Middle 50% GPA • Class of 2023: 4.3-4.6
• Class of 2022: 4.2-4.6
• Class of 2021: 4.3-4.6
• Class of 2020: 4.2-4.5
Middle 50% SAT score • Class of 2023: 1330-1460 (out of 1600)
• Class of 2022: 1300-1440 (out of 1600)
• Class of 2021: 1280-1430 (out of 1600)
• Class of 2020: 1810-2060 (out of 2400)
Middle 50% ACT score • Class of 2023: 29-33
• Class of 2022: 29-33
• Class of 2021: 28-32
• Class of 2020: 28-32
The middle 50% is a bit higher for GPA and SAT scores.
The average SAT score of 1338 could be an error in that article based on the middle 50% range of 1330-1460 …and last years average SAT score of 1360. Would not make sense for it to drop 30 points when all other parameters went up from class of '22 to '23…
@fox13weather I was thinking the same thing, the article got that part wrong. Last year was 1364 per the same newspaper.
Bottom line is that it continues to get more difficult. The stats increase and the admit goes down with applicants increasing and less accepted this year.
One question that I have is where does PACE fit into these numbers, or do they consider those separately? Anyone know whether PACE stats are in these numbers and they are part of the group accepted for Fall?
If you strip out PaCE and IA admits, they accepted 10,489 out of 41,407 for admission without any initial residence limitations, which is a little over 25% acceptance rate. That seems like a remarkably low acceptance rate such a large university. Even if you reduced the denominator for PaCE and IA admits to reduce it to 37,760, the admission rate on 10,489 is still a bit under 28%. The upshot is that it is very difficult to get into UF. Taking into account the entire14,136 admits, the acceptance rate is a little over 34%…which I think is the lowest ever at UF…
But the middle 50% range went up significantly from '22 to '23 while the average SAT went down nearly 30 points? I wasn’t a statistical major in college, but that combination seems odd.
I think we want to make the middle 50% look like a bell curve in our mind, but I don’t think that’s the case. I went to journalism school, so take my statistical analysis as such.
It looks like IA may be down from last year, but PaCE is higher (900+).
If I had to guess, PaCE and maybe IA are not included in the number of students accepted (14,136). That number only includes freshman accepted to Summer B (3,108) or Fall semester (11,027). PaCE students are not “on campus” for the Summer or Fall term, so UF can’t count them. It has to do with how the federal government tracks enrollment.
@Gator88NE So, if you are correct, the admit rate is actually much higher if you include IA and PACE. It would go from 34% to 43%. If true, they have found a good way to appear to be more selective (lower admit rate) while increasing enrollment and bringing in more $.
@fl1234 A lot of schools have these “alternative” routes to admissions. PaCE students have more in common with CC transfer students or UF Online students, than “on-campus” freshman. The same with UF’s other programs, like Gator Engineering @ Santa Fe.
I think what matters to most families, is that 34% acceptance rate. The other alternative routes may or may not be an option for some students.
Gator88NE. Based on another read of the article I think you are likely correct that PaCE and IA are not included in the 14,186 admits. Melissa96, if you are reading this can you confirm?
@GatorCheer That is a really good question. I guess depending on the answer that could be a way of taking lower stats kids but them not hurting their goal of making their numbers look more competitive. I think that would be a bit shady if they did that.
UF is a large “comprehensive” university, with 12 colleges (14 including those, like Nursing that don’t take freshman). It can easily support 32K+ undergraduates, and 18K+ grad students. However, it’s is limited in the number of traditional freshman it can enroll. UF has struggled with freshman enrollment for decades. When I attended UF in the 80’s, the then President proposed we reduce the number of incoming freshman by 1,500. Recently, UF reduced the number from 7,000+ to about 6,500.
The PaCE and IA programs are not about raising UF’s stats. It’s about finding ways to increase enrollment and adding value, while working around the freshman overcrowding issue.
IA was seen as a way to take advantage of an underutilized campus, during the summer. Build an unique program, that adds features that would be valued by students, but that would also require summer enrollment.
PaCE is a way to take advantage of UF Online, who’s creation was recently funded by the state. Make the student take classes online, but offer high quality classes, at a crazy low price, with a guarantee of transitioning to UF.
IA, PaCE, GE@SF and especially traditional CC transfer students are important to UF’s enrollment strategy.
If UF wanted to increase it’s stats, it could simply make the SAT/ACT score more important in admissions, while lowering the importance of the essay, ECs, etc.
@Gator88NE “If UF wanted to increase it’s stats, it could simply make the SAT/ACT score more important in admissions, while lowering the importance of the essay, ECs, etc.”
Which is very bizarre indeed! By doing so they would indeed increase their selectivity greatly. They wouldn’t actually have to lower the importance of the essay or EC’s at all. They are already offering a full ride for OOS NMF which would automatically be high scorers on the ACT/SAT. Seems extremely odd to say we want to increase our USNWR rankings and become a top 5 public but we don’t really want to value scores more?! Look at the average scores for the top colleges and you will see that is indeed the only way to actually gain in rankings. Gaining in rankings would increase applications for kids wanting highly selective colleges and by accepting the same or fewer lower their acceptance rate without losing enrollment. In fact they would likely end up matriculating many more students by doing so.
@moscott UF could make test scores more important, but that would mean UF accepts fewer lower income students, fewer first generation students, fewer underrepresented minorities, etc. I"m assuming UF values this balance, more than earning a slight improvement in the US News rankings.
This year’s drop in admitted students, from 14,866 to 14,136, is due to UF having a higher than expected yield (% of enrolled students vs admitted students) in 2018. That lead them to enrolling more students than planned that year.
@Gator88NE What exactly are you basing that off of? You think that is the case for every school ahead of them in USNWR? Their goal is to not only improve their overall ranking but to become top 5. That cannot happen if they do not adjust their SAT/ACT acceptance scores. I don’t see any data that schools ahead of them accept fewer URM’s, lower income or 1st gen students. Actually in most categories UF doesn’t already % wise, only by shear volume due to size.
USNWR doesn’t put that much emphasis on test scores when they calculate their ranking data. Also, they added “Social Mobility” to the mix so there is some incentive to admit lower income students.