<p>Is it true that UF compares you to other students in your school when reviewing the applications?
I know the more rigorous school are filled with brighter kids than normal.</p>
<p>Short answer, yes they do, but they are also comparing you against the complete pool of applicants, not just the ones from your school. </p>
<p>Schools with more rigorous programs are likely to get a higher percentage of offers from UF, than those schools that are not as rigorous. In other words, UF doesn’t punish you for attending a competitive program/high school, as long as you keep your GPA high. All B’s in AP/IB/AICE classes is about equal, if not better, than all A’s in standard classes, based on how UF weights GPA and rigor.</p>
<p>UF utilizes a complex admissions process that not only compares each applicant to students within their own school but against students within their county of residence. UF’s freshman class is usually capped at about 6,400 with a total number of acceptances of between 11,400-11,700 students. UF uses a matrix by which students within each county are compared to each other asa well as students within that student’s school.From
the 11,000-11,700 accepted students are included the top 2-3 students from each of Florida’s public high schools under what is known as the Talented Twenty Program. The highest GPA students (assuming they meet the minimum test scores) are automatically admitted to one of the Florida 4-year public universities( although not neccessarily their first choice). The number admitted to UF under this program is unknown but it is substanial.
In addition, hundreds of slots are reserved for athletic scholarships. Once these two criteria are applied the remaining slots are based on GPA, test scores, EC’s and the essay utilizing applicant’s within each county. The larger the county the greater the competition.The number of accepted students from each county is pegged to population of students. Legacy counts for very little. It would seem logical thast it only becomes a factor to be used if a student’s GPA, test scores, EC’s and essay are essentially equal with other applicants in the final cut for admission.</p>