<p>are there a lot of out of state students at florida? Is it a lot harder to get in if you're out of state?</p>
<p>The majority of students that I know at UF are from Florida. Since we have the benefits of Bright Futures, and of course, in-state tuition, many of us opt for UF for financial reasons and other reasons. But, don't get me wrong, I know there are plenty of out of state students here as well. I've heard many rumors that it's easier to get into UF if you're an out of state student and vice versa. I really don't know. I think it's fair game for everyone.</p>
<p>I can only speak to my son. He will becoming from Virginia. AICE student, 4.0 wgpa and 32 ACT. I chuckle at people who state teacher recs. or volunteer hours the most important factors in applications. Son didn't send any of those, just a page of his ECs, an essay and the application.</p>
<p>I think UF is 8% OOS. So it's predominantly Florida residents. I don't think it's harder to get in from OOS, but I don't have the stats to prove it.</p>
<p>their not most important but considering that UF looks at the application holistically having them all certainly helps. If he sent in zero volunteer hours how did he even get into college, don't they require atleast 75 (for that matter how did he graduate with zero hours because don't highschools require atleast one hour). Thats a pretty nice ACT though.</p>
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<p>Schools here do not track or require community service hours. My son has helped out on somethings but not anything on a regular basis. He is a 3 sport athlete, one of the sports he plays on travel team. That team runs August to March over the same time as his 3 high school sports. He doesn't have a lot of spare time. </p>
<p>He got into 8 colleges without reporting any volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Afa, I could get into every community college in the nation and probably 99% of all colleges and universities in the nation too. I got into some ivy league schools, but I'm not bragging that "Oh I'm so cool my gpa and standardized test scores do all my work for me." I really don't mean to be mean, but a 4.0 WGPA and a 32 ACT are nothing super special. I got a lot higher and you can be sure a lot of kids at UF did too. Both of those things are important, and congratulations to your son, but a 32 ACT may be stupendous to you, but it's nothing special.</p>
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<p>You missed the point of the post. That an out of state student didn't need to win the Siemens to get into UF.</p>
<p>Maybe if you were to read the UFGators post, you would understand my post.</p>
<p>Well I forgot to add my hours I did for Bright Futures and I still got in. The college itself says Rec. letters arent important, they only bother to look at them if they are on the fence about you so not sending them really wouldnt have that big of an impact. </p>
<p>Also, I tend to enclude my volunteer hours as E.C.s but that is just me.</p>
<p>A bit presumptuous, aren't we afa81?</p>
<p>Of course I read everything preceding my post so that I could make my own educated post. I realize the question and the fact that you "chuckle" makes me "chuckle." You need to get over the fact that you gave birth to someone with a mediocre GPA and OK ACT scores.</p>
<p>thats harsh lol</p>
<p>First it is presumptuous to assume that I can give birth, that would be a medical miracle. </p>
<p>Second what does your arrogance bring to the debate on OOS? You talk of your superior GPA and SAT scores, so what. You are not an OOS. The grading scales in other states are different. My daughter who graduated from a Tampa HS, her WGPA was 5.34. They don't compare, the GPA of my son was UF's calculation of removing the pluses off his B+s. Here in Virginia a 92 is a B+ and UF makes it a B. My wife once recalculated his GPA with scale of his sister's school and it was 5.1. </p>
<p>I am sure that if he had stayed home and obsessed his about GPA instead of earning 9 varsity letters, his GPA would be higher. It just wasn't that important to him. Nor were his ACT/SAT scores he took the SAT once hated it and took the ACT twice. I didn't pay 3 grand for a prep course either.</p>
<p>I honestly didn't see any arrogance coming from afa81. I think this should be let go, it has nothing to do with the topic.</p>
<p>I don't see any arrogance in afa81 posts either. His/her words were carefully chosen and he/she stuck to facts. Problems arise when someone doesn't care to hear something, and it escalates from there. </p>
<p>It would be great if folks could just try to avoid personal attacks and name calling. Let the facts speak for themselves.</p>
<p>I did avoid name-calling. I just thought it was arrogant, perhaps I was mistaken. And sorry, I was under the assumption you were his mother (not father). And if there was no arrogance intended, that's all you had to say, and I apologize. You just came off, at least to me, a bit arrogant.</p>
<p>The admissions officer said that there was less admitted OOS students simply because fewer applied. So no, it's not harder, it just looks that way.</p>