AIM Program at University of Florida !

[forrestbill]

Im really grateful for being accepted in UF. In my admission letter UF said that my continued admission for the Fall semester is based on agreeing to accept AIM program and successful completion of senior year. What would be a successful completion, and anyone took this program in the previous years?

[Gator88NE]

Congrats and welcome to the Gator Nation!

Successful completion = graduation
They may also rescind the offer if your grades tank, so keep them up (B’s and a few C’s are fine).

AIM is a great program that’s been put in place at several universities across the country. It’s a program targeted at improving retention of first-year, high-risk students. You’ll get extra advising and attention. You also have to take some AIM specific courses during your first year.

Bottom line, UF plans on spending more $ and resources, on you in the first year, to help ensure you’re prepared for the full 4 year program.

Does the AIM Program require me to take any specific courses?

Yes.

In general, AIM students will enroll in six credit hours (two to three courses) for summer B and 12-15 credit hours (four to five courses) for fall and spring. Placement in the summer courses is based on SAT or ACT scores. Advisors also refer to any AP/IB and/or dual enrollment credits. For the most part, students are enrolled in one English course and one mathematics course over the summer. Throughout the fall and spring, the typical curriculum continues to be English and math intensive in order to assist students in gaining confidence in these areas which are the most fundamental in any UF major. The course First Year Florida is also a requirement, which serves to further assist students in successfully maneuvering the UF campus.

In the event that students’ standardized test scores do not place them directly into college-level AIM classes, they will be assessed during Preview through the use of the CPT or PERT exams. Based on the results, students may first have to complete college preparatory courses, but will begin college-level work in the fall. The admissions letter from the AIM program should indicate whether or not a student will need to take the CPT or PERT. Students who take either exam beforehand (at a local community college, if possible) and bring the results with them to their orientation session will not have to take the exam again unless they choose to try to improve their original results.

AIM courses over the summer feature smaller classes and take into account the fact that these are usually the first college-level courses students are attempting. Students should be aware, however, that other courses that they will be taking over the fall and spring semesters can include 500 or more students, and the professors in those courses will assume students are ready for the challenges of a college-level curriculum. As a result, the learning experience can be very different from summer.

https://www.advising.ufl.edu/aim-2/information-for-prospective-students/