terminology, DE Intro to Literature
Is UF your first choice? Yes
Other schools you applied for: FSU and USF
Major/Field of Study: Nursing
Comments: I don’t know how important this is but I’m graduating a year early as well, Please tell me what are my chances
Your GPA is really strong but your SAT is a little low to be considered totally safe. However, UF admissions are really random from what friends of mine who applied there last year told me so anything can happen. If you highlighted your CS involvement, possibly in your essay, that helps.
I also am graduating with an AA degree though I’m curious as to what DE coursework you have taken to prepare for Nursing. I see Anatomy and Medical terminology but have you taken both your General Bio’s and General Chem’s? UF will want to see that in your AA as well as Calculus and possibly Statistics for your math.
Actually @Trisherella , graduating high school seniors, like myself and @mangoadrianna , who are concurrently completing an AA degree are considered Freshman applicants.
They define transfers as having completed a certain credit hour amount of coursework AFTER graduating high school.
It’s so students can receive the same scholarship opportunities and considerations as normal freshman and not be “punished” by completing a significant amount of college before completing high school. Transfer financial aid tends to not be very impressive and can make getting that Bachelor’s unaffordable after going to all those lengths to save money and time.
@Trisherella , no. They are required by the state of Florida to accept all 60 credits earned as we will have an official diploma. However, if you were to graduate high school even one credit shy of the 60 then yes, they would only accept the 45 I believe.
They will consider us Freshman with Junior academic standing. This allows us to pick our classes earlier though if we were accepted into the honors program, that wouldn’t really matter. Honors students, graduate students, and seniors get first pick of classes. It is actually a very good option for students looking to head to grad school. While a lot of our peers will still be completing their bachelor’s, we can move into law, med, vet, etc… school and jumpstart our careers earlier.
I believe the 45 credit maximum is only for non-DE credits, as in, credit awarded from exams (AP, IB, AICE) rather than actual college coursework. Could a dual-enrolled student with, for example, 50 credits transfer all 50 of their credits?
Also, I have a friend who was a “transfer freshman” and he said it was an awful experience. You are pushed right into junior level classes which are EXTREMELY difficult, and you’re pushing four years of time into two. Classes here are in a totally different world than CC classes. In two years, you do not have the ability to build a resume in time to apply for med school, law school, graduate school, as they don’t really care what you did in high school while you were getting your AA. Plus, you spend thousands of dollars on applications to graduate school with a mediocre resume! You need time to figure out yourself and get involved!
So, if I have any advice to give you (and the best advice I got) is to graduate short of your AA and spend your four years undergraduate building your resume, making friends, adjusting to knew life, and having fun! Plus, UF offers great programs where you can take graduate classes helping you toward your masters degree in your fourth year!
-current UF student who had 74 incoming credits without an AA and is considered a junior by credit, and I plan to spend four years doing exactly what I said above^ and also on the pre-med track, not wanting to apply for medical school this upcoming summer, rather doing research or internships or volunteering
PS: UF accepts 45 AP credits! I had 41 accepted, as well as 33 dual enrollment accepted, for a total of 74 without my AA (graduated shy of a couple humanities). @Trisherella
I’ve never understood the desire to cut years off the college experience. I understand it from a financial standpoint, but that is all. This time of life should not be rushed. In addition to getting an education, you are maturing and adjusting to life away from home, which is crucial before hitting med school, grad school, or the workforce. Why the big hurry to finish early? As I said, if it’s purely financial, then you do what you need to do, but there is certainly something to be said for enjoying the full, four-year experience. I did summer school and worked every summer while at UF to lighten my class and financial load a bit during the regular school year, and really made the most of my overall college time. To each their own, but if you don’t have to, I highly recommend taking your time and enjoying college fully!
I never updated this thread, sorry guys but I just wanted to let you all know that I did get in and will be attending this fall! @beachgirl, although all that sounds like a nightmare, not everyone has $40,000 to find themselves.
@g8rmomk8ans I finished undergrad in three years. Thank the lord I did. I was not in a strong business school, and flew through it. I knew I was going to law school and spent three and a half years there. So I got six and a half years of college experience (went to UF law).
If undergrad comes easy to you I think it’s very good option to finish in three.
I would agree that there is a lot more to learn than one can get in three years of college and that life doesn’t need to be rushed. But, finishing undergrad in three years and then going to grad school makes lots of sense.