Dabigdawg72

UF finally released the academic profile for the class of 2009 applicants.

It is nice to see they are placing greater emphasis on Writing scores on the SAT.

The GPA percentage of those admitted last year look similar to this year, whereas this year had much tougher SAT standards. 1600-1940 only had a 37% admittance rate. Ouch.

University of Florida - Admissions

aforautumn

feels good to be in the bottom 25%

ZZZZaaacck

Wow, this makes me feel lucky to have gotten in.

andre10

Lets see... I'm in the highest catagory for UF GPA (though barely, with a 4.0), the highest catagory easily for strength of schedule (boasting 35 academic classes), and 2nd highest catagory for test scores (going under the assumption that a 31 on the ACT=2040).

85.1 + 89.3 + 71.6 = 246. 246/3= 82%

All that would make it look like I have a strong chance, but then there is that little "OOS" issue....

SSobick

2009 - Average GPA = 4.2 - 4.4
Average ACT = 29 - 31

2008 - Average GPA = 4.0 - 4.4
Average ACT = 26 - 31

andre10

Really? When I visited like 2 months ago they were using the 4.2-4.4 range, but it was unde the 08 heading. (and, espeically bizzare, they said 4.1 was the average,)

hmm...

Dabigdawg72

They have the 2008 stats until a couple days ago. When they put the new 2009 stats they initially put it under the 2008 webpage, so that wouldn't load.

I find the significant increase in ACT scores interesting. The bottom 25th percentile of ACT scores went from a 25 to a 29. That is a big jump.

I also find it interesting only 1400 of those admitted had over a 2100 SAT score while 1700 of those admitted last year had over a 1400.

I guess the writing section made a 2100 more difficult than a 1400, which makes sense in a way.

This bodes well for my honors college chances.

SSobick

"I find the significant increase in ACT scores interesting. The bottom 25th percentile of ACT scores went from a 25 to a 29. That is a big jump."

^ I agree

Not too shabby...

SSobick

I think Holistic Admissions is not so ridiculous this year because the private schools are not able to buy people off like before.

The correlation here is: the economy tanks and the quality of students admitted into public institutions improves. I wonder how good Berkeley's stats will be this year?

rockerguyasj

One thing people should also take note is that all these "Freshmen Profiles" are for ADMITTED students only, not enrolled. This obviously inflates both the GPA and Test scores, because not everyone who is admitted will eventually enroll. Most other schools that post their Freshmen Profiles use enrolled student data, not admitted...so we can't go compare apples to oranges.

With that said, in this economy, it will be expected for UF's already high matriculation rate (66%) to improve.

SSobick

I think they admitted far too many First Time in College (FTIC) Students and Transfers.

Dabigdawg72

Good point rockerguy i didn't even notice that information.

Nevertheless, it still will correlate to higher enrolled statistics.

SSobick

^ The mid point is still a 4.3 GPA and a 30 on the ACT.

That is pretty damn strong for a public university...

aforautumn

very similar to last year's stats for dartmouth.

rockerguyasj

aforautumn, yeah, but like I said you are comparing ENROLLED student data from Dartmouth and ACCEPTED student data from UF.

Trust me, either way, those are very impressive numbers, nonetheless, the actual ENROLLED numbers will be lower. UF was and is still a back-up school for some of the higher stats kids that will eventually enroll at some of the OOS elite schools. Now, if UF was funded like it should be, then its rankings will rise to the caliber of student it attracts, however, that is unfortunately not the case at the moment.