<p>^That 5% rule does not apply anymore. They used to have that rule, but with the popularity of UF increased, they no longer have kept that rule. With that said, being in the top 5% will immensely help you get in; however, I had a couple of friends in the top 5% who was rejected.</p>
<p>^true. I heard valedictorians and salutorians get denied also. On the other hand, the majority of UF admitted freshman are ranked in the top 5%.</p>
<p>Yeah UF uses this system, they see your gpa to see how hard you try (UF GPA), If you have higher than a 3.5 they pass to you to the next stage, they only want to see if you try hard, this is because so schools judge harder than others. If you are top 10% they pass yout to the next stage, then they use the SAT scores, depending on your competition they either add you or take you out. They also look at extracuri, but its not decisive on less you are really important for example 2000 community service hours, like me (crying, thinking if i dont get in)</p>
<p>^pretty legit information. I also heard they divide your application into two, academics&extracurricular. Plus, on this forum, I heard they compare you to other students who have applied from your school.</p>
<p>Yes, they only take 10 students from each school, by max. For example my school is extremely competative, but they only accepted 8 of my Senior counterparts (im a junior).</p>
<p>i go to a private skool of 320 or so in my senior class. more than 18 kids got in (from what i know) and i hear its harder for us people in private schools to get in</p>
<p>Joker where did you get this information? My school had over 20-30 acceptances.</p>
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where did you get this information?</p>
<p>I spoke to the UF admissions officer, your school must be really competative.</p>
<p>^well im suprised since they give preferance to public schools</p>
<p>IDK…my school is probably above-average at best. Plus, I live in one of the larger counties in FL (they do have a quota of acceptances per county). We only have about 24% of our class going to attend a 4-year university.</p>
<p>I think UF tries to make itself seem more competitive than it sometimes is…My school had some really non-competitive students get in. And no, they are not URM, first-generation, or low-income.</p>
<p>I know what you mean, UF does things like this, it seems they dont even take the time to look at them, but what ever. Even FSU looks at them.</p>
<p>hate to bump the thread, but are there any current gators that are willing to verify how low grades can get, or anyone that has spoken to admissions about this?</p>
<p>im working my rear off not to get a C+ as a final grade in my AP govt class</p>
<p>A lot of the information on this thread is wrong. I got to UF now and I got a D my sophomore year of HS. I may have been admitted though because I explained my circumstances in my application essay. Also I know of at least 12 people from my HS that were admitted and I went to a public school that typically gets a B-C grade from the state of Florida.</p>
<p>^we are talking about grades of seniors that got admitted this year</p>
<p>It’s documented on this very thread that they don’t want D’s. C’s are fine so relax.</p>
<p>hmm, what about dual enrollment grades?</p>
<p>my marcoecon teacher basis our grade off of 2 midterms and a final, and those are the tests that mainly brought my grade to a C</p>
<p>I was a senior admitted last year and it was a dual enrollment class.</p>
<p>^what im saying is that will the “No Ds allwed” rule also apply to Dual enrollment grades?</p>
<p>And what I’m saying is that I got a D in my dual enrollment calc class in 10th grade and got into UF.</p>