<p>And back up to the top of this page right quick, I think the reason why a lottery is perceived is because of the compartmentilization of application review. From my understanding, UF randomly groups all undergraduate applicants into compartments for adcon. So instead of competing against the whole application pool for admission, which is how people usually perceive it, you are directly competing against x number of applicants in a smaller pool. Due to chance you could be placed in a pool with many higher level applicants which severely decreases your chances. Or in reference to the previous post an applicant could not even be competitive at a smaller school, FIU, but placed in a group with many underachieving students applying to UF so they are admitted at Florida but denied at FIU.</p>
<p>3.7 unweighted 4.57 weighted (final transcript)
32 ACT 1830 SAT Bio, Spanish, History SAT IIs
Pre-Ib, Ib and Ap courses</p>
<p>UF gave a few heart attacks at my school. IB students with 4.0’s, 30+ ACTs, and even legacies got rejected while 2.9s and 27s got accepted.
I especially didn’t think I would make the cut, in fact UF was never my dream, but I’m happy to be a gator now!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the application for UF will be available online?(for freshman)</p>
<p>I think it’s August 1st. Is it easier to get into summer B, than the fall semesters? And is there a way you can apply for both just in case u don’t make fall they’ll put you in summer?</p>
<p>BDale, if you apply for fall and are denied, you are deferred to summer b</p>
<p>Does this work the same way for then spring semesters too??</p>
<p>What do you mean by deferred? You would still have a chance at getting admitted even though you have been denied? How does this work, I never heard of this? Do other universities do this?</p>
<p>If UF doesn’t think your stats are competitive enough for the fall term, then they offer you admission into the summer term. That is unless your stats are very bad, in which case, they’ll flat out reject you.</p>
<p>Do you mean the summer term before or after the fall term?</p>
This is in 2011, but the rationale behind minor school acceptance and large school acceptance is the clintel and bulk of admissions. Many people begrudge applying for the small universities–like FIU–because they are brainwashed via obtusely disproportionate testing and gpa expectations. It’s a gamble. FSU has more applicants; theoretically they can afford to take students who flirt with the requirements. Believe it or not, there are kids to somehow fly under the radar and get into the UFs of the world with 3.5 gpas and a 1500 on SAT.
Also, I find it highly offensive that we idolize test scores. A 3.5 is an A gpa, a 3.4 is on the cusp. If they student can do the work, who are we to judge? Test scores are not indicative of academic ability. I am unsure as to when this will bludger past the knuckleheads of society, but it’s true. I’m a 3.5er with low test scores and I’ve been on the fast track for years. I am not brilliant, but I am different and maybe that’s what UF looks for. Who knows?
LOL @smitlee please don’t bump old threads from 2011! Feel free to start a new thread on this subject.
LOL – I’ve been patiently waiting 1,625 days for someone to respond to this thread. HA !! B-)