how hard is it to get into UF?

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<p>hi all
so how hard is it to get into University Of Florida for Mechanical engineering?
what are the required SAT or ACT scores? I couldn't find them on UF website.</p>

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<p>Meh, it’s not that hard. Just be above average. </p>

<p>The thing with UF is that they’re unpredictable. An AP student with a 2150 could be rejected while a student with. 1890 is accepted. What you’d think they’d go for they do, but then sometimes they don’t.</p>

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<p>^^^ I guess that’s based on your definition of average…</p>

<p>As a Freshman, you apply to the University, not the college, so your choice of major doesn’t directly impact your chances. As a transfer student, you do apply to the college and each college has it’s own requirements (including core classes and GPA).</p>

<p>Below is the freshman profile (2012)</p>

<p>[University</a> of Florida - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/frprofile.html]University”>Freshman - How To Apply - University of Florida)</p>

<p>Middle 50% of the Class</p>

<p>◾High School GPA of 4.0 - 4.4 (only 27.7% of the class had a GPA less than 4.0)
:black_medium_small_square:SAT of 1810-2080 (only 37% of the class had a score less than 1940)
:black_medium_small_square:ACT of 27 - 29</p>

<p>AS Niquii77 said, UF admissions is a bit unpredictable. They use a holistic admission process, about 50% is GPA/class rigor/Test and 50% are ECs/Leadership/Essay. UF also puts more weight behind GPA and class Rigor than test scores. All of these factors can lead to someone with a 1800 SAT score being selected over someone with a 2050. The worse your EC’s, the better your GPA/test scores need to be…</p>

<p>Finally, only about 4% of UF’s undergrads are OOS (6% international, and 90% in-state).</p>

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<p>Extremely hard for out of state-rs. Its much easier to get into FSU.</p>

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<p>@Gator

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<p>You’ll have a good shot with a 4.0+ GPA and 1900+ SAT.</p>

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<p>Do we know why the OOS admissions are so low? Is it harder to get in from OOS, or is it that so many more in-state students apply because tuition is lower, which makes the OOS numbers look bad?</p>

<p>Regarding general UF admission as a Freshman, though, UF has a less than 50% acceptance rate. I believe it was 43% in 2012. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find any data from the College of Engineering regarding transfer admission numbers. They must keep it private.</p>

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<p>I was surprised the OOS admissions where that low. Below is a thread bouncing around possible reasons. It’s likely a bunch of factors, not the least being the appeal to in-state students of low tuition and highly ranked (puplic) program.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-florida/1415447-state-students-have-no-greater-chance-than-oos.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-florida/1415447-state-students-have-no-greater-chance-than-oos.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;