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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the instate acceptance rates and stats for
UF
Florida State
UCF
UTampa?[/quote]

30%
25%
41%
Tampa is private[/quote]

These acceptance rates seem reachable for most disciplined students. I would think As and Bs would do it. OP do you think your kid can get into these in state colleges?[/quote]

Oddly, I read that Tampa has a 26% acceptance despite the fact that the SAT scores for the school are significantly lower than the other schools on the list.  UCF has acceptance in the upper 30s.  We'll see what happens this year - as it is predicted to be another record breaking year for all of these schools. Tampa is also private.

UCF is often chosen over UF and FSU because they offer really good merit (for high stats kids - 25% of its applicants receive merit).  However, I read somewhere that they are cutting back on OOS merit - most likely because they don't need to attract more out of state students.  Kind of like Clemson did a few years back - where they used to give really good merit - and now they give maybe half of what they used to offer.  Also, a lot of kids prefer the work/internship opportunities that come with the Orlando area v. Gainesville or Tallahassee.  One other advantage of UCF over UF is that it is easier (more predictable) to get into the Honor's College at UCF over UF.  The Honor's College is huge advantage any large school because it allows students to 1) get early registration - so that they can get the classes/professors that they need or want; 2) get special Honor's advisors (which can be helpful when the regular advisor might suck); and 3) access to other opportunities and events that are only open to Honor's students.  So I have seen people reject UF  and go to UCF because they did not get into the Honor's college at UF.  Also, at UF, admission into the Honor's college isn't as stats based as is the case at UCF or FSU.  It is more subjective- so more difficult to know what they are looking for.[/quote]

Yes, it is very tough here. Tampa is a definite no because if in state we want public. I am just not feeling hopeful about an acceptance at UF, UCF or FSU, because he has the grades, but his SAT scores are on the low end for acceptance. Then again they might want a quota of medallion scholars v. bright futures? Not sure how that gets determined.[/quote]

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