Coursework
Graduating with AA, Took/ Taking 8 AP classes.
Awards
AP Scholar Award
Student Television Network 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention
Extracurriculars
Treasurer of the TV Production Program at my school
Student Government Treasurer
Head Director of my school’s student section
Founder of a small community service project
Part of my school’s club dedicated to producing content for the scoreboard
Part of a free lance photography organization for sports games (Paid)
Barista (Paid)
After- School Counselor, worked with special needs kids.
produced content for other community service projects to promote their cause.
Essays/LORs/Other
I personally think that my essay is pretty good but not amazing.
Cost Constraints / Budget
my FAFSA calculation says that my family would only be able to provide around $18,000.
already have my 75% Bright Future, aiming for the 100% percent just missing m a .05 GPA boost.
Schools
FIU- Accepted
UCF- Accepted
FSU- Rejected
Clemson- Deferred
UF- Reach RD
UNC- Reach EA
UMICH- Reach EA
UofT at Austin- Match?? RD
Syracuse- Reach RD
Most of my colleges are reaches, but I already got into FIU which i would be totally happy to attend because of its great broadcasting programs. If you guys could please let me know which colleges I might have a chance at, and give me suggestions to other colleges that I could apply to,that would be great! tysm.
Thanks for your feedback. Looked back on my applications and realized that I didn’t apply with that GPA. I only reported my weighted GPA cause my school’s college counselor told me to do it like that.
I think the results that are already in are a pretty good indicator of what you can expect. Your OOS publics are too reachy for you, and even if a miracle occured and you got into one of them, it wouldn’t be affordable. UF is also highly unlikely.
No harm in trying with Syracuse. It probably won’t happen, but I see why it interests you. Would you qualify for need-based aid there if you got in? Because you definitely won’t get enough merit aid to make it affordable.
You’re in great shape, because you’ve got FIU and you’re happy with that prospect. IMHO, you’re done, and that’s where you’ll be going (since you apparently prefer it to UCF).
Are there other schools you could get into? Sure, but they’ll either be unaffordable or not as good as FIU/UCF. Or both. You’re all set - buy the sweatshirt and get excited about having a great plan at a great price. My 2 cents is: consider yourself done with college apps, enjoy the rest of your senior year, and put your energy into getting that very lucrative fraction of a GPA point. Congrats!
Syracuse really wants to see demonstrated interest. My 4.0 (unweighted), 36 ACT (one sitting), top boarding school, excellent LORs, pre-pro level ballet dancing student was rejected from Syracuse, she didn’t visit or interact at all during the application process.