Out of State Students...

blueskymom
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:35:41 +0000

interesting point about overall numbers and gpa…
the adcom certainly has provided themselves with so much more time to review (by ending ED and moving app date to Nov 1st) Accordingly i wonder if they will spend more time on specifics for instance
1.major selected (filling less popular ones with students who seem likely to choose UF even if GPA not as high as those who want a popular major)
2. essay - do they read them. some on this board say yes others say no. longer review perios gives them time to read them ithink. i also saw a post (maybe in this thread) who commented write an essay that bleeds orange and blue.as an oos family having visted both UF and FSU we did notice that the gator nation was prevelant . while noles were important and highly decoarted the gator feeling was one of mania) anyway i thought about this when i read the post about that essay tip thinking it was good advice for a wannabee gator!!!