Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure it’s a good choice if they are looking into further schooling (med, grad, law) or employment outside of Florida after graduating.

Ridiculous

Not ridiculous.

Shands which was the med school feeder has lost a ton of staff and drs and nurses. No one with brain cells will be going to med school from UF.

There is zero employment near Gainesville and unemployment is rising tremendously in FL there will be no jobs for graduates in state much less out of state.

Anonymous wrote:Yes,

But only a fool would send any student to UF.

What are you thinking in this political climate?

UF alumni who was funding millions in scholarships at UF. Never again not one dam dime.

Geed.

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.

The Naviance for our nova high school is showing a clear 4.3 GPA or above and all test scores were above 1400. For 2025.

My high scoring test child was rejected. He would have committed there if he had gotten in but we were concerned about very high percentage of online classes in the Business majors

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure it’s a good choice if they are looking into further schooling (med, grad, law) or employment outside of Florida after graduating.

Ridiculous

+1 The bias and ignorance on this thread is
absurd...laughable, really.

Anonymous wrote:My kid got in this past year with a 1510 and a 4.0 from NOVA. It is extremely affordable. If you apply asap and have a grandparent in FL to get the waiver (must apply like now and can only do so after submitting the application) it is dirt cheap because you get in-state tuition.

Good intel, thanks. Yes, looking at Florida schools bc still affordable out of state. We have a budget of $45k max.

Anonymous wrote:Naviance at DC’s private parochial school indicates 1400+ easy admit and a smattering of admits with scores in the 1300s and below.

Great intel. TY!!!

Florida is a curious case of having an overall US News ranking that is higher than the rankings of almost all of its majors. Sure, the two are determined using completely different formulas, but one would think that a school's overall ranking is more or less sandwiched between its highest and lowest major rankings. Not the case with UF, as very few of its majors is top 30 and almost none is top 20. And yet its overall ranking is 30.

Florida is trying to eliminate property taxes. They already have no income tax. The government budget is only $119 billion. By way of comparison California's government budget is $413 billion. Florida only owes $15 billion in debt, compared to $600 billion in debt issued by California. Florida's population is 24 million; California's is 39 million.

You can see that California invests more in its people. While Florida looks more fiscally sound, California has much less poverty, better infrastructure, fewer homeless, no drugs and much higher education achievement (except if you compare high school students, Florida scores higher there, I'll grant you that).

Anonymous wrote:It is very very hard to get in. I know of several who got into places like UVA and Chicago and Michigan and did not get into Florida. It is shocking but true.

Florida’s out of state enrollment is about 15%. Michigan’s is about 50%. Both schools have about 35,000 undergraduates. It’s not any surprise that you know some students who got into Michigan, but not Florida. I know it is shocking, but true!

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure it’s a good choice if they are looking into further schooling (med, grad, law) or employment outside of Florida after graduating.

Ridiculous

Anonymous wrote:It is very very hard to get in. I know of several who got into places like UVA and Chicago and Michigan and did not get into Florida. It is shocking but true.

Not shocking about UVA if you are paying attention.

USNWR
26. UNC
26. UVA
28. USC
29. UCSD
30 U Florida
30. UT Austin
31. Georgia Tech

Anonymous wrote:It is very very hard to get in. I know of several who got into places like UVA and Chicago and Michigan and did not get into Florida. It is shocking but true.

That’s the definition of yield protection.

It is very very hard to get in. I know of several who got into places like UVA and Chicago and Michigan and did not get into Florida. It is shocking but true.