<p>UF will be giving scholarships of $5K for in-state, $17K for OOS a decrease of 77% for in-state/%55 for OOS. UF provost is qouted as saying that incentives are not a neccesary as in other years. Note that the $5,000 is in addition to the state Bright Futures scholarships.</p>
<p>I had just seen that article also. I think it may make a difference in terms of keeping the NMF's at UF. Daughter will be starting in the fall and is a NMF. She wanted to stay in state and scholarship was enticing. If son qualifies as a NMF when it is time and the incentive isn't as great, he may decide to apply elsewhere.</p>
<p>I think that UF is going to be surprised that it will be losing many students who were only staying in state because of the $. They really can go elsewhere, and with the merit aid cut, some higher ranked schools that give merit $ may be just as affordable.</p>
<p>I don't think UF will be surprised at all at what happens. The decision makers at UF have access to information regarding why students do what that we lay people can only dream about. (You think consultants and market researchers don't know college admission is a marketplace???) There is alwasy a political dimension to decisions like this at state U's, so I suspect they had little choice.</p>
<p>Meaning state budget cut?</p>
<p>Not a state budget cut. Only UF is cutting aid. FSU & USF are still giving the same $$. (For now.)</p>
<p>This is not new - only UF embracing a trend that has existed for some years now.</p>
<p>See: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=213336%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=213336</a></p>