USF Admission Class of 2020

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We applied October 1st, 1970 SAT, 3.0 GPA, 300 community hours, 4 years of varsity sports. Have not heard back…

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So I applied to USF for the 2016 Fall term and I’d
appreciate if you could tell me if my chances are good or bad:
UW GPA: 2.88
Weighted GPA: 3.13
SAT: 1680 CR: 590 M: 560 W: 530
6 AP Courses, 2 AICE courses
I meet 4 of the 6 Academic Success factors
Essay: No
Various ECs and 200+ community service hours
I’m from out of state
My high school had a very hard and rigorous curriculum

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Deferred upon receiving first term grades…

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Accepted on 11/5/15

  1. Date applied: A week or two ago
  2. GPA Weighted: 4.2
  3. GPA Unweighted: 3.9
  4. ACT/ or SAT Scores: 30 ACT/1940 SAT
  5. Extracurricular Activities: Class Board, National Honor Society, community service, Science Olympiad, Spanish Club, lots of leadership positions, etc
  6. Ethnicity: Hispanic
  7. Major: Pre-Med (Medical Sciences) (advisory program), if I attend I'll be choosing Biomedical Sciences.
  8. In state

Still waiting on UF, FSU and UM.

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To add to my first post, I also didn’t do the essay but worked really hard on my resume.

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Son applied very early…everything was in by mid-August. Toured twice and USF is his top choice.

GPA Weighted: 3.9
GPA Unweighted: 3.6
ACT 24 with 9 writing score (superscore 25 with previously submitted score)
Extracurriculars: Probably weakest area. Involved in band, track and football freshman year, but only Key club the last three years, and DECA this year. Chose to work PT instead.

Ethnicity: White
Major: Business, Marketing
Out-of-state

In addition: 4 APs (Lang, Env Sci, Stats & Govt.) 3 dual enrollment, 6 years of language (4 Mandarin, 2 Spanish), has 6 of the 7 listed academic success factors so far. PSGPA won’t be known until January.

Seeing so many people hearing back within a week or two of applying, we’re beginning to wonder as well. A bit discouraging.

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@firstrodeo I’m no admissions person so don’t take what I say to heart, but I have done more than enough research and I would say your son has a decent if not a really good shot at getting accepted. Good luck!

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@pitt2021 Thank you. We’ll see! If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen. He’s been accepted to a few other schools on his short list, so there are other good options. It just seems strange that USF emphasized during their tour how important it was to apply early, and that decisions were usually given in 6-8 weeks, but it’s now been 3 months. To add insult to injury, twice in the past week, he’s received the same thick packet in the mail from USF, and each time it’s been an invitation to apply along with one of their brochures. We know he has everything in as he’s called to confirm. This hasn’t happened with any other school. Seems a little disorganized to me.

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Accepted on 11/11/2015
Applied for Fall, but got summer.
GPA Weighted: 4.1
GPA Unweighted: 3.2
SAT: 1690
Exc; Not much, did a law firm internship, and a couple of mock trials.
Hispanic
Computer Engineering
AP’s: 10 in Total
In-state.

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Accepted on 11/12/15

  1. Date applied: 08/06/15, Transcript was received on 10/31/15(sp00ky), applied summer
  2. GPA Weighted: 4.2
  3. GPA Unweighted: 3.4
  4. ACT/ or SAT Scores: 26 ACT
  5. Extracurricular Activities: a whole bunch, SGA for four years, congressional debate team captain, 350 community service hours, president of rowdy reptiles(school spirit) and paws(people helping animals).
  6. Major: Political Science
  7. In state, soflo!! Applied to: UF, FSU, UCF (Still waiting on the decision.) USF was a backup, but I'm still glad to potentially be a bull!
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  1. Date applied: 10/12 (Accepted 11/7)
  2. GPA Weighted: 3.38
  3. GPA Unweighted: 3.38 (no honors, AP, etc.)
  4. ACT/ or SAT Scores: 27 ACT
  5. Extracurricular Activities: Pretty weak. Sports, summer camp, a little volunteer. Not much.
  6. Ethnicity: white
  7. Major: communications
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  1. Date applied: 10/12 but complete on 10/20 when my SAT scores arrived
  2. GPA Weighted: 3.83 (USF recalculated GPA)
  3. GPA Unweighted: 3.51
  4. ACT/ or SAT Scores: 1890 SAT
  5. Extracurricular Activities: Theater, Varsity Track and Field, Classical Singer, Tri-M Member, Girl Scout (with silver award), Medical Camp, GSA member, Feminist Club member, High Honor Roll, AP scholar with honors
  6. Ethnicity: White
  7. Major: Nursing
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I should have mentioned in my first post I got in on 10/26

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  1. Date Applied: 10/23, received my scores and transcript the same day since I had sent them in earlier
  2. Weighted GPA: 4.49
  3. Unweighted GPA: 3.58
  4. ACT: 23 (lol I'm like the worst test taker ever)
  5. Part time job (30+ hours a week), Beta Club, Poetry Club, 200+ hours of community service
  6. Ethnicity: Latino
  7. Major: Management
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Son was accepted today (11/20/15)!

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Accepted 11/20/2015
Last doc received: 11/18/2015
Weighted: 3.6
Unweighted: 3.23
SAT: 1620 ( shrugs slowly )
Part time job ( 15 hrs a week )
Ethnicity: Black/ African American
Major: Marketing
Extracurriculars: none really
Took a bunch of AICE classes and stuff I guess that helped? Or it could be cause Im African American, in any case there you guys go.

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Whoops, forgot my ethnicity. African American!

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My daughter received her acceptance letter on 11/16 with a merit scholarship. She applied on 9/29. She is OOS, GPA 3.5, SAT 1920. Waiting on a few more before she decides. Good luck to all :slight_smile:

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My son was also deferred. I don’t know what they are expecting to see from the first term grades but…

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@njl1022 do you have more than one son applying, Or did you have another son apply last year?