What are the stats for the students who got deferred to Gator Engineering compared to the fall students? I’m curious on the level of difficulty it is to get deferred to this program
For Freshman admission? UF doesn’t offer defer admissions to freshman and it doesn’t have a waiting list. Freshman admissions is also to the University and not by college. Your choice of major doesn’t impact freshman admissions.
Many other Florida public university do defer students. They use rolling admissions and wait list.
By the way, you can look up different engineering programs, via the ASEE online profiles. Lots of info on each program, including some on admissions.
http://profiles.asee.org/profiles/7692/screen/19?school_name=University+of+Florida
You’ll notice on UF’s profile, there is no stats on the number of student that apply to engineering or the number that is accepted. Only on the number that enroll. That’s because freshman admits are free to choice whatever major they want (with the exception of a few limited access programs).
Do you mean Gator Engineering at Santa Fe? Or State College?
If so, my take is that the kids who were selected for these programs (my daughter is one of them) were incredibly close to getting a traditional admit. In 2017, only 240 kids were offered GE@SF and 58 accepted. That means less than one percent of applicants were offered this program. I think they are at the leading edge of the traditional “bubble” for admissions.
If a prospective engineering student wants to play the mighty odds on getting selected for this program (most people don’t even know it exists), make sure he/she states on their application one of the GE@SF majors: computer science, computer engineering, DAS, electrical, environmental or nuclear. (Not aerospace, biomedical or mechanical…and some others.)
I went to the information session for 2019 today and they said that this year they offered to 587 students. They are expecting a 20% yield, so that will be 120 for this program. A little scary, they SAY they can handle the volume and keep classes still intimate at 30, but we already heard from a current student that some of his classes have 40. I think I see this aspect going the wrong way unless they are truly hiring more professors and finding more space at SF.
PS: I am very high on this program, and my son already chose it and committed, I just have to be honest when I see a trend (positive or negative).
PPS: This leads to our greatest worry, there are only 48 spaces reserved for GE @ SF students at LakeSide Building 3. This means many may have to live off campus on top of all the other challenges this tract has. Thoughts on housing?
From the email response I got from the UF program coordinator, the College of Engineering offers this invitation only to those who they think would make great UF engineering students; so if you got this offer, it means while UF couldn’t admit you directly for Summer or Fall, they still wanted you so they’re still offering to admit you as a freshman (you’ll just be a UF student taking critical tracking at SF) your second semester of freshman year.
@WarEagleGatorDad I was also accepted into this program and have been battling on whether or not to accept. Can you offer any advice on why your son decided to accept? Thanks
^ what are your choices?