<p>Middle 50% of the Class</p>
<ul>
<li><p>High School GPA: 3.9 - 4.4</p></li>
<li><p>SAT (old version): 1220 - 1390</p></li>
</ul>
<p>FSU's Freshman Profile</p>
<p>Median GPA: 3.59</p>
<p>Median SAT (old version): 1169</p>
<p>off of the Princeton Review</p>
<p>Ooh. We pwn.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I completely trust the data posted on the admission's office web page...it historically doesn't agree exactly with the data from UF's Office of Institutional Research in the Common Data Set...and the 2006 data has not been published yet in the CDS format. Also...I don't like the new page format hat doesn't show % of students in top 10% of class, number of AP classes, among other things...</p>
<p>of those admitted for 2006, </p>
<p>94.3% had SAT scores of 1000+<br>
69.2% 1200+
17.1% 1400+ (1681/9859) </p>
<p>so if 1220 is the bottom of the middle 50%, 75% should have a 1220 or higher. But according to the admission rates based on SATs, among those admitted, less than 70% had a 1200 or higher. How?</p>
<p>It does seem that the lower bound of the middle 50% should have been less than 1220. In fact, it should be less than 1200 since 30.8% of those admitted scored less than 1200. A case of honest mistake?</p>
<p>More telling is perhaps the percentage of successful applicants:
2004: 50.48%
2005: 55.3%
2006: 48.4%</p>
<p>which is consistent with the claim that it's tougher to get into UF now than before.</p>
<p>It's probably got more to do with the fact that this year they were making up for the hugely bloated 2005 class by admitting one of their smallest classes in years.</p>
<p>Like I was saying, I wouldn't place too much stock in the data on the admissions office web page. </p>
<p>Here is a link to the common data set for UF:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data.htm</a></p>
<p>Notice the 2006-2007 data has not yet been released yet.</p>
<p>It is interesting to poke around and look at he changes over the years. Most telling (to me) is the percentage of kids in the top 10% of the class...it has gone up dramatically in the last few years (69% in 1999 to 84% in 2006)..and I believe that number will be higher this year.</p>
<p>^^ I didn't see that 84% figure. For 2004-2005 it was 81%.</p>
<p>Interesting that anyone who is in the top 5% of their HS class in Florida is a guaranteed admit.</p>
<p>Is that true about the top 5% automatically getting in?</p>
<p>The new program, effective this year, guarantees admission to the top 5 percent of the graduating seniors in all public high schools in the state. These students will be expected to complete the application process and must have completed the necessary core courses satisfactorily. In most cases, these graduating seniors will have done so and will therefore, be guaranteed admissions to the University of Florida.</p>
<p>OMG, this is AMAZING!!!</p>
<p>is it top 5% at the end of junior year, middle of the senior year, or at graduation?</p>
<p>that article was posted in 2002...where does it say it will be effective in 2006</p>
<p>From 2005 Application guide</p>
<p>Note: Florida public high school students graduating in the top 5% and completing the college preparatory curriculum are guaranteed admission to UF.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data/firstadmis.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data/firstadmis.htm</a></p>
<p>Also it is featured on page 11 of the 2005-2006 common data set, <a href="http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data/cds2005-06.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data/cds2005-06.pdf</a></p>
<p>Another interesting tidbit is found on this page from the office of Institutional Planning and Research:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/admiss.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/admiss.htm</a></p>
<p>Click on table VII-2 and you can see the SAT scores over the last 15 years of beginning freshman. For fall 2005, the middle 50% was:</p>
<p>Verbal: 600-700
Math 620-710</p>
<p>It is interesting that data in this table shows higher scores than what is on the admissions office web page or the Common Data Set.</p>
<p>It's hard to say, but it may be because data in table VII-2 excludes students who are required to enroll in a summer session prior to offical admission in the fall.</p>
<p>This page will also show the 2004 & 2005 profiles. It's shocking how UF has improved over the last six years.</p>
<p>I think the standards have risen due to Bright Futures. Why would any Florida resident want to go anywhere else when they can get their education paid for at 100% at a great school. Some of the students that would have otherwise applied at top tier schools in the past now apply at UF.... and since UF only has so many spots open to Freshmen it makes it alot more competitive to get in. Now that so many MORE students are applying to UF with HIGHER GPA and SAT scores the numbers have risen, and with so much competition the kids with lower SAT scores and GPA's are not getting in, even if they were still great students.
Our son was in IB here in Gainesville, and will start UF next mos. and he saw several of his friends rejected from UF that were in IB and in Advanced classes all through school. These kids will go to Santa Fe and hopefully be able to transfer to UF their Junior year. Even Transfering in isn't as easy as it used to be.</p>
<p>UF did, however, cut the national merit scholarship from $24,000 to $5,000.</p>
<p>"UF did, however, cut the national merit scholarship from $24,000 to $5,000"</p>
<p>That DOES NOT apply to the class of 2006.</p>
<p>ryguy, my son received a letter from the state saying that since he was in the top 5% of his class, he's guaranteed acceptance at "one of Florida's state universities". It goes on to say that it may not be the university of his choice, but it will be ...... one of Florida's state universities. I don't have the letter in front of me right now, and I forget the name of the program. He got the letter during the winter, before graduation. (He had actually already been accepted to UF through early decision).</p>