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<p>UF is a public institution, naturally it has to give priority to public school students, why? not all public schools are A schools, many are C and even D schools. Those unfortunate students that got stuck in a bad school and their parents can’t afford a private education are not very likely to be admitted into a private university, so public institutions need to give preference to these students otherwise they would be automatically rejected from access to a quality higher education. Also, UF gets tax payer money, so do public high schools. If your parents send you to a private school, they don’t have to pay the portion of the county tax that goes to the school district whenever they pay their property taxes in whatever county it is that you live. Thus priority goes to whomever is putting their taxpayer dollars into their school, that’s why we’re taxed on it for.</p>
<p>About the discrimination, No. It’s not discrimination. Illegal Discrimination comes when you are rejected on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. Discriminating based on socio-economical basis is perfectly legal for the office of admissions. Some schools give the lower income students preference, whereas the private schools give the higher income applicants preference for obvious reasons… </p>
<p>Also, you are not being “penalized” for coming from a private school. Did you apply and were rejected, or you are planning on applying? what are your stats? that might help answer the reasons why you were rejected -if you were. It is not only based on your school gpa and what school you came from. It also depends on your community service, which school you applied to and how many spots are available at that particular major that you’re applying to. </p>
<p>I don’t know what country you came from, but if you came from Cuba, then yes, you DID come from a communist country (communism is not the same in theory as it is in practice). Anyone else that doesn’t believe so go ahead, take a little raft and sail to Cuba and try to live there for a month, where all you get is a little card that lists all the supplies you can get for a month: one bar of soap for the entire household and one roll of toilet paper for the whole month; and when you finish highschool, you do not chose what career you want to study, the government decides what is best for the country and that’s the career you’re assigned to study, no pouting allowed. And let’s not talk about the food distribution. What do you think that system is called?</p>
<p>I am US born citizen that grew up in a third world country, (not Cuba though) and I honestly feel lucky I grew up in South America. I do get to see both sides of the story, and it gave me a sense of reality that you don’t get in this country alone. Yes, those who were born here and have never set a foot out have no idea how lucky we are to have born in a country where you can receive financial aid to go to school, or government subsidized loans to pay for your school. Let’s not touch any other topic.</p>
<p>Before everyone starts barking at me, sorry if I come across rude -it’s not what is intended, I’m just too straightforward, and some people read it as me being rude. Not trying to offend anybody in this forum, just wanted to give my two cents.</p>