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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone actually had their kid attend UF?  If so, what was your experience like? [/quote]
Yep, DS, loves it. Engineering major. Junior, has summer job in Orlando making $55 per hour. Very active in student government and recreational sports. Professors are very helpful and engaged. Always available for office hours-UF takes office hours very seriously. Downsides to UF-dorms are terrible, super competitive vibe and very hard with sink or swim weed classes way more than other schools, hard to travel to Gainesville, classes can be hard to get in for desired time or professor, lots of kids into sports (downside if your kid isn’t), parking is atrocious. But again, my kid absolutely loves it. [/quote]

Considering the schedule my senior will be leaving behind in HS (6-8 classes / day, unrelenting pressure to maintain a perfect GPA, pressure to stick the landing with a perfect SAT score, varsity sports and navigating the ups and downs of the D1 recruitment process, competing for playing time on a travel team that plays nationally, specialized coaching related to his sport(s), strength and conditioning training, 3-4 school clubs, volunteering with 2-3 organizations, interning during the school year in research labs at our local university, holding a part-time job, etc.), it’s frankly unfathomable how college would be capable of presenting a more “super competitive” environment. Respectfully, it’s my experience that undergraduate life is a relative breeze after HS for most achievement oriented students.[/quote]

This. My son has been the starting goalie at his high school for all 4 years and played club and maintained nearly perfect grades and ran his own business. I can’t imagine how it could get worse. [/quote]

Probably not for your kid but I didn’t necessarily mean rigorous in the definition of cut throat. At Florida, most of the clubs have cuts (not sports). If you want to be in the Investment club well you better have your portfolios done the first month of school. My kid wanted to be tour guide and like 500 kids applied for 40 spots. I am sure your kid can handle but I still describe as seriously cut throat as compared to my other kids at Wake Forest and Penn State. And I am not denoting it as good or bad. Just different than many other undergrad experiences. [/quote]

One of the Gator alums on here. Ah, PP, now I understand. Yes, there are opportunities like Cicerones, etc, that are very competitive, but I don't know how to else to explain it - most UF students are used to high achievement and also to understanding that life is generally not handed to you. I'd tell your kid, hey that's life, and there are other opportunities. I got into a competitive club at UF, and it was great and I made lifelong friends. But also - my favorite memories are from small seminars, quirky lecture topics offered at brown bag lunches from the small department that ran my minor studies program, the beautiful campus libraries, quiet afternoons of solitude at the Baughman Center, working out at the gym, etc. The  UF grads I have worked with handle social skills with grace and ease (and sometimes just enough southern charm), and smarter people than I could claim to be have found that these are the skills that really reward you in life. [/quote]

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