UF SSTP 2018

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Yes! South Florida :slight_smile:

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UF SSTP is very hard to get in for out of state students

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I donā€™t think it really matters where did you hear thT

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I just got in yesterday but Iā€™m not sure if I should commit. Itā€™s on the MIT website so it should be pretty prestigious, but so are the other programs I applied to. I applied to RISE at Boston University and I applied to SSTP in Iowa and the SIP program at the NIH. Iā€™m not sure which ones Iā€™ll get into and most of the decisions are released next month, but I only have 9 more days to decide whether I want to attend SSTP at UF. Any thoughts or advice?

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I am not familiar with those other programs. Could you put the link where sstp is listed on mit site?

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If you are going into your senior year you should attend somewhere close to where you want to go to college so that you could get a feel for the area but if you are a sophomore then you could always do another program you are interested in next year

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Iā€™m from texas lol!

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great job dude!

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Iā€™m a junior from Korea and I got accepted on March 3rd!

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Wow how cool!!

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I also got accepted! Iā€™m not sure if Iā€™m gonna attend because I have to wait for my other programs, but Iā€™m from California. I got rejected from RSI & Simons so far hah

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@vxia12371 When did you apply to SSTP?

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Iā€™m not sure if UF SSTP is even worth it anymoreā€¦ I just found out that a bunch of my friends with no stats but just a regular 4.0 gpa got inā€¦ i think Florida Statesā€™ YSP is much more competitive than thisā€¦

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Really???

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I donā€™t know anything about FSU YSP

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Yeah SSTP is so easy to get into compared to YSP, but I think the title holds more prestige which is stupid. I think iā€™m just gonna consider this as an irrelevant program but keep it as a backup just in case I donā€™t make SSP or NIH.

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@sadindiankid SSTP-Iowa is a more prestigious program as it has only 10% acceptance rate. Many people get confused the one @Iowa with UF SSTP.

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@JKMSNJ yeah i applied for Iowa SSTP too

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I just donā€™t wanna go too far from home haha

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I attended SSTP at Iowa last year. I remember the director said it was a 10-12% acceptance rate