Chance Child for UF

[GatorDad305]

The figures are from the UF admissions annual report. The they say “accepted” which is a vague term that could mean admitted or enrolled. Not sure.

[jhmoney]

@houndmom So sounds like your daughter is attendung UF this fall congrats. what were her grades and scores. Curious.

[houndmom]

@jhmoney Yes. D is thrilled to be attending UF. It was the place that made her light up when we toured last summer and it was a bit of a reach.

She is OOS (one of top publics in state) and stats are GPA 4.5 & ACT 28 (I think, know they are pretty close). When she applied early Fall her ECs included 9 varsity letters for XC/T&F plus 2 more for Equestrian. She was captain several seasons, part of student government, received leadership awards, local community service, etc.

FWIW she applied soon after UF released their application and was very thoughtful when answering the 4 supplemental questions. I know this shouldn’t matter, but we are full pay OOS tuition - call me a cynic, but I think that helps everywhere. A couple of kids from her HS with higher stats were not accepted for Fall term.

Good luck. Go Gators!

[Gator88NE]

This is this year’s class. It’s the accepted numbers, they don’t come out with enrolled numbers until the end of September/early October. Note that they accepted about 3,100 students into PaCE and increase over the previous year.

The university received a record amount of applications at more than 41,000, which resulted in a more competitive class. The test scores and GPA of students admitted into the new class proved to be higher than previous years.

The more than 14,000 students who were admitted for Summer B and Fall had an average GPA of 4.45, average SAT score of 1388 and average ACT score of 31, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando said.

Last year, the admitted class of about a similar size had an average GPA of 4.4, SAT score of 1364 and an ACT score of 30.

For Summer B, UF admitted about 3,000 applicants, and about 11,000 for Fall, Orlando said.

The Innovation Academy, which holds class in the Spring to let students pursue outside opportunities in the Fall, admitted about 500 for Spring 2020, compared to about 650 last year, he said.

The Pathway to Campus Enrollment, also known as PaCE, which requires students to start their UF degree online and transition to campus after completing 60 credit hours, admitted about 3,100 students this year, an increase from about 2,200 last year.

The difference is where students were admitted, with fewer applicants admitted to the main campus and more admitted to the Innovation Academy and PaCE, Orlando said. UF admitted more students for these remote programs to account for the higher number of students it accepted traditionally on campus last year.

UF expects about 6,550 students to enroll for Summer B and Fall, 250 for Innovation Academy and 750 for PaCE, he said.

Notice that the targeted amount was 6,500 for enrolled (on-campus)freshman. UF is rare, in that over the last few years, it has been reducing the number of incoming freshman, in an effort to improve the freshman experience (better student to faculty ratios, etc.).

State funding has allowed it to be contrarians when it comes to freshman enrollment. Of course, the price to pay, is increase competition for fewer on-campus slots. UF has reduced freshman enrollment several times since the 80’s.

UF wants to INCREASE, junior and senior (upper class man) enrollment. UF has plenty of capacity to support them. That’s one reason they came up with the PaCE program.

[jhmoney]

@Gator88NE well hoping they slightly go back up for this next acceptance round. hoping the 4.65 UF GPA and the 1310, plus her EC’s and leadership/essay do the trick