<p>One thing to bear in mind also is that BF is renewable each year, but for 100% a 3.0 GPA is required. And this ain't high school, where just showing up gets you a passing grade. Depending on the major and the classes, maintaining a 3.0 can be challenging. I think that lots of parents and students assume that because they did well in HS, a 3.0, renewed every year is a given , but there are many reasons it may not be. I know countless students who lost their BF because of various reasons, ranging from very, very hard classes, particularly in engineering, bioolgy and architecture, to troubles adjusting to college, to too much partying. Once you lose it, you lose it. My d halfway through UF and she is an engineering major. The classes are getting harder and harder with each passing semester and HS was a breeze for her. I am fully prepared that she may lose her BF at some point. If that happens, we will step in and make up the difference. All I'm saying is don't consider BF a given for all 4 years.</p>
<p>We have one son who lost his BF, one who has kept it.</p>
<p>aargh.</p>
<p>sorry to hear that your s lost it. What was the problem? difficult classes? How does one continue to pay for college if BR's is lost? </p>
<p>Any advice,(besides completing work), for teenagers going to UF, so that they won't lose BR.</p>
<p>No, the classes weren't too hard. There were some poor choices involved. He took out some loans, and we've stepped back in to pay tuition and help with rent.</p>
<p>It's a lesson our second son seemed to have learned, and his BF is still intact.</p>
<p>It's a reason we are guarded in our enthusiasm about sending another son to UF, but if that's where he wants to go, we'll support him.</p>
<p>Advice:
Go to class.
Read the syllabus.
Go to class.
Do all the assigned work.
Go to class.
Study.
Go to class.
Hang out with kids who are motivated for their education.
Go to class.</p>
<p>Did you have Prepaid Tuition and Housing? Or just tuition and fees?? Trying to figure out cost after 100% BF and prepaid tuition and fees. Thanks!</p>
<p>We have prepaid tuition and 100% BF. We did not purchase the dorm plan or the local fee plan. With what we have, in 2007-2008 it covered tuition and fall and spring in the dorm (not Beatty or Keys or Hume), just the regular dorm plan, except for about $300-$400 per semester. The book money from BF was also included and was applied to dorm fees. If you have the local fee plan also, you shouldn 't have to pay more than just a few dollars a semester. Not sure what it would be now, given the dorm rates I'm sure have one up. D is off campus now so it's hard to compare. Also remember that they bill prepaid for tuition first, and unless you have the local fee plan, you bill is larger than what prepaid pays, so they take the balance out of BF and apply the rest to the housing bill. If the student lives off campus, they release the remainder of the BF to the student to pay expenses (housing, etc)</p>