Did a lot of people from here apply to University of Florida for fall 2024?

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a freshman at UF, and she absolutely loves it! She is a liberal arts major who went in with sophomore standing. Some of her upper level classes have fewer than 15 students, and she has already connected with professors about letters of recommendation and research opportunities. She joined a sorority and goes to tons of the UF sporting events. I think UF truly looks at applications holistically. My daughter had great grades and extra-curriculars, hundreds of volunteer hours and a strong essay—but her SATs were on the lower end of UF’s range. My younger child has visited her several times, and UF is now at the top of her list too.

Did your daughter apply as an OOS? I heard that the acceptance rate for OOS is really low (like 20% or less).

Yes, she applied out of state. Her stats were 4.0 UW GPA, 8 APs, 500+ service hours, two-sport varsity athlete all four years, and a part-time job and internship. SATs were low 1300s. I actually think it was a little easier to get in out of state because we are paying full price (which is still pretty decent compared with our high in-state costs in the DMV). She found some outside scholarships that made the first year comparable to in state.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know anything about the online classes? Concerned that it’s basically zoom college

I have a junior there and they have very few online classes. Maybe 1 or 2 the entire time. I do think it's dependent on major a bit. She's a science major.

My understanding is that it affects business students the most.

It sounds like freshman can have over half of their required business classes online. They try to spin it into a positive, like it's so great you can rewatch the lectures, etc., but not sure it's worth the OOS price tag to pay for a zoom university. Funny when you think that the people who are sending their kids here are the same ones who were screaming about getting the kids back in the classroom in 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know anything about the online classes? Concerned that it’s basically zoom college

I have a junior there and they have very few online classes. Maybe 1 or 2 the entire time. I do think it's dependent on major a bit. She's a science major.

My understanding is that it affects business students the most.

It sounds like freshman can have over half of their required business classes online. They try to spin it into a positive, like it's so great you can rewatch the lectures, etc., but not sure it's worth the OOS price tag to pay for a zoom university. Funny when you think that the people who are sending their kids here are the same ones who were screaming about getting the kids back in the classroom in 2020.

At that rate, you might as well do UF Online for a lot less money. You still end up with a UF degree and no one will know that you got your degree online.

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Anonymous wrote:We have friends whose DC attends and loves it. Does social science and public policy - is a go getter worldly independent kid.

They currently live abroad but purposely got FL residency at some point and pay FL state tax there so they could apply in state for U Florida (knowing costs were so low for instate.) They never lived in FL before they left to live abroad.

Meanwhile their second ended up in school in TX.

We’ll see about the third.

There is no FL state tax.

- FL resident

Taxes come in many forms my friend - FL relies on property tax.

That’s a stretch as the poster said they lived abroad. I know many people who got in-state tuition to Florida after buying property and it’s doable but they check time spent in the state. Is it possible to get in-state by just paying property tax?

More likely they are abroad with the military and are just not paying state income taxes.

We are FL military living in another state, and though we own property there, I can tell you that FL doesn't really who claims them as their state of residence. The state you ACTUALLY live in, however...

If you're military, Florida only cares what is on your LES to get you in-state tuition. It's different for civilians though. They do track how many days you are in the state. I am in the parents group for a Florida school and they've been known to check toll passes, etc. Florida absolutely cares that you're not claiming in-state tuition without proof. They don't let anyone claim to be in-state given how attractive bright futures is to people with children in college.
-military with FL residency and a kid in Florida college

Fair enough!

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3 hours and 16 minutes!

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I don't hear anyone at my kids school talking about UF.

+1. UMiami is very popular, but not UF or FSU.

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I don't hear anyone at my kids school talking about UF.

+1. UMiami is very popular, but not UF or FSU.

If your school private or public?

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Private in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Private in the DMV.

I think there is a lot more interest in UF among the public schools kids. Miami would be too expensive; whereas UF is still reasonable.

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Lol don’t assume public school kids can’t afford it. I know two applying to UMiami from public this year, full pay

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Anonymous wrote:Lol don’t assume public school kids can’t afford it. I know two applying to UMiami from public this year, full pay

A lot of public school families can; but the private school families are already shelling out so much money for private school that the cost of Univ. of Miami is probably nothing. For public schools, you'll have a mix.

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Anonymous wrote:Private in the DMV.

I think there is a lot more interest in UF among the public schools kids. Miami would be too expensive; whereas UF is still reasonable.

This. If your HHI is in the 175-250k range, UF is one of the most affordable highly ranked schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Private in the DMV.

I think there is a lot more interest in UF among the public schools kids. Miami would be too expensive; whereas UF is still reasonable.

This. If your HHI is in the 175-250k range, UF is one of the most affordable highly ranked schools.

We applied, one of my DS top 5. Prob the lowest of the 5, but now that it's here, I'm nervous and he was deferred from some and rejected, so options are dwindling. (in at all safeties and one target)

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Anonymous wrote:Private in the DMV.

I think there is a lot more interest in UF among the public schools kids. Miami would be too expensive; whereas UF is still reasonable.

This. If your HHI is in the 175-250k range, UF is one of the most affordable highly ranked schools.

We applied, one of my DS top 5. Prob the lowest of the 5, but now that it's here, I'm nervous and he was deferred from some and rejected, so options are dwindling. (in at all safeties and one target)

Are you saying that your kid has been deferred/rejected from safeties?

We are nervous as well. Just two more hours!

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Anonymous wrote:Private in the DMV.

I think there is a lot more interest in UF among the public schools kids. Miami would be too expensive; whereas UF is still reasonable.

This. If your HHI is in the 175-250k range, UF is one of the most affordable highly ranked schools.

We applied, one of my DS top 5. Prob the lowest of the 5, but now that it's here, I'm nervous and he was deferred from some and rejected, so options are dwindling. (in at all safeties and one target)

Are you saying that your kid has been deferred/rejected from safeties?

We are nervous as well. Just two more hours!

In at his safeties. In at a target or 2 - UMD and UGA. Deferred Wisconsin and Michigan. Rejected at two reaches