University of Florida Class of 2019 Decisions Only

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to which school/college: Computer Science

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770R / 780M / 680W)
ACT: 32
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics, 710 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.49
UF GPA: idk
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Bottom 50%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych(5), Calc AB(5), Computer Science(5), Gov(4), Lang(4), Lit(4), US Hist(4)
Senior Year Course Load: Dual enroll british literature, discrete math, & graph theory, AP Stats, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Enviro, other non ap/dual enrolls
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist, hispanic recognition scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): won some programming competitions
Job/Work Experience: Interned with a local software company for a while
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing really notable, I think ~100 hours
Summer Activities: nope
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 5 to 6, I thought it was really generic and personally unrevealing

Other:

State: FL
School Type: Competitive-ish public high school
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): Nothing that hasn’t already been said

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Test score
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UCF✓ Northeastern✓ Drexel✓ Case Western✓ Fordham✓ Grinnell✓ Cornell(X) Vanderbilt(X)

General Comments:
Don’t know if I’ll be going here, but it’s a great school and I’m glad I got in. Definitely a possibility.

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to which school/college: UF

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1980 Composite / 660 M / 640 CR / 680 W
ACT: 32 composite / 33 E / 33 M / 33 R / 30 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
UF GPA: 3.73
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 74/320 (23.12%)
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP World History (3)
AP Chemistry (2)
AP English Language and Comp (4)
AP Biology (TBD)
AP Psychology (TBD)
AP English Literature and Comp (TBD)
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP, 2 Honors, 2 Standard
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity Golf-sophomore year
Track and field-sophomore year
Various service hour clubs throughout the years
National Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: Two years, part time job worked about 10 hours a week
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at mayo clinic each summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I do not remember my essay being phenomenal, but I did rewrite it 8 times. I luckily know an admissions rep from another university who read mine and offered advice, but ended up having almost a completely different one after he read it to make the essay focus more on the prompt of the good life

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: IB school freshman year, Private College Preparatory High School the rest
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander/White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 150,000+
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.):

Reflection: DONT LET A LOW GPA KEEP YOU FROM APPLYING!! If the rest of your profile is impressive you still have a solid chance!!!

Strengths: My ACT score was probably what helped me stand out
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted: I do have some legacy at the university which they really care about, my GPA grew every year and my senior year I had a 4.5 core and made sure to include that in the comments on my application so they knew I took school seriously. My essay was above average. But I think my test scores, particularly ACT, overall were what really helped.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UF, UCF, USF, UNF

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Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Applied to which school/college: UF, FSU, USF
ACT: 29(first try)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
UF GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): in top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics(4), Biology(4), Psychology(5), Calculus AB(5), Language Comp(3), Art Draw(3)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, American Gov/Econ hons.,AP Lit, Senior Aid
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Highest Honor Roll

Subjective: ?

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Do Something Club(Historian)
JCL(Historian)
Mu Alpha Theta
National Honors Society
Psychology Club

Job/Work Experience: none

Volunteer/Community service:
Relay for Life
Volunteer at local transient shelter
volunteer at Keiser Univ

Summer Activities: volunteering at Keiser Univ

Essays (rating 1-10, details): personally i would give it a 6 since i wrote it the day the application is due and didn’t exactly proofread it :frowning:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): First Gen.

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to which school/college: major undecided

Applied to UF/FSU/UCF (accepted to all with scholarships to FSU and UCF)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 superscore (Reading: 630, Math: 690, Writing: 690)
ACT: 28
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.48
UF GPA: 4.06
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis):
Freshman - AP Human Geography (4)
Sophomore - AP World History (3)/AP Art History (2)
Junior - AP English Language and Composition (4)/AP US History (2)
Senior - AP English Literature/AP Psychology/AP Calculus AB/AP Micro and Macro Economics (scores TBD)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature/AP Psychology/AP Calculus AB/AP Micro and Macro Economics/Spanish 3 regular
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society; Spanish club for two years - not really any leadership in any clubs
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Church, food bank, Suncoast Hospice
Summer Activities: club and high school soccer for 3 years, volunteer for my church/local food bank/helping disabled children play soccer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7-8; I spent a couple days on my essay. It was pretty good but not the best essay I’ve ever written.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public 9th-11th/Private 12th
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): Both parents graduated from UF.

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good SAT combined with decent GPA and a good essay. My ECs were not as strong as they probably should have been.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UCF/FSU

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@2015baby 100 percent agree about Social media interactions. My Admissions rep actually mentioned that she recognized me (when I met her in person) from twitter cause I’ve tweeted at them a few times.

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to which school/college: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1790 (CR: 580 M: 580 W: 630)
ACT: did not take
SAT II: did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
UF GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/134
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov, AP Lit, have not taken tests yet
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, Physics, Studio Art, Senior College Prep Math, VPA Academy (School specific graduation requirement), Sociology, (Dual enrollment) Intro to World Politics through UMaine
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Williams College Book Award, Lions Club Student of the Month, Player of the Week (2), Sent to Dirigo Girls State JR yr, Excellence in English

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball (captain), Lacrosse, Indoor Track, AFS Club (Vice President), National Honor Society, Varsity Club
Job/Work Experience: Ice cream scooper/Cashier June 2013 - September 2014, Hostess/Busser September 2014 - Present, Hostess/Busser Feb 2015 - present at another place, I run my own photography business on the side
Volunteer/Community service: General Community Service, usually 30 hrs/yr
Summer Activities: Work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’d give it a 7.5/10. I only had a couple people read it but I felt that it was fairly good.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): OOS – Maine
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Less than 25,000
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): Financial hardship

Reflection

Strengths: My ECs are pretty decent considering I work so much, I have a great GPA, I visited campus
Weaknesses: SATs (but they aren’t everything), volunteer work
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think UF saw that I have worked hard in high school and really displayed interest.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Emmanuel, Suffolk, Merrimack, Stetson, Florida Southern College

General Comments: I am SOOOO happy to be accepted!

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Decision: Accepted

Applied to which school/college: UF and MIT

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 520, Math 800, Writing 530
ACT: 25 (21E/32M/21R/25S) 9 Essay (Didn’t send)
SAT II: Math I 730, Math II 720, Chem 540
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
UF GPA: idk
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/134
AP (place score in parenthesis): Computer Science (3), Calculus BC (3), English Composition (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Survey of Calculus, AP Government and Policitics, AP Physics, Economics Honors, Game/Sim Designer, Game/Sim Programmer, Applied Object-Oriented Java Programming Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Outstanding Participant (only MAJOR award)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Business Professionals of America (Vice President), Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society (Vice President)
Job/Work Experience: Kumon Learning Center - Tutor (4 months), U-Haul - Center Sales Agent (8 months and currently there)
Volunteer/Community service: AEP Tutoring (Tuesdays and Thursdays after school), Infinite Daycare/Camp Counselor (entire summer), First Responders Preparation, Voters Service Training
Summer Activities: FAU ESP (Engineering Scholars Program)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I don’t really know how my essay was. I wrote it in an hour and never showed anyone else to review it. Personally, I think it was a 7 since I thought it was one of my good essays although I didn’t get any feedback on it.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public/Magnet/Technical
Ethnicity: Black (I’m technically Latin, too, but I never officially record it)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $60,000 - $79,000
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): URM, First Gen

Reflection

Strengths: A lot of AP classes (4 junior year, 4 senior year), EC’s, GPA, Community Serivce
Weaknesses: SAT (pretty bad in reading/writing), AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m pretty much exceptional in my school, high GPA, leadership roles, and a lot of community service. I work A LOT to support my single mother and 3 siblings. Also, I included that I speedcube in my application, attended the National Championship in Las Vegas, and taught my skills to many of my peers. I’m not to sure about my test scores. My SAT’s were okay, but there’s a big gap between the math and everything else. I’m not sure if they thought my scores were outstanding or peculiar.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: I was rejected by MIT during early deicision (probably were my test scores).

General Comments: I’m definitely attending UF. I knew I would get accepted considering everyone kept telling me I was more than qualified. However, I wouldn’t say it’s easy because many of my classmates who had similar profiles like mine were rejected. I’ve heard UF is becoming more selective but it is a great university and I can’t wait to attend!

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any suggestions for future out of staters only have 24 act but will take sats- need help with goodllife essay?? emailme at brbsachs@gmail.com also my dad went there and my sister is a junior there