Match me - Florida senior aiming for political science and Ivy or equivalent [3.92 GPA, 35 ACT, <$65k]

You need to recalculate your weighted GPA. Your School is adding 2 pts for AP etc.
No schools will use that GPA

The formula below is from UF but it will give you a very good idea where you stand at any school that uses weighted GPA’s

The above range represents the core, weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale that UF calculates as part of the evaluation process. Dual-enrollment courses in core areas and any AP, IB or AICE classes receive an extra 1.0 credit weight, meaning that an A is worth a 5.0 on a 4.0 scale. Pre-AICE, pre-AP, pre-IB and Honors classes receive a 0.5 credit weight, meaning that an A is worth a 4.5 on a 4.0 scale.

University of Georgia does not add the .5 for Honors and UC’s don’t as well unless they are certain California Honor classes, but the above formula will give you a realistic GPA to use as a starting point to compare to the accepted student profile for admission

Your list is all reaches with the exception of FSU which even this year only accepted under 25% of applicants

You need to build a list with Safeties ( schools with over 50% acceptance at a minimum ) that you would be ok attending
and targets schools where your stats are above the 50 percentile in student profile
This should be your starting point

You live in Florida and with your Stats 100% Bright Futures makes any Florida Public University basically Tuition free except fees So UF or any other Florida Public COA is under 20K a year actually closer to 15K a year.

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