<p>I live in Florida and UCF is, at the moment, my first and only interest. I still haven’t taken a tour of the school yet, but I’ve only heard positive things about the school from others. My problem is I feel like I’m so far behind. The only test I’ve taken is the SAT and that was about a month ago. I went in to testing curious about how I would do without following “normal” procedures for taking a big test.</p>
<p>590 Reading 460 Math 520 Writing
My scores suck, I know. I plan on retaking the test after getting a prep book.</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is 3.7
My weighted GPA is 4.0
Class Rank is 71 (I’m not sure how many seniors are in my school. If you go to seminole high and you know, lemme know.)</p>
<p>As far as extra curriculars go it’s not much.
I’ve done basketball, student council, stage manager for drama department, flag football, and fca.</p>
<p>I will be doing community service this summer at spca and i’m going to try and get as much hours as possible.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m asking is what do I need to do next? Should I even retake the SAT’s? When should I apply? Do I need to join a bunch more clubs?</p>
<p>Retake the tests. Try the ACT as well, and study this time. You CAN raise your score. Your GPA is solid enough, so that’s a good thing. Put passion into your essays, and make them both stand out somehow. Be careful with community service. My teachers informed me that colleges do NOT like when you suddenly become heavily involved in community service junior/senior year, because they know you’re only doing it for college. Still, try and stick with one organization, which they like better then a bunch of different things. Like I said above, retake the test. Many other students, such as myself, are planning to take the test, adding up to four to five ttys. If you’re serious about the school, you need to be serious about the test.</p>
<p>Thanks! I always thought that the more you take the same test the less they will be interested in the score since you took it so much. I always told my self I’d take both 3 times though so I guess we’ll see how that goes.</p>
<p>I have a lot of trouble with the essays. I can never find a way to make the specific topic more broad. On the SATs I got a 6 on the essay part…so that should let ya know how terrible I am lol</p>
<p>But thanks anyway! I appreciate it.</p>
<p>IIRC, they take the highest score from each section that you got and that’s the only score they look at.</p>
<p>Oh, nice! That makes me feel better. I’m not sure if it’s possible, but I’d hate to make lower than what I already made and they would have to see it too ha.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>It IS possible if you don’t study. But i’m sure you won’t go down. Be careful though. I’m a horrible test taker, so when I took the ACT in april, I got a 20. The only subject I saw a huge disadvantage in was math, so I studied very hard until june, then retook it. Got the score back last week, and while I got a 22 composite, and a 24 with writing (I got ten on the essays! Love writing) my math was the only subject not to go up. So, I decided to take a try at the SAT. Everyone says it’s more for english people, and that’s me, we’ll see. But whichever test you take, walk in confident:)</p>
<p>You got a chance man. Work on the essays and retake the SAT. Try the ACT (it’s more straightfoward but you need to be fast). </p>
<p>Your GPA is pretty good and you got some sweet extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Also fluidity, which teacher told you colleges don’t like much community service junior and senior year? One incentive for doing more service is for college, that is true. But for example at my school, you get a reward if you get 250 or more hours and students work on getting more hours during junior and senior years. Idk, I just never heard of colleges not liking students to doing more community service in later years</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve looked up the next day for taking the SAT and it’s October 1st. Everyone keeps saying the sooner you apply, the better. So…will taking the test in October be too late, or is that still pretty early as far as admissions go?</p>
<p>That sounds like it may be specific here in Illinois then, saber:( which stinks. The colleges around here begin to assume that if you try to squeeze in hours your last years, it doesn’t look like you’re doing it for me then college. Which, being honest, many people only do community service for college. That’s not to say it applies to everyone, but the vast majority. Or, at least, that’s what my guidance told me…but even that statement is questionable, because she’s not the best at her job:/</p>
<p>October is still early. If you feel like it may be late, there is an ACT test on September 10th. Just make sure you register by August 12th. I think you can also choose UCF as one of the schools you want to send it to, so it would be free.</p>