<p>That’s bloody ridiculous.</p>
<p>I’m instate according to the admissions office. Read the thread. RAL - I have gotten into both BC and Michigan but I will be in 50k debt if I go to either one of those colleges. Not happening.</p>
<p>I did read the thread. It looks like you were treated as oos, hopefully someone in admissions can help you out. Florida Prepaid or not, you don’t seem to meet state residency requirements.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/residency/index.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/residency/index.html</a></p>
<p>I hope this changes in your favor.</p>
<p>Sorry bro I hope everything works out for you.</p>
<p>I managed to get in but my scores were no where near as good as yours.</p>
<p>FSU will definitely accept you, I mean, it’s FSU.</p>
<p>I am so sorry to hear this, I was pulling for you. I know it is confusing, but for tuition purposes, you are considered in state if you are the beneficiary of a FL Prepaid Tuition Plan. Which, by the way, does not guarantee you admission to a Florida University, even if you currently live in Florida. My daughter was accepted but will not be attending, so there will be a spot for somebody off the wait list. I have my fingers crossed for you for UVA!</p>
<p>Yes, in state for tuition purposes if he supplied the requisite documentation. However, I do not think this would place an applicant in the in state pile for admissions purposes. He needs to talk to a UF admissions representative to verify that he was indeed reviewed as an in state applicant.</p>
<p>That’s odd. I had similar stats (2280 SAT, top 5%) and was accepted and a semifinalist for a scholarship. I’m willing to bet that despite what you were told on the phone, you weren’t treated as a FL resident. Either that or something was very wrong with your application. Or UF is unpredictable, though I certainly would have predicted your acceptance. Good luck with your other applications, don’t let this ruin everything for you.</p>
<p>According to a guidance counselor that I talked to, from the Gainesville area, UF is very numbers driven. For the top 5% in a class, UF is a pretty safe bet. Top 10% is very likely to be admitted, top 15% likely and it is a crapshoot after that, ymmv.</p>
<p>Lol dude your stats aren’t even that good.</p>
<p>I apologize for those who did not get in and I wish you the best of luck wherever you end up going. Remember, there are always other options and just because you didn’t get into does not mean you weren’t deserving. As a current student who has previously worked in the Registrars office on campus and have gotten the opportunity to know people within the admissions office personally, I think you should all know that the selection process is not so much “random” as it is holistic. Many of the most selective universities, including UF, understand that there are more indicators other than test scores and GPAs that decide if an applicant is the right fit for UF or any school. Because the majority of students applying do have excellent GPAs and test scores, its merely impossible and extremely difficult to offer admission based solely on those factors. With that being said, it becomes more important that an applicant demonstrate not only the potential to do well academically but be outstanding overall. As you will soon find out, test scores are not the only, and certainly not the number one indicator, of how well someone will do in college. Secondly, UF seeks to create not only an intellectually high standard group of people but also a very diverse group that represents not only different ethnic back grounds, but interests, and so forth. Again, as disheartening as it may seem right now, it is not the end of the world. I’m sure that those who were not accepted will still go on to be successful and enjoy their time wherever they chose to go to school. Best of luck in the future!</p>
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<p>Did you really need to post this. Beyond arrogant.</p>
<p>^ Believing you’re entitled to be admitted to UF is arrogant.</p>
<p>Hey, op has a right to be disappointed. I agree with those who think you were treated as oos for admissions. UF is numbers driven. It is only holistic for diversity and on the lower end of gpa and scores. This is a fact, despite the admissions office statement otherwise. UF is a giant public university. The only other problem may be that op was slammed by his/her guidance counselor.</p>
<p>woeishe - did you read in my post where I specifically stated that I wasn’t trying to be cocky? I don’t think anyone is entitled to any college. I’m just going solely off of numbers. I looked at the figures last year and out of the 241 kids who applied with a 31 or higher ACT, 219 were admitted. I had a 33. I also had a 3.85 U/W. I just got a new guidance counselor this year so he probably wrote the worst rec around. I was admitted to U of M and BC though which is very odd. Sigh, life sucks and then you die.</p>
<p>I just dug through my email and found the email I sent the dean asking about my IS residency:
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<p>I do not know what to take from this…</p>
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Maybe not for admissions purposes? Or maybe this wasn’t properly communicated to the admissions committee. Or maybe you were treated in-state, and there was something else about your application that we/you don’t know about.</p>
<p>And what’s with the thing about counselor recommendations? There weren’t any…</p>
<p>honestly. its a lottery! my friend got in with a 3.5 gpa and a really low SAT score. Mine were in the middle. UF isn’t about test scores and gpa, it’s about your appeal to the admissions officers. everyone knows this…</p>
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How can it be both a lottery and about your appeal to the admissions officers?</p>
<p>Anyway, if they ask for something on the application, that means they want that information in making a decision; grades, scores, classes, resume, essays, etc.</p>
<p>A lottery of appeal.</p>