<p>Does UF look at ranking when admitting incoming freshman?</p>
<p>Yes, it’s considered, but don’t put to much weight behind it. See the following link and look at table C7.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Florida - Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.ir.ufl.edu/OIRApps/commondataset/c_ftic_admission.aspx]University”>University of Florida - Common Data Set)</p>
<p>Unlike GPA and Class Rigor (very important) and Test scores (important), it’s marked as “considered” the same as “state residency”, “alumni/ae relation” and “level of applicants interest”. </p>
<p>UF likes selecting folks in the top % of the class (as do most selective universities and colleges). However, if you have the GPA (and class rigor), then you shouldn’t worry too much about rankings.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity how can they tell applicant’s level of interest?</p>
<p>Lots of ways. Touring campus, touring the engineering college, touring the honor’s college , partipating in UF’s outreach programs (such as Gator for a Day, and the Annual Recruitment Conference), and partipating in the summer programs.
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<p>When i applied for Fall 2012 while I was in high school, the only people that got in were rank 38 and up. The president of our school whom was very involved like myself didnt get in and he was in the 60s. I was 50 overall was on 2 sports teams and held many officer positions in 7 clubs from my freshman year and still didnt get in. All my “stats” were to UF standard except my ranking.</p>
<p>I was 50 out of about 650</p>
<p>UF seems to have a soft “cap” on the number of students they admit per school (or school district). It’s not something I’ve been able to find documented, but they seem to have a targeted # of students that they want from different parts of the state…don’t know if it’s by school, district or county. It’s not something the AO’s want to talk about and it doesn’t show up in the command data set, other than “ranking” considered.</p>
<p>Do they have a cap for out of state applicants?</p>
<p>There is some truth to the % accepted from different parts of the state, as UF does take in to account geography such as a more rural school, schools that don’t offer AP, etc. Diversity includes geography to some degree, though top students anywhere will always do best. As far as ranking, you seem to siting a number but not how many are in your graduating class, which matters…as does having a parent or sibling alumnus. But as was stated, the first cut has to do with your UF WEIGHTED GPA, COURSE RIGOR (they like lots of AP and Honors), and TEST SCORES.</p>
<p>PSU1959; a UF AO would say OOS applicants have the same chance as In-state applicants. However, as UF is setting some sort of % soft cap on instate applicants, it also does with OOS. UF does “consider” state residency (as it does Geographical residence, see StoneMagic’s comment above).</p>
<p>We really can’t tell how much it comes into play, as UF doesn’t break out in-state applicants from OOS applicants in any of it’s reporting. Last year 6% of the admitted class was OOS, the year before it was 5%. It’s one of those factors/issues I wouldn’t worry about if applying to UF. As long as you’re in the middle 50% for stats, you have a decent chance of being admitted. Though with UF’s holistic admissions, you just never know (in-state or out). :)</p>