<p>I am a junior in high school from New York and I am really interested in this college and I wanted to know a few things...</p>
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<li>What is the criteria like for admissions?</li>
<li>Do you need a lot of volunteer hours?</li>
<li>Is a 3.7 GPA unweighted, good enough?</li>
<li>What is campus like?</li>
<li>Where is the closest beach? </li>
<li>Is it a diverse community?</li>
<li>How is the swim program?</li>
<li>Is it big on school spirit?</li>
<li>What is something that makes the school unique?</li>
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<li>Very competitive.</li>
<li>It helps.</li>
<li>That’s what I have and I got in. But it depends on the difficulty of the classes you are taking.</li>
<li>Big. Old. Charming. Renovated. Has more of a northern feel than the rest of Florida.</li>
<li>There’s sort of one on campus at Lake Alice. But your about 2 hours away from any decent Gulf or Atlantic beaches.</li>
<li>97% of students come from Florida. I don’t know about racial diversity off the top of my head. You could probably look on their site.</li>
<li>Not sure. Again, look at their website.</li>
<li>Saying yes is an understatement.</li>
<li>It’s the best school in the state. It has a ton of school spirit. Once again, just snoop around on their site and I’m sure you’ll find something.</li>
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<p>bella8295-- The response from heybails just about nails it. With regard to #9,
the University of Florida is a member of the Association of American Universities,
an elite group of state and private research I (one) schools-- a big deal among
academics etc. In the southeast there are only 4 such AAU schools- Duke, Vanderbilt,
University of Florida and recently Georgia Tech. Membership is by invitation only.</p>