<p>I got accepted to CLAS with a 3.56 gpa from FSU.</p>
<p>IM SO EXCITED</p>
<p>Gator2, what major?</p>
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My definition and interpration of flagship universitys is as followed: A large public institution of higher learning that is generally well known, in addition they are some type of grant university whether it is land, space, ect.
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<p>Brandon, based off your own criteria, UCF fails to be a "flagship". Flagship universities are the state universities that generally well-known and solidified in both the public and academic sphere nationally. I like UCF, and I really do think it has grown a lot the last decade or so; however, it is not known nationally as much as UF, UM, or FSU. It was actually featured as an "Up and Coming" school at USNWR. Flagships are not up and coming; they already secured their reputation.</p>
<p>Also, I do not think your raw number of people scoring 700+ on the match section proves anything. You failed to weigh in each number proportionally to how many FTIC there are on campus. With your methodology, UC-Berkeley would seem more prestigious than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, because it has more TOTAL number of people scoring 700+. You should rather report the percentage of the FTIC in school scoring above 700+, which would be more reliable indicator.</p>
<p>Political Science</p>
<p>@GATOR2</p>
<p>How is that possible when I got an email from CLAS last month saying "We do not make any admission decisions on transfer applications until after the credentials deadline of April 2nd, 2009."</p>
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What do we mean by the term "flagship" universities? The term applies, in all the cases I can think of, to the fully mature public universities serving most of states. In most cases, these institutions were the first public universities to be established in their states. Many of what we now call the flagship campuses were established in the extraordinary period of university building that took place in the United States in the roughly three decades from the mid-1850s to the mid-1880s. Many came into being after the Morrill Act of 1863 provided the federal grants of land to the states to establish public universities. Some states built two institutions, a land-grant college focused on agriculture and the "mechanical arts" as well as general education, and another more directed at classical education and the other professions. For example, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Washington, and Texas, among others, built separate institutions, while Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, and California combined the land-grant and liberal arts function on a single campus. These institutions formed the core of the public systems of higher education in their respective states.
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<p>This definition fits the state of Florida perfectly. FSU and UF were the first and most formative universities in Florida. The FSU</a> Wikipedia article contains the best history of Florida State I've ever seen. Clearly FSU and UF are the only flagship universities of Florida.</p>
<p>rockerguy...Don't blame Brandon about the subject of no. of 700+ scorers...it was me that brought it up originally regarding the UM/UF comparison. I agree percentages are important in comparing student bodies...but total numbers matter too, especially when comparing national research universities. The total numbers measure the total intellectual muscle available on campus, and my point was the UF dominates over UM in that regard.</p>
<p>charr83:
I'm pretty sure he applied for summer...</p>
<p>And where does that "heft" go at UF?</p>
<p>I saw this entry curiously in the 2008-09</a> UF Common Data Set:
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Five most popular undergraduate majors - 2007/2008:
Psychology (42.0101), Finance (52.0801), Political Science (45.1001), Health Science (51.0000), and English Language & Literature, General (23.0101)
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the fact that only 49% submitted SAT scores suggests that most of the ones who didn't, scored significantly lower thus submitting ACT's. Almost ALL High school students take the SAT first.
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<p>No, many high school students take the ACT. It does not mean they are less capable at all. The ACT is a competitor of the SAT. For a national distribution of SAT vs. ACT preferences see this</a> map.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the OP for getting accepted! It's really difficult to get in as a non-CC applicant, so great job! Have a great time at UF!</p>