I was speaking to a friend who is at UM studying premed, he is real smart. He didn’t get into UF, he believes it was because he didn’t have any calculus. He graduated in the top 6 percent out of 1400 seniors huge school! He had over a thousand volunteer hours and even took a food allergy all the way to congress. My question is if he had calculus or didn’t put premed down as a major would he have gotten in?
Who knows why someone didn’t get in UF. It is difficult to get into UF.
What was his test score and was he in state? I am applying for Pre-Med and haven’t taken Calculus.
I do t know his test scores but I’m sure they are great! He lives in Fl, he said his mom called UF and they said something about not having calculus and his mom said she wished he never put premed down because she got the feeling they were judged harsher.
@Gator88NE is the best person on UF stuff around here, but I’m not sure the major made a huge difference (?). UF does look at course rigor - it’s one of their top priorities in admissions.
This past summer at Preview they told us the Class of 2020 was the most qualified class they ever admitted (stats wise).
My son knows some fellow engineering majors who are in Precalc (that surprised me a little) and Calc 1 (very common). So I can’t imagine that not having Calc is a deal breaker (??). That being said, preview advisers often tell the kids to not overdo it with math, and to repeat Calc if there are any doubts.
I am surprised at OP’s example with a top student at a large school.
I just called UF and they said major isn’t considered in decision, so your theory is not correct. His other issue may have been he was in state and maybe thought he viewed it as a safety?
There is no reason he should not of gotten in, he is so smart! He is at UM now’
To repeat what someone else wrote…
You guys are spinning your wheels.
As @JPGator98 said, UF doesn’t consider major in admissions.
They do consider course rigor. If pre-cal, and AP calc are offered at his high school, and he didn’t take the classes, then they may have viewed him as not taking the most rigorous class available at his school.
GPA and course rigor are very important in UF admissions, more so than ACT/SAT test scores.
Still, we have no idea how much not taking the most rigorous math course available, hurt his application. A lot of factors are considered, and then, sometimes UF still makes a mistake and folks have to appeal (last year, at least one person successful appealed)
Without knowing his test scores and SAT, it’s impossible to say why.
Miami is very selective, but I’m not sure if it’s as selective as UF. It’s an expensive private school, so they probably don’t get as many applicants. Miami used to have a reputation for being the place for “rich, B+ students from New Jersey,” though they’ve gotten more selective since then.
Miami’s stats are roughly equivalent to UF, but they have less than 1/3rd the number of students.
Miami has a lower acceptance rate and is just as hard to get into as UF. UF has that weird acceptance pattern though so idk.
As said earlier, the stats between UF and UM are about the same.
For admissions, UF puts more weight on GPA (and holistic factors), while UM puts more weight on Test scores. This would lead to UF’s enrolled freshmen having higher GPA’s (and be more likely in the top 10% of their class), but UM enrolled freshmen would have slightly higher test scores.
All of that data is available in the common data set put out by both schools.