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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Florida college admissions are less competitive as no out-of-state, high stats kids are interested. Why pay for a lackluster, third tier education? Should make it somewhat easier for in-state applicants.[/quote]'

[b]While I don't have data for the last two years, [/b]in 2021, the University of Florida was the #1 destination in the country for National Merit Scholars, with 382, a hundred more than second place University of Alabama,  and the number of NMS had been increasing for years. (Note that NMS is not the same as NMF. NMF is a more reliable guide to smart students, but NMS is a good enough proxy when comparing against institutions similar to U of F that turn all their NMF applications into NMS). NMS applicants were trending up at every other major Florida college besides New College Florida, which has faced declining numbers since 2010.

Institution,2021,2020,2019,2018,2017
University of Florida,382,342,270,231,202
University of Central Florida,107,83,91,83,89
Florida State University,60,42,20,21,25
University of South Florida,57,34,35,23,15
Florida Atlantic University,25,19,24,9,0
Florida International University,5,5,0,0,1
New College of Florida,1,2,2,5,3
Florida Institute of Technology,0,1,0,0,0
University of North Florida,0,1,0,0,0
Florida A&M University,0,0,0,0,0
Florida SouthWestern State College,0,0,0,0,0
University of West Florida,0,0,1,0,0
Florida Gulf Coast University,0,1,,

Anyway, sometimes it's good to check how you feel things ought to be against how things are.[/quote]

A LOT has changed for Florida State colleges in the last two years. [/quote]
Like what specifically?
I’ve had kids at two different Florida campuses for the last three years. Very little has changed IMO but I’m open to hearing about it. From people who actually know and not from what they “hear”. 
I honestly can’t think of one thing with regards to their day to day living that has changed, or the requirements for their majors or university policies. 
I’m no fan of Florida politics but there are a lot of posters who are unreasonably dramatic (including the OP with this post). [/quote]

A LOT has changed according to DCUMers who went to Disney once on vacation and have no experience with FL schools but have some sort of sick obsession with hating DeSantis. I’m not a fan of him either but man does Florida live rent free in some of y’all’s heads. [/quote]

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