UF Accepted / Rejected 2010 (Freshman) - Page 2

iInsomnia · 10-22-2009, 10:30 PM

On decision day, the whole server will crash or will be tremendously slow.

technol21 · 10-22-2009, 11:24 PM

^lol yes. I was able to check around 5:45pm and get my decision a few minutes early, but most of my friends had to keep refreshing until after 7pm.

alexithymia · 10-23-2009, 10:56 PM

Unless I'm not up to date on UF's latest application process, I feel like this thread is only about 4 months too early.

Looony2nz · 10-24-2009, 09:19 AM

It is 4 months too early, but ? LOL

proud_mom · 10-24-2009, 10:32 AM

I believe the request to make the non-refundable deposit is automatic if you apply. My son applied a few years ago and I gave UF the money for the housing deposit. Even though he had a 1380 (CR+M) 2010 total SAT, 4.7 weighted GPA, computing awards at the state level, a whole family of alumni and he is an Eagle Scout - he didn't get in. Apparently he was in-between being a true freshman and a transfer student because he had 26 hours of college credit. Anyway, he is at UCF and happy. Our daughter will also apply with no college credit but with a 1520 (2320) SAT, National Merit Semi-finalist, currently a 5.08 weighted GPA and a varsity athlete with a ton of EC's and volunteering. Who knows if she will get in because I think UF's admissions is like a "crap shoot." One year I had a top student get turned down to UF but was accepted and went to GT. Every February I see many kids with low "numbers" who get in over better kids. Supposedly they are also looking at campus diversity or maybe they are trying to knock down their undergraduate population by accepting kids they know won't make it. Now I say this after talking with a former student yesterday who is a current freshman at UF. I asked him how he likes it there and he said he does. I then asked him if it was for the social or the academics. He smiled and said the social. He said that on the academic side they don't care. He is a really smart kid who will probably always excel academically but he gave an example of how in his chemistry class kids are failing all around him and no one cares - the class just keeps on going. He said he also doesn't really care because he has an A, but he is surprised about how the professor's attitude is. He also told me that Chemistry 2 is supposed to be another weed-out class. Now I know that college is supposed to be tougher than high school and in high school teachers are supposed to bend over backward to work with the kids to get them through even though the accommodations hurt them when they go to college, but some colleges do strive for undergraduate success more than others. Personally, I found UF to be easy 25 years ago when I went, but I know others who didn't. Oh, even if my daughter gets in she probably won't go to UF, better offers elsewhere.

collegeorbust10 · 10-26-2009, 11:01 AM

The AP is in the UF house....nothing like waiting until the last minute. See you later

Sharath192 · 10-27-2009, 05:07 PM

what are your guys' stats?

palmbeach561 · 10-27-2009, 07:56 PM

proud mom,
did he have 27 credits by the time he applied? im at 15 right now and "if" i pass all my ap tests this year should end up with 27 credits. and did he get them all from ap's or did he dual enroll?

paigetherage · 10-27-2009, 09:19 PM

i have around 35 credits to UF with the AP exams that i've passed and i'm going to have close to 50 credits by the time i graduate. does this mean i will be considered as a semi-transfer student? or does that only apply to high school students who dual enroll...

zebes · 10-27-2009, 10:14 PM

paigetherage,
Your AP credit does not count like the credit of those who dual enroll (or the credit of transfer students). My d also had a ton of AP credit. UF only allows you to count 45 hours of it. So, she picked and chose which would benefit her most.

zebes

andre10 · 10-28-2009, 06:38 PM

me: had everything in by sept 2nd
Stats:
GPA: 4.0 in UF's terms, 3.6 unweighted,
School: Attended a very competitive prep school
Course load: As rigorous as I could take (IB diploma student, 8 AP's/IB's and 10 honors courses. NO non-academic courses in junior OR senior year)
Tests: 31 on ACT, 33 superscored
Extracurrics: Solid, including 80 hours of service and 3 years of two varsity sports
Essay: Pretty good, according to those who read it for me anyway

Sharath192 · 10-31-2009, 01:05 PM

that's weird andre my unweighted is 3.3 and i have a 3.95 uf gpa...

dusterlil91 · 11-06-2009, 03:37 PM

I applied in mid-October. Here are my stats...tell me what you think! (I HOPE I GET IN!!!)

GPA: 4.47 weighted, 3.88 in UF's terms
Rank: 35 out of 430; top 8.1%
Course load: All honors, AP Lang in Junior year; AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Gov, & AP CalcAB senior year.
SAT: 1190/1600, 1830/2400
Extracurriculars: Internship with the Obama Presidential Campaign, Internship with Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate Campaign, Invisible Children Club founder/president, NHS member & co-chairman of donations committee, Vice President of my youthgroup, JV softball (freshman & junior years), relay for life class representative
Volunteering: 395 service hours
Essay: It's very unique, and moving. Probably one of the best essays I have ever written.
Extras: My dad's alumni

gwenyi · 11-10-2009, 07:16 PM

proudmom,
UF is likely students if they think that UF is only a "safety" school for them.

proud_mom · 11-10-2009, 08:30 PM

palmbeach561: he had 26 actual college credits because his senior year he participated in a "Collegiate High School", which is very similar to duel enrollment. Apparently this is different than having x number of credits from AP and IB classes. The other thing that may have hurt him was that he graduated from an IB high school, but left the IB program to attend a local university full-time his senior year. UF is really into IB students and if you attend one and are not in the IB program it can hurt your chances far more than if you graduate from a non-IB high school.