Chance Me for Florida schools (1240 SAT, 3.3 GPA [weighted for FL])

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • US Citizen
  • State/Location of residency: Florida
  • Type of high school: Public
  • Other special factors: First Generation

Cost Constraints / Budget
No major cost constraints due to family income.

Intended Major(s)

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.07 (Strong upward trend)
  • Weighted HS GPA: 3.32 (1 for APs and .5 for Honors)
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1240 SAT

List your HS coursework

  • English: English 1 Honors, English 2, American Lit Honors, AP Lang
  • Math: Alg honors, Geometry, Alg2, Math for College Algebra
  • Science: Biology honors, Chem 1, Marine science honors, anatomy/Physiology honors
  • History and social studies: AP Human, World History Honors, U.S. History Honors, AP Gov/Macro
  • Language other than English: Hebrew 1/2
  • Other academic courses: AP Pysch

Extracurriculars
TSA-3 years of HS with multiple awards.

Journalism-Wrote for school newspaper.

Essays/LORs/Other

Strong essay, strong LOR

Schools
Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Atlantic University (EA)

University of Tampa (EA)

University of South Florida (EA)

(I’m not confident in my chances so my backup is SCF)

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Florida Tech - likely - can you afford it ? You say no major constraints.

Tampa is unknown - it’s hard to predict there.

USF - no

FAU - likely

Why not FGCU or easier to get in OOS schools, in Georgia or Alabama if you want to stay close?

I suspect you can land at FAU or FIT but yes good to have a back up.

Good luck

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FIT seems to be a good target and a likely admit.

FAU and USF both seem to be a little bit of a reach, but they each accept about 75% of in state applicants, so you have a chance there.

Tampa is a reach.

You would be wise to add a safety where admission is guaranteed, so SCF makes sense.

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Thanks for the responses. Do you think it would be worth it to wait and apply RD to uTampa with like a 3.5ish GPA and maybe >1300 SAT?

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Having improved credentials would certainly help. :+1:

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I agree with agree with @Bill_Marsh this but at many schools, most of the class is filled EA - so while I don’t know about Tampa, I tend to think EA is better. And there’s no assurance your stats rise.

So it’s a tough call.

They don’t have a common data set so it’s hard to glean info about what they might be looking for.

If you are more comfortable waiting, go ahead.

They’ve had a lot more apps in recent years for whatever reason - and major and other things might matter.

Whatever you decide, good luck.

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