Out of State Students...

doubleplay
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:27:09 +0000

I am very curious about this as well. There are two variables at play, though, which will have an impact. First is the elimination of ED. This should bring up the averages. When I look at our hs naviance scattergram, it’s obvious that lower stats students were getting in ED, while slightly higher stats students got rejected RD. But the wild card is going to be the Nov. 1 deadline. A lot of students were caught off guard on that one, especially OOS students I’m sure (because Nov. 1 is definitely out of the norm for most schools). In the past, students could apply all the way through February. Although UF says it will still consider apps after Nov. 1, how many students found out too late and just said “screw it”? I believe that in spite of the large number of apps, the number would have been larger still if the deadline was in January. And the larger the numbers, the higher the selectivity.