UFlorida is not generous at all with merit scholarships, particularly not generous with OOS.
The Florida schools tend to depend on Bright Futures to fund merit for many instate students. However, some of the lower ranked FL schools do give merit to try to poach some of the students from UF and FSU.
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I'm surprised their average ACT score is so high.
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The upper quartile for UF has an ACT 32+, so there’s no incentive to give an ACT 30 much or anything.
The middle quartiles for the ACT for UF is going to be highish because FL is a big state and UF is the flagship, so it can accept the best of the best.
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I asked how many OOS students were transferred and accepted into their grad schools and they admitted very few. Being a state school, I'd expect it to be in the mid-20's range.
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First of all, grad/med students aren’t “transferred in”. Transferring refers to a process that takes place mid-degree.
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This seems pretty counterintuitive to me, though. Wouldn't a school want a move diverse student population?
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State-owned med and vet schools aren’t the least bit interested in having a diverse population of students from different states, nor should they be. State med and vet schools exist for ONE purpose only…to educate doctors that will likely practice in that state. States invest a lot of money into their med schools. My son attends a state-owned med school in Alabama (instate, at UAB School of Medicine). HIs tuition is only about $27k per year, but the “real cost” of his basic tuition (not including R&B), is over $100k.
You mentioned other southern state schools, including Alabama, for which you are instate. Yes, you would get full tuition at UA for a 30 since you’re instate. But, you may not realize that Alabama is very unique because it is “extra generous” for its ranking. You’re not going to find schools that are higher ranked than Bama that will give as much for an ACT 30.
it isn’t necessary for an undergrad to have a med school. There isn’t “mixing” of undergrads and med schools. In fact, at some univs, the med schools aren’t even that close in location to the undergrads. Few publics have a med and vet school on the same campus. UFlorida does, but unless your parents are going to pay for most of the costs, it doesn’t sound like it will be affordable. States tend to “spread” their med, law, and vet schools around. For instance, in your own state, UAB and USA have med schools, UA has the Law School, and Auburn has the vet school. Miss State has the vet school, while Ole Miss has the med school. Off the top of my head, the only public that I can think of that has all three is UC Davis. There are probably some others, but I can’t think of them.
What is your situation? How much will your parents pay each year? Your parents likely know that you already qualify for free tuition at Alabama, so how willing are they to pay more for you to go elsewhere. (BTW…the top quartile at Alabama is also an ACT 32+, so you’re lucky to get free tuition for an ACT 30. 
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