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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two at UF currently. Both were accepted with SAT scores in the high 1300s. They had a 4.0 UW GPA and were leaders at their school in athletics and service. UF seems to like well rounded kids.

My oldest will graduate a year early. She is a liberal arts major and has had a fantastic experience with in-person classes, caring professors, and great internship opportunities. UF is very generous with AP credits, and her entire degree will be comparable to what we would have paid in state.

My youngest is a STEM major and just started. She has very large in-person and online classes, and some of them seemed designed specifically to weed out students. It is definitely a different experience than my older one had, but probably similar to STEM at other state flagships.

In general, UF is a “work hard, play hard” school. Students take their grades seriously, but SEC football and Greek life are huge on the weekends. That said, if your student is more introverted, they will find their people. It just may take a little more work.

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This sounds like the exact profile of a girl I know who was accepted from DCPS.  Only difference (maybe) is one family member was from Florida and one set of grandparents still reside in FL.  Perhaps she indicated something in her application that made it more likely she would actually attend.

Even though some of these large flagships require test scores, they don't seem like they only take kids that score the highest.  If a kid has a strong transcript and scored "high enough" (whatever that is), then that seems sufficient.[/quote]

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