Note, this means the acceptance rate is going to be only slightly less than last year’s rate.
Interesting. Coalition app saturation at UF. I’m glad to see this as kid #2 doesn’t apply until the Fall and he should be in the lane. The FSU applicant numbers are staggering. What do you make of that?
Ugh – that doesn’t look good for me then. My UF GPA is a 4.1. My SAT is in the right range but am afraid that my lower GPA might be what keeps me out. I hope that all the extras and interest I have shown in the school will help me but this article makes me more and more nervous.
I’m worried for DS., we’re OOS (CA) and his heart is set on UF. His GPA is 4.2, SAT 1580 and most likely NMF (he’s NMSF and we haven’t received the rejection letter yet). It looks like his GPA may be too low 
@rudygator @SL a lot of other factors go into how UF will weight GPA. Including how rigorous was the course load at your HS, how the student does against his peers in the same HS, etc.
Last year, the middle 50 percent GPA span was 4.2 to 4.6. That means 25% of the accepted students had a GPA less than 4.2.
Also, UF is VERY holistic, your EC’s, etc, do matter.
Last year, the average SAT score was 1364, with the middle 50 percent span between 1300 and 1440, and the average ACT score is 30 with the middle 50 percent span between 29 and 33. You’ll notice a wide range that makes up the 50%.
At this point all you can do is wait. 
Good Luck!
@Gator88NE what’s slightly less? I saw on another thread u said it’s usually between 38-40% acceptance; why admittedly poor quick math tells me this year is closer to 35? Or am i completely missing something ? Thanks
@Gator88NE thanks, I appreciate your encouragement. DS’ ECs are somewhat average as well, as he works 10-20 hours per week, which doesn’t leave him much time/energy for pursuing ECs. Fortunately, our plan B for him to go to community college and then transfer to an UC is viable and affordable.
As you said, we’ll wait & see.
Thank you too. I’ve done a ton and wouldn’t get home until 6 most nights to start my hw. So 12 hour days before starting hw gave me more Bs than I wanted. I Hope the extras and triple legacy make up the difference. ?
Not surprised UF had more applicants, in fact, I’m relieved it wasn’t a larger increase!
Hope the holistic admissions is kind to my OOS D. She loves UF, but her scores are on low end. Not sure what UF GPA is, but her high school weighted is 4.5 and they don’t include anything but core classes.
However, I think her EC’s are good - she attends largish high school and amassed 11 varsity letters (+ 1 or 2 more from Senior year), 4x team captain, community service, peer mediation, outreach to elementary schools, part time jobs …
We’ll see soon! Good luck to everyone!
I heard more than once from UF admissions people that students are first competing against the kids in their school. I think they know all the Florida schools well and roughly pre-allocate or plan a certain number of accepts each year. At my son’s school it was about 40 for his IB program of around 100 students last year. I feel like my son is somewhere in the top 30 so I hope this pattern holds out.
@mypricelineemail I think slightly less is good news. The number of apps at FSU has gone through the roof two years in a row. Stabilization is good for us.
@mypricelineemail I think the acceptance rate this year will only be somewhere around 0.5% to 1% less, than last year’s. (just a guess based on last year’s results and what little they have shared on this year’s class).
They are admitting about the same number of students, but the number of applications has only increased by about 1K (we don’t have exact numbers).
EDIT: It also looks like the middle 50% on SAT/ACT/GPA for admitted students is about the same as last years.
We’ll know more by next weekend, when UF releases more info on the class.
SL I like your son’s chances. His test scores are excellent, and GPA not far off the mark. Personally I would give more weight to a kid working an actual job instead of the usual ECs that kids overstuff their resumes with, half of which tend to be fluff. A job is a job, a real thing! An important thing. I think he gets in.
Rudygator if you wrote a good essay that will go a long way.
I expect that the range of the SAT/ACT will rise slightly over the next few years due to offering the Benacquisto to top OOS students who will be enrolling.
Possibly
If we assume in-state “demand” stays the same. Also that UF’s admissions strategy, which is one that puts more emphasis on GPA/class rigor and ECs than test scores. continues…
Then any significant improvements in Test scores will have to come from a stronger and larger group of out of state students. We’ve seen a decent increase in OOS application, after moving to the coalition application, but would still need to see several more thousand apps (or an increase in yield) a year.
Here is the University of Virginia (UVA) as a comparison.
Total applications: 37,222 (36,779 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 11,338
Total number of OOS apps: 25,884
Middle 50% SAT score: 1330-1490 (VA) 1420-1530 (OOS)
Middle 50% ACT composite: 30-34 (VA) 33-35 (OOS)
http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2018/03/unofficial-admission-statistics-for.html
It’s OOS students, who make up about 1/3 of enrolled students at UVA, that move the needle when it comes to test scores.
Of course, if UF increases the % of students that are OOS, then it has to decrease the number of accepted in-state students. That would make UF even more competitive for in-state students. Last year, UVA’s in-state acceptance rate was 38% (about the same as UF) and I’m sure plenty of Virginians are not happy about that rate…
Florida in-state families do not to see acceptance rates that drop into the low 30’s. ^#(^ X_X ~X(
@Gator88NE but what drew my daughter 3 years ago as a NMF to UF was that the instate requirements for UF are just as difficult as the out of state requirements – NOT true of UNC and UVA!!! While they are roughtly the same as UF to get in from OOS, many kids in state get in with far lower than they could dream of getting in with at UF. It was a big turn off to her. My son just got into UNC now OOS and immediately got a letter admitting him to honors telling him he was in the top 10% of their class, and that the top 10% was an ave of a 31 act or higher and I forget the gpa… maybe a 4.4? A 31 is their top 10%??? That would be higher at UF. It is because of so many lower in state kids that get in. Anyway… needless to say he’s holding out hoping for good news on Friday!!! I’m nervous about the whole competing against your own school situation though… he has a very competitive class!! At least 40 or 50 apply and usually 10 get in. He’s first in his class but he’s got a few NMF in there - many also with siblings or bull gator parents… We are hoping his essay and really strong EC leadership can make the difference., but there are many deserving kids…and girls going into stem always seem to have a better shot then guys going into business lol. Fingers crossed!!! He should be ok by the numbers but with so many applying I am confident that they couldn’t and didn’t take everyone who had the right numbers. It feels like waiting for the Wonka ticket lol.
@fbhsmom Hang in there, I know from personal experience how stressful it can bet waiting on UF’s “holistic” admission results.
@fbhsmom @Gator88NE this seems to be the topic de jour today is this true…its more important how you compare to your specific high school classmates than vs the applicant pool as a whole?
I would love to know this answer as well. Applying from NJ. The absolute highest “UF” GPA one could achieve at DDs school is about a 4.7 if they they took as many APs as allowed and got all As. That’s pretty much the valedictorian and salutatorian and that’s it. No APs allowed freshmen year and only 2 sophomore. My DD’s UF gpa is 4.36, and she is in the top 5% of her class (but we could only report top 10%). So is UF only going to accept the #1s and #2s? (When likely those students are going Ivy League. ) for OOS are you compared against Just your state? Obviously not by school for OOS (I think only one other person applied from her school). Ahh… things to think and ponder about… as we try to convince ourselves in these last few days of waiting that all of the hard work will pay off in the end…
@mypricelineemail Both matter. I would think for OOS students, it’s more of a comparison against the overall applicant pool, as UF doesn’t have as much experience with OOS high schools.
77% of accepted students are in the top 10% of their High School class.