<p>UF</a> application, admission numbers -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com</p>
<p>SS: This is old 2008 news. What is your point? If you unveil the 2009 stats then I will give you a tip of the hat.</p>
<p>When those stats are released then I will make sure to post them on the UF Forum.</p>
<p>Wait until the 2009 stats come out
its gonna be crazy, sucks for me because im in the 2010 class, and from the looks of it its going to get worse :(</p>
<p>Relatives went on the UF campus tour last week and they gave these numbers for the 2009 Freshmen class:</p>
<p>28,400 applied
10,100 accepted
413 of those were accepted for Spring 2010 (didn’t say the Summer/Fall breakdown)</p>
<p>So that’s a 36% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Sp wait the number accepted is actually going down, what are they crazy?</p>
<p>Well we all know they are reducing enrollment to deal with the budget cuts. This is no surprise.</p>
<p>tzais: Tip of the hat for your research. These numbers are similiar to 08. If accurate they teach us that the number of applicants has peaked out at about 28,000 and the acceptance rate is a pretty solid 35%. Solid numbers for one of the great public universities in the Country.</p>
<p>“If accurate they teach us that the number of applicants has peaked out at about 28,000 and the acceptance rate is a pretty solid 35%. Solid numbers for one of the great public universities in the Country.”</p>
<p>Maybe for the Class of 2009, but I think next year’s class will have more applicants and less accepted. Keep in mind that the deadline for the incoming class was Nov 1, 2008 (which was about 2 months before we won the National Championship).</p>
<p>I predict next years class will have over 30,000 applications and we will accept under 10,000 total. We will still have budget cut reductions (so 1,000 student will be cut between the entering freshmen & transfers) and I believe that the Yield Rate will be higher than expected for the Class of 2009 and this could have a negative impact for the Class of 2010.</p>
<p>I would also say that they are expecting the yield to rise due to the economy. UF is dirt cheap compared to OOS. Fewer acceptances will probably yield the same enrollment.</p>
<p>SS: Your point is well taken on the yield rate. This year’s yield may be higher due to the economic climate. If the economic downturn persists into next year admissions might accept less for 2010 to compensate. I do not believe that any significant spike in applicants will occur because of the past national championship rather the affordability factor will be controlling. Also the number of high seniors peaks out for the 2009 class. Bottom line 29,000 will be high end for next year’s number of applicants.</p>
<p>I agree, demographic changes will actually yield less applications to due a precipice in aggregate population. The class of 2010 will indeed be competitive, but there is simply less people than the class of 2009. </p>
<p>Furthermore there are counteracting forces that people aren’t acknowledging. The economic downtown has caused some people to avoid going to college altogether to support their families. </p>
<p>Thus, it would unrealistic at this point to contend the UF’s admission difficulty will increase dramatically.</p>
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<p>The spike in the number of applications seem to correlate very well the start of the championships in 2006.</p>
<p>“The class of 2010 will indeed be competitive, but there is simply less people than the class of 2009.”</p>
<p>You do realize that the state is still growing in population (granted its now down to 1% a year). A March 2009 study reveals that Florida will surpass 20 million residents by 2012.</p>
<p>"Furthermore there are counteracting forces that people aren’t acknowledging. The economic downtown has caused some people to avoid going to college altogether to support their families. "</p>
<p>Yes, but UF has the Florida Opportunity Scholars Program which gives over $8 million a year in stipends to First-Generation College Students. I think the program is expected to be doubled next year, and Urban Meyer & Billy Donovan are leading the charge to raise over $50 million for the program. In terms of working adults this is a non-issue for the First Time In College (FTIC) students.</p>
<p>I also believe that the University of Florida is really becoming more attractive to South Florida residents. Do not get me wrong UF has always had a fair share of this applicant pool, but I think more & more Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach County residents will want to start attending this flagship university. I think less and less North & Central Florida residents will be admitted because they will not have the test scores to keep up.</p>
<p>SSobick;
SAT scores don’t appear to matter to UF as you an see from posters here.
You just need to be top 10% in your school.
Therefore the entire state will be proportionatelly represeneted at UF.
Access to UF for those S/E Florida students will be limited because not everyone can be top 10%.
Unless of course that is the only area in Florida that continues to grow?</p>
<p>SSobick is correct, im from Miami dade and here every student in top 10% of the class wants to get into UF, i remember when i was a freshmen only like 6 kids wanted to go to UF. Thats a change from 6 to 50+</p>
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<p>Taking the Top 10% means their focus is admitting the students with the highest GPA from each school (I guess this is obvious). This tactic normalizes grade inflation/deflation across high schools in the state.</p>
<p>I guess what I am saying is that UF will “dole out” admittances thruout the state.
Top 10% guarantees that.
It will not be “top heavy” with students from S/E Florida.
Lots of politics involved.</p>
<p>Just beause youre in the top ten it does not mean you will get into UF, they usually pick top 5% and some 10%. Also UF focuses a lot on SATs, our number 1 student in our school had a 4.0 unweighted and 1100 SAT, she was not accepted. I remember me in total shock in the NHS meeting.</p>