<p>I have had some trouble finding answers to these so…</p>
<li>Does Bright Futures cover any, all, or none of the summer terms?</li>
<li>Does it matter if a roommate you request is starting in a different term? </li>
<li>And would rent be based on the individual’s term stay?</li>
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<p>As for question 1, I asked their admissions ppl, and unfortuantely, no, bf does not cover the first summer term out of H.S. I'm not 100% sure on 2*3, sorry. But for #1 I'm sure that BF covers nothing for the 1st sum. out of H.S.</p>
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<li>Like jeff said, no 1st summers covered. other summers is "by availability". you ask for it and cross your fingers
2.Yes. you must have a roomate given in YOUR session. You can always request a transfer. Now, what your probably thinking is that your starting summer term and your buddy is fall term. Thats fine considering you MUST switch dorms in the transition from summer to fall. Therefore you can request him for fall (or her)</li>
<li>Rates are either summer or semester</li>
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<p>I applied ED for Summer B a couple of weeks ago, you think they would let me switch to Fall term consideration if I called them?</p>
<p>Is the switching from summer to fall dorms only for the first summer?</p>
<p>Yea just email their admissions and tell them that there's a mistake, I applied for summer, and my gatorlink stated that i applied for fall (I didn't), after an e-mail the next day it was changed, they were quick and nice too.</p>
<p>No dondilx. The "summer dorms" are often not the same ones as the fall. For example, there are X amount of fall dorms available. In the summer, only 2-3 of those dorms are available. The rest are closed for renovation and repair.</p>
<p>Ah, ok. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Dondlx,</p>
<p>Some of your questions are answered on Housing's FAQ page at <a href="http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/FAQ.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.ufl.edu/housing/FAQ.htm</a></p>
<p>My son started in Summer B, 2006. After he was accepted in early December, he received a flyer about housing, and was given a January 23rd deadline to fill out the Residence Hall Agreements online.</p>
<p>When he typed in his UFID, there were two Residence Hall Agreements to fill out: One for Summer B, and one for Fall semester. It was all laid out for him like that, and he didn't have to make any special requests because he was starting in the summer.</p>
<p>2006 Summer B dorms were: Hume ($760 dbl), Murphree ($663 dbl), Sledd ($622 dbl), Fletcher ($622 dbl), Jennings ($622 dbl), Buckman ($515 dbl-no A/C), and Springs ($760 dbl). Keys was also open, but only for Sophomores. (Prices for 2007 Summer B may already be posted, I haven't checked.)</p>
<p>The rest of the dorms were either closed for renovations, or being used for summer conferences and Preview. </p>
<p>My son wanted to live in Broward, but it was not an option in the summer. So he filled out his Summer agreement with Jennings as his first choice, and his Fall agreement asking for Broward as his first choice. If Broward had been open during the summer, he would have put Broward as his 1st choice on both forms, for both semesters. </p>
<p>None of the guys my son knew in Jennings during Summer B were staying in Jennings for Fall semester. All of them switched dorms for Fall semester. Also, there's one week between Summer B and Fall semester, and they were allowed to store their stuff in the closets of their Fall dorm rooms for that week. This way, we didn't have to move everything back home for only one week. So when I picked him up to come home between semesters, we stopped by his Broward room before leaving campus, and put his big items in the closet for the week. (File cabinet, lamp, kitchen stuff, small chest of drawers, etc.)</p>
<p>Each of the Resident Hall Agreement forms asks for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for dorms. And each of the forms asks if you have a roommate preference. So if your friend is not attending in the summer, just indicate that you don't have a roommate preference on your Summer B form. And on your Fall form, indicate that you DO have a preference. </p>
<p>On the FAQ web page I gave you above, one of the questions is about requesting a roommate. The answer to that question explains that when assigning roommate requests, UF uses the latest Priority Date when assigning dorms. So if your housing priority date is September 1st, and your friend's priority date is October 10th, UF is going to use the October 10th date as the priority date for both of you when they assign the dorm room for Fall semester.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Good luck to you!
g8trmom</p>
<p>What is the average cost of summer tuition?</p>
<p>the average person takes 6 credits during summer B. ~$100 per credit (6) = ~$600. Also you have to play for housing (~$650) and food (~$450).</p>
<p>Summer A: Murphree, Keys, Springs, Buckman are open.--> i think there is one more
Summer B: Hume, Murphree, Keys, Springs, Jennings, Lakeside, Fletcher, Buckman are open.</p>
<p>Also if you are starting summer as a freshman, dont pick keys, springs, lakeside, buckman, or fletcher. </p>
<p>Murphree, Jennings, and Hume are much better choices.</p>
<p>Just wondering - why would you want to take a Summer term at UF? To get adjusted to the place? I'd be getting the Bright Futures scholarship, so a Summer term doesn't sound worth the $$$ to me.</p>
<p>I started fall 2004 when i got to UF. People apply to summer because its easier to get into. Fall is very hard to get into and some people dont believe their application is strong enough to get into fall.</p>
<p>Many freshman start in the summer when the pace is slower and the school is much less crowded. UF is a huge school. Summer is a great time to get acclimated to both college academic and social life. Many kids like the transition of starting as one of 2500 or so freshman before becoming one of 6700 freshman in the fall. Some kids do summer because they have to. The state of Florida has a mandatory 9 credits of summer school requirement that can only be waived by entering college with 9 credits (AP/dual enrollment). Not all UF freshman have enough credits to waive the summer requirement.</p>
<p>How does UF do the whole "credit" thing? 11 AP courses would cover that requirement, right?</p>
<p>I wouldn't have any money for summer terms (and I'd prefer to go home every summer anyway), so that's definitely out of the question.</p>
<p>Click on this link for the UF AP credits.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/advisingcreditap.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/advisingcreditap.html</a>
You should be way over the 9 credit summer school waiver. My daughter only had 3 AP classes and got the summer waived.</p>
<p>If you come in with 9 credits or more from AP, you dont have to stay summer. Thats what happened for me.</p>