<p>How common is this? D received a "sorry we couldn't accomodate you for Fall 2007", but you are admitted for Spring 2008. Please don't take any more than X credits, should you decide to begin college elsewhere, and please provide end of year transcript, etc. Travel, take a job, do community service, whatever.</p>
<p>D (who applied RDII) thinks that this is strange and will put her at disadvantage vis a vis her classmates. I think that the school is so large and that people start at every term, so that it isn't so evident that she's lagging behind (especially if they accept her AP credits). Does anyone out there have any advice about this? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>The same thing happened to one of my friends. He called the school and they recommended taking the first semester as SFCC. Then you could transfer after the Fall Semester.
But the main problem might be housing. He is most likely living off campus so there will not be a problem. If you are gonna live on campus you might have a very limited amount of choices due to the fact that all of the fall students will still be living there.
My sister is a senior at UF and said she had never heard of a Spring admit. SO I don't know how common it really is.
Congrats to your daughter. I'll be attending UF next year too. GATORS</p>
<p>I have never heard of UF deferring a decision to Spring, but I guess it happens. Housing might be a problem as pi explained, but you should find something or you can just go off-campus and there will alway be something available there.
About her getting behind, if it is really a concern, I would just have her stay for the summer C term that year and take the courses she feels her friends have already taken. UF offers a very good range of summer classes.</p>
<p>I have two friends who got this letter...if your D really wants to go there I guess it is worth it to wait, but I think no matter what school you go to, it's really what you make out of it...I know that sounds cliche, but I really believe it.</p>
<p>Getting on-campus housing shouldn't be a problem. Fall housing is always full, but spring you always have space b/c people move into apartments, soro/frat houses, people graduate, etc.</p>