<p>I see everyone chancing everyone like nothing has changed at UF, but what about the single deadline factor? What is your prediction about how going to a single deadline will affect who gets in? I'll go first.</p>
<p>I am just a mom fascinated with the process, BTW. All I know is what UF's prez has said about wanting to climb the ranks. I also know that diversity is important to them.</p>
<p>Early Decision gave UF high yield which pumped up their rankings, but caused them to admit lower qualified candidates early and reject higher qualified ones later. SAT/ACT score and class rank in the top 10% feed into rankings so I look for those to become more even more important with early decision gone from the strategy.</p>
<p>I think that the URM stats will remain pretty much the same but that SAT/ACT scores will go up (and maybe significantly) for non-URMs. I don't think we are going to see the randomness that we saw before. When those who would have been ED vs. RD1 vs. RD2 applicants are now side by side and otherwise equal, the higher test score candidate will get the yes every time.</p>
<p>i predict that a lot more people on the lower end of the spectrum will be deferred compared to last year...UF can't straight out reject many of the lower qualified students because they need a cushion for the large number of students with better stats that will turn down the acceptance...i don't think the average SAT/ACT score will improve much unless they start offering more scholarship money to lure in students with high stats</p>
<p>Good point, 'mayne. Especially considering that Bright Futures won't even cover all the tuition at UF starting in the fall because of the new surcharge. There might well be a significant gap in stats between first round offers (not counting deferrals) and actual fall admits.</p>
<p>I might be missing something but isn't deferment impossible considering there is only one deadline? If anything the borderline individuals will be waitlisted, not deferred</p>
<p>If they do have a waiting list, I doubt that many people will come off it. UF always accept enough people (i think its 10,000) where they will meet their quote of 6,600.</p>
<p>Nice catch on "defer" vs. "waitlist." With fresman enrollments capped statewide everyone will have to undershoot offers and use long waitlists won't they?</p>
<p>If you are deferred, they are postponing a final decision on your application to a later date. In previous years, an ED applicant could be deferred to RD1 or RD2 and considered with that pool of applicants. However, with only one due date now, vicanity seems right on target -- deferral would be difficult, since there is no other application date to defer people to!</p>
<p>With waitlisting, you are not admitted, but are placed on a waiting list and may be offered admission if a spot opens up. The school will offer admission to many more applicants than they have room for (as ASMAJ pointed out). Many of the accepted applicants will decline admission to go to another school. If too many decline, leaving the school with fewer admits than they had hoped for, the university will pull more admits from the waiting list. However, in most cases, they end up with too many admits, not too few, so being waitlisted gives you only a remote chance of being admitted.</p>
<p>I think they will use a waitlist this year. I think it might be a litter harder to gauge how many acceptaces to give out with only one decision date. And given that it is earlier than most RD dates, there will still be some who accept at first, and then decline later. Given the fact that they are still going to hold enrollment steady, I do think there will be more on a waitlist, and the potential for more to be called from the wait list.</p>