<p>I want to apply as a freshman but I'm worried my GPA is too low. The thing is, i'm an international student and in the High School in which I study it's very hard to get a 3.5 GPA, specially in the humanities area. Furthermore, my SAT is low, I got 1730 but shouldn't they consider the fact that English is my second language? Also, we don't have that award policy in here nor honor programs. Do they take that into consideration?</p>
<p>Do you go to high school in Florida or abroad? </p>
<p>Yes, they likely will take into acct that English isn’t your first language.</p>
<p>Florida is hard to get into as a non-resident since they have too many residents wanting to get in. </p>
<p>However, maybe because you’d be a Full Pay int’l, they may be more lenient???</p>
<p>Your guidance counselor needs to explain the grading scale, indicating what percentage of a class gets 4.3+, 4.0, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, etc, etc, etc. Are there several valedictorians or just one, for example? Most Florida schools are on 5.0 scale, with +1 to classes that are AP/IB - for you, it would be IB, A Level, or equivalent classes.
Look on the International students forum for “how do you explain grading?”</p>
<p>so my chances to get in are lower for not being an in-state applicant? geez. I go to school in Brazil. dude, my hopes are gone!</p>
<p>It’s a state school, so it exists to educate Florida residents. It does accept some non-residents, but the priority is to instate residents.</p>
<p>Will your family pay for UFlorida (probably about $45k+ per year). If not, then the question is moot.</p>
<p>Where else are you applying?</p>
<p>Yes, I’m willing to pay everything, UF is cheaper than most universities even without any aid. It’s 38k a year. I am applying to Emerson College, University of Tampa and Boston University, if any of these work I’ll stay in Brazil. I just asked the UF Admission page on Facebook if my residency affects my application in any way, they said it wouldn’t be taken into account. -Crossed fingers-</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I don’t know who posted that on Facebook, but UFlorida certainly takes residency into acct. </p>
<p>That said, it may want you because you’re an int’l who’ll be full pay and add to diversity.</p>
<p>I just read that less than 5% of UF students are from outside of Florida. That is a very low number, especially when you consider that some of those are recruited athletes.</p>
<p>oh well, I’m screwed then</p>
<p>5% are international students (6% are OOS), many from south/central America. </p>
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<p>^^^</p>
<p>Those numbers include grad students. The undergrad numbers are much lower. For instance, in 2011, only 96 int’l frosh enrolled.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Not grad students but something else… UF has over 6,000 international students or about 12% of the student body (most are grad students). </p>
<p>Of the undergrads, about 5% are residents in foreign countries, while only about 1% are true “international” students (non-resident aliens). So many of the “foreign” country residents are also US citizens or resident aliens (UF has over 2,000 resident aliens). </p>
<p>There is about 106 Brazilian students at UF.</p>
<p>I think counting US citizens as int’ls is misleading.<br>
Also, I suspect that a number of the int’ls are students who attended Florida high schools.</p>
<p>M2CK, I’m not sure the 5% is that misleading. That’s the percentage (for that year) that UF put aside for international/resident Aliens (vs. the % they want of in-state students and % of OOS students). For Admissions, that is the “group” that international students are competing with, and culturally, that is the % of undergrads (1 in 20) that they can expect to meet at UF.</p>
<p>Any US citizens in that 5%, likely hold dual citizenships.</p>