Chance me for UF Early action in-state Elec Engineering [4.0 GPA (4.625 weighted for UF), top 2%, 1400 SAT]

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Demographics

  • I am a citizen
  • Florida
  • Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Public HS, ~690 student class, SCHOOL OFFERS IB
  • One brother went to UF, Other went to GA Tech

Cost Constraints / Budget
Going with bright futures so tuition will be free

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.625- regular classes are weighted 4.0, preIB and honors is 4.5, AP and IB weighted on 5.0.
  • College GPA: (for transfer applicants)
  • Class Rank:(7/680-690)
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 1400 (700rw,700math)

List your HS coursework

(Indicate advanced level, such as AP, IB, AICE, A-level, or college, courses as well as specifics in each subject)

  • English: Pre-IB english 1 and 2, AP Lang, AP Lit
  • Math: Geo honors, Alg2 honors, Pre-Calc honors, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Stats
  • Science: Pre-IB chem 1, AP BIO, AP Physics 1, Anatomy honors, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Elec and Magnetism (self-study school doesn’t offer), AP Psychology
  • History and social studies: AP Human Geo AP World, AP EURO, AP US Hist, AP Micro, AP US GOV, AP Macro,
  • Language other than English: Pre-IB Spanish 1 and 2
  • Visual or performing arts: Digital Media (certified in photoshop)
  • Other academic courses: AP CSP

College Coursework (Transfer Applicants)- N/A
(Include college courses taken while in high school if not included above.)

  • General education course work:
  • Major preparation course work:

Awards:

  1. Technology Student’s Association Biotechnology Design regionals 2nd place Grade level: 11 Level(s) of recognition: State/Regional

  2. Technology Student’s Association Biotechnology Design states 4th place Grade level: 11 Level(s) of recognition: State/Regional

  3. Technology Student’s Association Biotechnology Design National Qualifier Grade level: 10 Level(s) of recognition: National

  4. Technology Student’s Association Biotechnology Design states 8th place Grade level: 10 Level(s) of recognition: State/Regional

  5. AP Scholar Grade level: 11 Level(s) of recognition: School, National

Extracurriculars:

Work (Paid)

Data Entry Clerk, MedSpeed Inc (9, 10, 11, 12 — Year; 7 hr/wk, 50 wk/yr)
Entered and verified client data efficiently; helped improve record accuracy; contributed to a 10% increase in profit.

Other Club/Activity

Class Representative, Muslim Student Association (12 — School; 1 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr; Continue)
Help set up meetings and reach out to other students to grow; gained 10 new members, maximizing attendance.

Science/Math

Team Member, Technology Student’s Association (9, 10, 11, 12 — School; 2 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr)
Researched Biotech Design; placed 8th in state in 10th grade and qualified for nationals; placed 2nd for regionals and 4th in states in 11th grade.

Community Service (Volunteer)

Student Ambassador, West Osceola Library (12 — Year; 2 hr/wk, 50 wk/yr)
Set up and coordinate events at the library; boosted children’s interest in books through reading challenges and hands-on activities.

Work (Paid)

Business Assistant, ANA Investments LLC (9, 10, 11, 12 — Year; 1 hr/wk, 50 wk/yr)
Help organize business storage and ready vehicles for delivery; responsible for efficiency of deliveries.

Other Club/Activity

President, DECA (11 — School; 2 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr)
Founded a DECA chapter and ran an election; ran fundraisers & provided resources for competitors; many students qualified for state competitions.

Work (Paid)

Tutor, Private Tutoring (9, 10, 11 — School; 2 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr)
Provided one-on-one tutoring to multiple students to simplify topics; resulted in a minimum 20% increase in students’ scores.

Athletics: JV/Varsity

Wrestling, Team Member, Celebration High School Wrestling Team (12 — School; 6 hr/wk, 16 wk/yr; Continue)
Attend practices during preseason to get ready for season; developed strength, technique, and endurance; enhanced team collaboration skills.

Internship

Intern, Mind4Youth (11 — Break; 2 hr/wk, 4 wk/yr)
Researched the effects of PTSD; helped people with PTSD; constructed a final report that placed 5th amongst participants.

Research

Researcher, NASA (12 — Year; 1 hr/wk, 6 wk/yr; Continue)
Participating in the Open 101 program; learning about open science principles, research planning, and legal considerations.

Essays/LORs/Other
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Common App Essay: ~7.5/10

Supplemental about most meaningful activity- ~8.5/10

(Let me know if any would like to see them for a more accurate response)

Schools
1. UF EA INSTATE ELEC ENGINEERING

  1. GA TECH OOS ELEC ENGINEERING (OTHER BROTHER WENT THERE)

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Assuming your pre MB are honors so they get the UF bump (they do), I’d be 85% confident.

If you barbelled with UCF, you’d be very safe for a great school.

But I’d be surprised, but not shocked, if you didn’t get into UF. I’d feel a bit better with a 1450 SAT.

Best of luck. You have a great profile. So I think it will work. Certainly hope so.

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Freshman Decision Process - University of Florida that your 4.625 weighted-for-UF GPA and 1400 SAT are within the middle 50% of last years frosh class, but below the 25th percentile of honors students.

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Do you have safeties? Other Florida publics with EE include FAMU/FSU, FAU, FIU, FPU, UCF, UNF, USF, UWF.

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One factor you have no control over is how many other students from your hs are applying and what their holistic applications look like. UF can’t accept every qualified applicant from a single school so they spread it out a little.

I knew one applicant who was a top student from a Gainesville hs, and she wasn’t accepted because almost the entire graduating class applied. From my kids’ hs near Jax, it seemed the students self divided among UF, FSU, and UCF, plus some to other Florida publics, and most were happy with their acceptances. A lot seemed to really like FL Atlantic. At my nephew’s high school, more applied to USF as he went to a school closer to Tampa.

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I know this has been touched on b4 but UF publicly states they limit OOS but not by Florida HS or as they say, there is no quota system.

And because they don’t admit by major - well OP will see but hopefully the school count applying won’t impact.

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IMO they do limit by Florida hs. They aren’t going to admit 100 kids from the same school, and they don’t always take the ones they do admit in rank order, so a #10 might not get in while a #22 might.

But some kids do have a preference for one school over another. My nephew was top of his class and he applied to UF and USF, but not to UCF or (never!) FSU. So there is some self selection. A girl from daughter’s class was top 20 and was a one-and-done at FSU (mother, father, brother all FSU, and they were from Gainesville).

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