GatorAlum75

Almost wish your stats were true....off the UF Admission site:

Middle 50% of the Class
* High School GPA of 4.0 - 4.4
* SAT of 1210 - 1400
* ACT of 26 - 31

rogracer

It is hard to answer this question because Miami does not publish the Common Data Set...so the SAT scores cited above are of uncertain origin, reference to a non-specified standard. Going beyond SATs...UF does appear to have a signifcantly higher number of enrolled students in the top-10% of their HS class (76 vs 65%), but again, Miami does not quote to the Common Data Set standard.

So it really is hard to say. I'd guess UF is a little more selective, but they are likely close.

Samuelson777

whoa... i'm sorry, i was just making an educated guess based off the stats cause i'm not from florida. But I can believe that it may be harder to get into Florida over Miami.

"Almost wish your stats were true....off the UF Admission site"

Those stats were taken straight off of collegeboard.com so i thought that they would be more accurate considering they are an impartial 3rd party. Also, UMiami lists their middle 50% as higher than collegeboard's stats as well, so there is no big surprise that UF would list their own stats higher too. But I am well aware that collegeboard could be completely off.

"UF's admit rate was 36.9% whereas University of Miami had an admit rate of 38.6% for the last incoming class."

U r right. The University of Florida just passed Umiami in a lower acceptance rate just this last year. Traditionally though, Umiami had been more selective, and not being within the sphere of Floridian issues, I was relying on that stereotype, sorry.

xNYer

Common Data Set | University of Miami

Argue away.

IMHO it's like comparing apples and oranges. UM's "accepted" class is much smaller since its a much smaller school.
Also don't forget UM has Early Decision. That may skew some of their acceptance numbers.

rogracer

Thanks xNYer for correcting me. This must be the first year Miami published their data set. Comparing them, it looks like a wash in selectivity.

hawaiiboy15

Just depends on whose side you are on, lol.

xNYer

You also need to factor in how the use of the common app inflates the number of applicants a school receives. It also helps UM's selectivity.

Bu verall both schools are pretty much comparable in selectiity.
Value received.....that's a whole other thread.

SSobick

According to Kiplinger: UF is the second overall best value in all of Higher Education.

"Sun Tan U" can brag about their hearty curriculum all they want, but it still does not change the fact that UF is better for Engineering, Pre-Law, Business, Education, Pre-Med, etc...

MyOpinion

and the perennial UF trolls can not control themselves.... " Sun Tan U" ? How old are you SSbick, fifty something right ?? It shows..

gpowsang

^thats pretty harsh myopinion....in my time at CC, all i have ever seen from SSobick is his honest word and opinion, never once have I seen him OFFEND anyone.

and btw: according to his profile, he is 28, I dont think a man like him would lie about his age, so next time do a little something called THINKING before u run ur mouth

vincanity1

gpowsang, lay off MyOpinion. He's a UM troll..there is no lower form of CC scum

vincanity1

Lmao and btw, SSobick is accused of being a UF troll on the UF forum. However, this isn't the UM troll's first foray into the UF forum

gpowsang

my apologies, i didn't realize MyOpinion's level on the food chain, now i know not to waste my time in the future.

rankinr

You realize you all are being children, right?

vincanity1

He started it