<p>I'm currently a senior in high school and thinking about attending Santa Fe and transferring to UF. I have spoken with a transcript evaluator at Santa Fe and she said I would be able to transfer very quickly, since I currently have 50+ credit hours from AP/AICE/IB courses. If I do transfer once I reached the required 60 credit hours for my AA in two semesters or less, how long would I be attending UF? 4 years? 3 years? I wouldn't want to transfer and be classified junior, when it's really my first (or second) year in college, you know?</p>
<p>Your status is determined by the number of credit hours that you have earned. Once you have 60 credit hours, you are a junior, regardless of how long you have actually been attending the university.</p>
<p>You would be classified as a junior. However, it could still take you more than 2 years to graduate, based on your major. </p>
<p>Also, when you transfer, you have to apply to the college for your major, not only the university. You also need to take into account how competitive your major may be. For example, if you don’t have 6 of 8 core engineering classes, you may still need to take another semester or two at Santa Fe, before being able to transfer. Or an Economics major may want to have a 3.5 GPA or better(in the core classes) to be competitive in winning admissions as a transfer student. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.advising.ufl.edu/prospective/transfer.html”>http://www.advising.ufl.edu/prospective/transfer.html</a></p>
<p>Otherwise there is nothing wrong with transferring to UF from a CC! Lots of folks do it and it can save you a bunch of $$$. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Like was said above, you’ll be a JR if you have 60 hours, but how much time you will be at UF depends on how many of the classes required for your degree you have done. I have 60 hours transferred and my degree audit says I have 45 left (with the 15 I’m taking now), but in reality I have about 55 after this. Definitely make sure you look up the required pre-reqs for your major. Starting at a CC is great idea, and Santa Fe is a great one to transfer from. </p>
<p>Something important that they don’t tell you is it really depends on your major. From personal experience, it is much easier to transfer with a major that is non-health related. UF’s college of nursing has not accepted a transfer student in years. Psychology and biology are their most applied to program, and they look strictly at GPA as to who they admit, and you need a very high one to get into those programs. Other health-related programs are highly competitive and only accept few transfer students. Santa Fe is a great option, the classes and professors are amazing, as well as the cost, but I would suggest talking to a counselor of the program you’re hoping to transfer into before you decide 
Some programs if you have a good GPA you have a very good chance of getting into. Good luck!</p>