What are my chances of getting in?? Pls help!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Central Florida
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So I’m a senior in hs and I already turned in my UCF application but I’m scared I won’t Get into it. Here’s my info:

Unweighted gpa: 3.5
Weighted gpa: 4.1

Last year (junior year) I took a total of 12 classes (1 AP, 7 honors, and 4 dual enrollment classes)

This year I’m taking 8 classes (1 AP , 3 honors, 4 dual enrollment)

SAT score: 990 (terrible I know but I just retook the SAT Dec 2nd so I should be getting my scores soon!)

Extracurriculars: volunteering at my local church, key club, Spanish honor society, best buddies

Volunteer hours: 19 documented but I’m about to put in about 30 more

I have about 3 recommendation letters come in (1 from my math teacher, 1 from the CEO of my dads work company, and 1 from my dads CFO partner)

I believe my essay was kickass but who knows!! Please be honest with me.

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If you’re in the top 10% of your class, and get your sat score to 1090, you can get automatically admitted through their top 10 knights program.

https://admissions.ucf.edu/toptenknights/

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Yes however I don’t meet any of those standards /:

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To be honest, the only thing that might be weighing you down is that SAT score, so if you did good on the december SAT, then you should be fine. I made the mistake of ruining my GPA freshman year, so hopefully I get in too.

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I’m really discouraged on my SAT score ugh. Let’s hope we both get in!! :)))

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Did you prepare between the last time you took it and now?

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Yes I got a tutor and a prep book

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How did you do this time around?

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I’m kinda in the same situation too, just retook the SAT and got the same composite score with a higher math and lower reading.

Term: Fall 2018
Date Applied: Sept 2017
Found out yet? Date: Deferred Nov. 25th
Decision:

In State/Out of State: In State

Unweighted GPA: 3.2
Weighted GPA: 3.6
ACT/SAT scores: 22, 1210 (superscored 630 r/w, 580 math)
Class Rank: 75/298

Course types: All honors and dual enrollment, 1 ap
currently taking pre calc hon, span 3 hon, 2 chorus classes hon, 3 de courses

Community Service Hours: 200 + tutoring and mentoring
Extra-curricular: Show choir (4 years), National Honors Society (2 years), leadership conservatory (4 years), drama (4 years)
Other: MOS 2010 certified, 2 part-time jobs
No letter of recommendations but I could get 2 if needed

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@whiteclouds1 @UCF0923 Is your unweighted/weighted GPA all of your grades? UCF recalculates your grades using only your 4 core and foreign language- which means for most kids their UCF GPA will be lower. You do get a .5 and 1 point bump up for honors and AP/DE. If you haven’t, recalculate your grades and see what your UCF GPA is. You can search UCF common data set and see how your stats match last year- SAT is off because the kids took old and new.

If UCF is your #1 school, you can ask to be considered for Summer instead- it is easier to get in. Also, if your grades were great in the first quarter and it wasn’t on your original transcript send a new updated transcript!

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Has anyone who was deferred got Accepted?

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I was deferred but accepted a week after I sent in my resume. I also know of two others who just recently got accepted that were once deferred

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@Danif99 congrats!, those that you know that were accepted after being deferred do you know what their stats are?

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Im not sure about their gpa’s but ones SAT was 1140 and she was accepted for the summer access program. she is also a female engineering student so that might have helped her. The other one im pretty sure his SAT was 1160-1180 but he has a very popular youtube channel. He hasnt taken dual enrollment classes or any AP. mostly AICE and honors so I am not sure how he got in

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also, my SAT is 1140
GPA unweighted- 3.3
weighted-3.8
720 community service hours
my senior year I did full time dual enrollment.
I was deferred for fall at first and then again for summer but I called them alot and showed interest

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@Danif99. Did they put you on their waitlist? I was deferred for months and they just waitlisted me yesterday

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No I applied in early September and was deferred for a while. I sent in my resume at the beginning of November and was accepted a week later @Lynn26