<p>My daughter intends to apply to UF (ugh) for the EA period, I assume she will be invited to the Honors program, she has a 6.1 weighted gpa (HS), 12 AP's and a 2170 SAT. So, I also assume she will want to reside at Hume (yes?). What date do dorm requests start? And what is the process? Is she able to choose the actual room? Thanks.</p>
<p>Right after you apply (24-48 hours) you are eligible to put in an application for housing. This reserves your spot in line to pick rooms.</p>
<p>Sometime in the Spring you will be invited to complete a housing contract. Then a while after that you will be given a time to choose your room.</p>
<p>Again this is all based on when you applied for housing… make sure she applies for housing as soon as her Gatorlink account gets activated (24-48 hours after application is turned in)</p>
<p>Also, UF doesn’t have Early Action - there is only one decision date for on-time applications and one final decision date for everyone who applied late.</p>
<p>First, you have to submit your application to UF (via UF’s website). When you submit your application, your daughter will be assigned an UFID (an 8 digit number). After a day or two (the system may need a day to process the records), you will be able to use your UFID to create a Gatorlink ID. You will need this ID for the next step.</p>
<p>[About</a> GatorLink](<a href=“http://help.gatorlink.ufl.edu/]About”>http://help.gatorlink.ufl.edu/)</p>
<p>About 2 to 3 days after you’ve submitted the application, you will receive an e-mail from UF Housing. Follow the link for instructions on registering. You will need to use your Gatorlink ID to log into the housing website and submitted the application and pay the $25 dollar fee. The date you complete the housing app, determines your priority in choosing a dorm. </p>
<p>If you daughter applies to the honor’s program, I believe she has priority for housing at Hume. However, Hume is a bit more expensive that your standard dorms, so it’s not uncommon for honor kids to pass on Hume. </p>
<p>PS: New this year, UF is not requesting transcripts. Instead, you will need to complete a SAR (self-reported academic record) and manually enter her grades. Have a copy of her transcripts handy, when you (or her) work on the SAR. It’s due December 1st. If you get accepted, UF will then request the transcript. You’ll want to make sure the SAR matches the transcript, as any “significant” discrepancies could cause UF to rescind the offer.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Florida - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/sar.html]University”>http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/sar.html)</p>
<p>There is no EA, so that won’t weigh into choosing housing at all. She should apply ASAP because housing fills up FAST. I applied October 3rd and a lot of people who applied after that did not get spots on campus. I thought there would be enough housing for almost everyone, but a lot of people didn’t get spots in the dorms or got stuck in a dorm they didn’t want.
If she is in the honors program, I would definitely stay in Hume. It is definitely more expensive, but if you don’t mind paying for it, she will have a much better experience in the suite style dorms. In the communal style dorms a bathroom is shared among 50 girls (with 4-8 showers). In Hume, 4 girls share one bathroom.
But the sooner she applies, the sooner her dorm selection date will be.</p>
<p>Edit: The selection process:
She will get a selection date based on how early she applied. For me, I applied for housing and payed the $25 October 5th and my selection date was April 25. At 3:00, everyone with the same selection date was able to log on to myUFL and see the floor plans and specific rooms available for each dorm. It says how many spots are available in each room, and if there is only one spot it will list the name of the other person in the room. Once she finds an open room, she can select the spot she wants. If she has a roommate in mind there is an option to put the other spot on hold for 24 hours until her roommate accepts the spot.</p>