<p>From the standpoint of enrollment at University of Florida, the BCS national championship is happening at the worst time possible.</p>
<p>If past trends are any indication, the Gator football team's appearance in the game in Miami on Jan. 8 will cause a greater percentage of accepted students to attend UF. But state budget cuts mean UF must trim enrollment next year by 1,000 students, forcing the university to reject more students to make up the difference.</p>
<p>"It means that less people will be admitted to UF," said UF President Bernie Machen.</p>
<p>Let's look at the statistics for the last incoming class: 27,865 applicants, 10,289 admits, an acceptance rate of around 36.92%.</p>
<p>UF is cutting the incoming class by 1,000. So that means we will probably only admit at the most 8,000 students total.</p>
<p>We have already had over 21,000 applicants by the Nov 1st deadline, and I have to imagine we should get atleast another 8,000 more applicants who were too lazy to meet the Priority deadline.</p>
<p>Do the math that is an admit rate of around 28%.</p>
<p>It is my understanding, after speaking with UF a few months ago, that decreased acceptances, would most likely affect mainly transfer students, rather than incoming freshman. It certainly does sound bleak. My son is waiting for that magical date of Feb. 13th, as many other students are. We are feeling fairly confident given his GPA, test scores, etc., plus he was one of about 50-70 students invited to attend Honor's Visitation Day last November. When the Guidance Director of his high school called UF, they were told that only a "small group of students were invited based on test scores
(2120/2400) and GPA (UF 4.6)". They continued, by saying, " that although it is not a guarantee of acceptance, those students are under UF's radar as possible students to be accepted into UF and the Honors Program." We certainly hope this is true!</p>
<p>I would think more important than the BCS game would be the economy...many middle class families will be seeking more value in their college tuition choices, so I would think Florida will gain yield at the expense of the more expensive private alternatives.</p>
<p>^ Your absolutely correct. Despite our low tuition rates, it's certainly nice to be the 2nd best overall value in all of Higher Education.</p>
<p>I read a couple years back our Yield Rate was 57%. I wonder how high it will be for this incoming FTIC class?</p>
<p>Also this year I read that Transfers & FTIC student will be effected equally be the economy. It's going to be the strongest class in UF History. We may catch the University of North Carolina this year in terms of our selectivity.</p>
<p>There's a 2 year lag between statistics and when the ratings come out. For example, the common data sets for the 2008 class are just coming out now though they applied in 2007, and US News won't use this information until late 2009 to determine rankings. I doubt UF will move in the public university rankings much, but I expect most publics to move up this year due to the economy.</p>
<p>^ No I Graduated from UF a few years back, and keep very active in the Alumni Association. Also go back a number of generations at Ole Florida (it's a family tradition). So I have a larger stake than just the typical alumni.</p>
<p>I remember the 06 championship...I was very torn because I wanted to go to UF and thus wanted to root for the Gators, but at the same time, I wanted to go to UF and thus didn't want all the extra competition to get in.</p>
<p>It's funny how I didn't even think of this this year. Ah.</p>
<p>It's kind of an embarrasement of riches if you think of UF's athletic success. But I have to believe that this is one of the major reasons that our Capital Campaign is going so well. We have raised almost $800 million over the last 3 years (which is pretty damn good for a public university).</p>
<p>I think regardless if UF wins on January 8th the Yield Rate will still be higher than what was originally being anticipated. I think it's great that we will only have an incoming class of 5,600 students (just keep in mind the transfers burn up alot of slots, and therefore it's necessary to cut 1,000 from the FTIC class). It sucks that the FTIC & Transfers must share the burden equally this year (whereas the Transfers took the brunt of the cuts last year).</p>
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<p>I feel like I have the same stake in it as you do even though I am the first to graduate from UF in my family. I feel it is my duty to still be involved with UF.</p>