@GatorDad2015 Florida Pre-Paid plans vary and are based on type of plan and purchase date. For more information, please call the University Bursar’s Office at (352) 392-0765 or (352) 392-9545. If the amount that UF charges per credit hour is less than the amount FL Prepaid pays, we will refund the student any overpayment.
@UFOnline If you’re a fall admit, but determine you can’t afford the cost of attending UF as a resident student, can you request PaCE (vs the common alternative of attending a local CC)?
If a pace major is one of those that is part of a Combined Degree, will a pace student be able, if accepted, to enter the Combined track in their junior year as the residential students are able to do to gain dual credits towards the masters degree in that discipline, if accepted to that particular degree program?
I would encourage anyone with questions concerning the transferability of AP or non-degree credits to contact the academic advising office for the college housing the PaCE major you are interested in. This morning, a Saturday no less, I received a very thorough email from the College of Journalism & Communications responding to several questions I had posed. There is still some additional investigation needed to answer all my questions, but UF’s commitment to assisting PaCE students (and their parents) is impressive. No question they want the program to succeed and PaCE students to have as positive an experience as possible.
@revdocpam If you mean “junior” year to be 60 (or more credits) the PaCE student would be on campus. Once on campus PaCE student are identical to residential students and they are no longer in UF Online. All the rules that apply to any dual degree program would be the same for a former PaCE student on campus as would apply to a residential student.
@Gator88NE All questions regarding changes between admission status should be directed to Admissions.
@UFOnline My little brother was accepted to the PaCE program. He doesn’t have any AP/IB/Dual Enrollment credits yet. My question is whether he would be able to take say one UF Online/PaCE class per semester for four semesters (totaling 15 credits) and the other 45 credits at Santa Fe College at the same time. From what I’ve read above, I think the answer is yes.
I definitely think it’s important for everyone to realize that getting in to PaCE is NOT a denial from UF! The official number of admitted students from UF is 13,667 and the 3,118 students admitted to PaCE are part of that total number! So if you got into PaCE, you were accepted! Congrats everyone and welcome to the Gator Nation!
Hi @UFAlum12 The answer to your question is likely “no”.
Current policy from the UF Registrar “Transient Student” pages states “normally, UF students are not permitted to register at another institution for a course or its equivalent that is offered at UF.”
Prior to registering at another institution for a course a transient student form must be completed, signed by the major advisor and filed with the registrar’s office. Upon completion of the course(s) an official copy of the transcript must be filed with the transfer credit office. This is usually done only when an equivalent course is not offered at UF or when I student needs a certain course to graduate and is unable to either take the course at UF or the course is not offered in the term that a student needs a course.
Your little brother IS a Gator! and yep, we DO NOT view a PaCE offer as a denial.
@UFOnline Thanks for the quick reply on a weekend! I guess what threw me off is the Q&A from the Admissions office that says:
Q: Can I fulfill my PaCE conditions while enrolled at another institution?
A: We encourage PaCE students to concentrate on meeting the conditions required for transition to UF. PaCE is a ‘major-specific’ program, so speak with an academic advisor before enrolling elsewhere to be sure that you are considering coursework appropriate for your PaCE major.
Can you clarify what that means? My understanding was that you could possibly be enrolled at another institution like Santa Fe while working towards the PaCE requirements if the courses taken at the other institution are equivalent to those needed for the PaCE major.
@Gator88NE After comparing admission statistics from 2014 and 2015, it seems these PACE students would have been accepted as a traditional student last year. Keep in mind that the PACE admits are part of the accepted freshman class of 2019. UF accepted about the same percent of freshman from the pool both years. Maybe I am looking at these numbers wrong. To say they are denied seems harsh. I believe if there was no PACE program, PACE students would have gotten accepted traditionally based on last years numbers. I am just a lurker looking to change careers from an elementary teacher to a high school guidance counselor. This program caught my eye. I am very curious to see how many candidates accept the PACE.
@Stedts To be honest, the stats look “off” to me.
2014
Overall: 28,655 Applications => 13,072 Admits (45.6% Admit rate) => 6,514 Enrolled (49.8% Yield rate)
2015
Overall: 30,800 Applications =>13,667 Admits of which 3,100 are PaCE
That would give us 10,500 normal admits which would yield about 5,220 enrolled students (not including PaCE students). That’s a significant drop.
Doesn’t seem right, I would expect UF is still shooting for 6,500 enrolled resident Freshman (not counting PaCE or IA).
We’ll have to wait until the official enrolled numbers come out to figure up what’s UF’s game plan. 
@UFAlum12 The Q&A you note is correct (from the chat I assume on Friday). It is possible and even encouraged that a student get a specific course at a different University/College if the course is either not taught at UF or not taught in the semester that a student needs it to graduate (this is not a new policy and is currently in place for residential students). I can envision a few situations where a student would, with their Advisors OK, be allowed to take a course outside UF. In general, UF Online (which include PaCE) students will take all their courses in UF Online prior to transitioning to campus. The students advisor is responsible for approving a course taken outside UF while the student is enrolled at UF.
Will PaCE admits (if they meet the federal requriements), still be offered to work a Federal Work Study position on campus?
I am even more confused now about the PaCE program than ever, everything I read and everyone I speak to has a different definition as to what is going on with it. Today my mom was told that in order to be in PaCE, you need to be a full time student, a FT student at UF must take between 12-15 credits per semester. Everyone kept saying that you have to do 2 semesters or 60 credits in PaCE to transition, hypothetically if I come in with 45 all I have left is 15 or one semester worth since as a FT student I cannot take any less than 12, (so I can’t do 12 one semester and 3 another, or 6 and 6, cause then I would be PT. So I will really no matter what take more than 15, just to make it thru 2 semesters. So someone is not telling the truth. Also she was told that “Please remember the requirement is 60 credit hours AND the prerequisite courses for their chosen major before transitioning.” So even though I might make 60 after one semester, they may not fulfill my prerequisite courses for my major, so I would still have to take more than 60?!?! HELP!!!
@Grad2019 you must complete 60 credits AND be a full time student for at least two semesters AND complete the prerequisites.
In your situation, it is impossible to transition without going over 60 credits. (You need at least 24 to fulfill the second premise. Not to mention you may need additional fulltime semesters to fulfill all prerequisites.)
I understand that, but that has not been previously stated…no one ever said a that a FT student had to be 12-15 credits a semester and that we were considered FT students or that we had to fulfill the prerequisites of our major before we can transition over. I will have most of the prerequisites for my major anyway thru IB, but some classes would have never been offered in HS, it’s just the point. Also do we need all of the prerequisites for an AA in that degree or 4 semesters worth even though we only “need” to do 2, since we have to have at least 60 hours to go to residency?
@Grad2019 Please review the FAQ again as it is being updated.
http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/pacefaq.html
UF only admits full time freshman students, Full time is being enrolled 12 or more credits in the fall or spring terms. It is possible to drop a class and end a semester with less than 12 credits.
They have always stated that the program requirements (prerequisites) had to be completed before transitioning. These are the same requirement a resident student has to met while pursuing a major. You do not have to earn an AA, just reach the total of 60 or more credits.
You’ll need to work out (with an advisor), based on your major, how many prerequisite courses have to be completed and it what order. Keep in mind that you can take courses over the summer to finish up any last courses.
I do not believe that it is stated anywhere that you need to be a full-time student taking 12+ credits while enrolled in UF Online. You may need to be full-time in order to qualify for certain types of financial aid, but UF Online/PaCE does not require you to take 12 or more credits per semester.
@UFOnline must you be a full time student (12+ credit hours) for each semester while enrolled in PaCE?
It does say 2 semesters and at least 15 credits, but it does not indicate full time status is required (as traditional students are).
Hmm…is PaCE more like resident students or Online Students.
Resident students have to take get approval to take less than the minimum amount of credits (12).
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/registration.aspx
On the other hand, UF Online students can register for less than 12 credits. PaCE are UF Online students, until the transition, so I can see them letting students take less than 12 credits.