FSU Class of 2030 Profile

Crapshooter
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:24:12 +0000

Zrt42:

I think most of the applicants who are concerned aren’t in the top 20%

I was simply using an example of how a schools “Stats” profile can discourage students from applying because of one or two numbers outside of the range provided as standards.

In this particular case (with FSU) it leads with the 92% of admitted students are in the top 10% of their class. That would imply that only 8% of admissions go to kids who are not in the top 10% of their class. And OOS should likely mean there’s an even smaller number of available seats for an applicant.

An alternative stat could be the ACT score. The 50% mid range has it at a 31 floor, and thus 25% of accepted students would fall below this number ( 25% of admitted students would be a larger number than 8% of admitted students) so someone who scored a 28 would certainly be outside of their profile numbers - should they not apply because of a single metric. That was the point I was attempting to make.