<p>A friend of mine told me that UF uses a lotery system to determine which priate school applicants to admit.</p>
<p>Is this true in any way?</p>
<p>thaks again</p>
<p>gpowsang</p>
<p>No. From my experience, private school students are admitted based on their standing compared to other applicants from within the same high school. For instance, I went to a very competitive high school. Because of that, many people who were more than qualified (4.0+ & 1300+) were denied, and were later accepted to places like Dartmouth, NYU, BC just to name a few. On the other hand, public school students are looked at very differently in the admissions process. </p>
<p>I know someone will probably take offense to this and try to refute my opinion but this what my experience and what my interaction with admits from private and public high schools has shown me.</p>
<p>^thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>so you are saying that it is more competitive for private school applicants than it is for public school aplicants?</p>
<p>Florida public universities MUST take a certain number of kids from Florida public high schools. There is some kind of “quota” system to make it fair. I have a friend who is a guidance counselor at a public high school in Hialeah,Florida where the kids are definitely at a disadvantage economically when compared to more affluent area. The Valedvictorian had well under the average SAT score and not many AP’s are offered there. Of course, she was accepted along with a few others. Private schools do not have the same “deal” with the state so many less students are admitted.</p>
<p>very much so gpowsang. However, it’s not as big of a deal if you don’t have many people in your class applying or they have well below average numbers. For instance, another private school in the same area as mine saw students with 1100’s and 3.5’s admitted fairly easily. It seems like they just don’t want too many from a particular school. You would have to evaluate your own situation to gauge how it affects you</p>
<p>“I went to a very competitive high school. Because of that, many people who were more than qualified (4.0+ & 1300+) were denied, and were later accepted to places like Dartmouth, NYU, BC just to name a few. On the other hand, public school students are looked at very differently in the admissions process.”</p>
<p>This is downright UN-AMERICAN!</p>
<p>^yay SSobick! right on cue</p>
<p>please, can you shed some light on this matter?</p>
<p>Let’s look at the 14th amendment, section 1:</p>
<p>“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”</p>
<p>Clearly this is an egregious violation of the Equal Protection Clause.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply ssobick, but are u saying that this is, in fact, true?</p>
<p>^ I am sure it is. UF admissions is terrible in my honest opinion! I read in numerous Florida papers about potential students being rejected with 4.0’s and 1400’s on the SAT. In addition, I have even been told that some UF alumni are actually happy that the children of pig farmers are getting spots over Florida’s best & brightest.</p>
<p>I am sick of this Class Warfare Rhetoric!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/education/20colleges.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1166677200&en=8286211a2ea13023&ei=5094&partner=homepage[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/education/20colleges.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1166677200&en=8286211a2ea13023&ei=5094&partner=homepage</a></p>
<p>Reading that article has made me sick. Nothing but negatives for my family. Excuse me while I go throw up!</p>
<p>^ I am there with you. I attended a private Florida high school, and my parents made more than 100k a year.</p>
<p>Nevermind the fact that I go back numerous generations in Florida, and we have paid an outrageous amount in taxes over the last 60 years. I only ask that we admit only the best & brightest to the University of Florida!</p>