<p>It’s important, but not anywhere near as important as your GPA and course difficulty (and as seen this year, grades in each course. Many impressive applicants this year were deferred due to a few undesirable grades). They’re important in that if you are severely lacking in ECs (you aren’t), then you are less likely to get in than someone who has a lot of ECs. </p>
<p>While it is a few years old, [this thread](<a href=“FSU Weighted GPA Calculation - Florida State University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/422873-fsu-weighted-gpa-calculation.html</a>) has a lot of great info in recalculating your GPA to suit how FSU will recalculate it- including an easy to use printable sheet so you can calculate your FSU GPA on paper. </p>
<p>What I am a bit confused by is your unweighted GPA being a 3.83 and your weighted being a 3.9. Of course, I am no admissions officer, and since you seem confused, that might be inaccurate, but looking at that the first thought I had was that they were really close together. This suggested to me that your grades in your non-honors/AP/etc courses were typically not as good as those in your non-weighted classes, which would result in this. That could possibly work against you.</p>
<p>All that aside, I think you have a good shot of getting in for the March deadline. Keep in mind though that at that time, housing will likely reaching their limit for priority numbers, so if you were thinking of living on campus, you would likely end up in whatever was left, or you would have to look off-campus. I don’t know how big of a deal that is to you, of course, but that is something to keep in mind. I also am not trying to be all down (I promise!) but there are some drawbacks to applying for the March decision. </p>
<p>Your application looks good though. :)</p>