Merit Scholarships

uf2019
Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:22:08 +0000

@charlixcx My son had similar stats and received the Platinum, URSP & National Merit scholarships. They all stack. Probably the best merit scholarship in the country for any in-state student. Last year 21 students received this offer from UF but only 3 students accepted this offer which is quite surprising given that UF is the 8th ranked public school in the country. Last year my son and 3 of his friends at school received similar offers but all chose to go out of state without any scholarships to (Berkeley, UCLA, UT & Yale) computer science programs. UF is a great school but apparently some of the departments (Computer Science) are not offering the quality education of a #8 ranked institution. UF admission was the hardest to turn down for my son despite getting accepted to computer science programs @ Berkeley, Urbana, Georgia Tech, UT. I am sure that UF being a great school is aware of these issues and will soon raise the ranking of the computer science department to a level which will attract the best students to remain in Florida.