<p>White Male from Upstate NY
GPA: 3.4
SAT: Math-620 Verbal-590 Writing-610
ACT: 26
Good Recs
Many EC’s
AP’s taken or taking: AP English Language, AP English Lit., AP US History, AP Biology.
Major: Psychology</p>
<p>Yes, if you are interested in UF then you should apply. Although your stats are on the low side for instate but I have heard that they are more lenient on those applying from out of state.</p>
<p>they’re more lenient with OOS’ers? I would have figured that they would favor Florida residents more but I’m not complaining.</p>
<p>Your stats are slightly lower than the average UF admit (they’re looking for the 4.0w, 1300 SAT with 5+ APs or IB) and your OOS chances really hurt you big time. I’d still throw in an application just to see what happens.</p>
<p>seiclan, I must disagree with you. OOS is significantly harder to get in although I encourage the OP to apply.</p>
<p>If you scroll through the old posts, from last year admits, the stats of non nmsf from OOS (admits) looked lower IMO than instate stats. I heard of one local competitive public school applicant last year that was rejected from UF, reg dec., with a 4.0 and 1340 SAT…never heard of that occuring from an OOS applicant. But, if you have inside knowledge, I defer to you.</p>
<p>Are you really sure about that? a 4.0 and 1340 is really good.</p>
<p>Yes, he went to Taravella High School in Coral Springs, Florida. Friend of a friend.</p>
<p>phuhs<em>ib</em>uf, I can’t be completely sure everything that UF is looking for, but I can tell you that AP or IB classes aren’t necessarily needed. While I’m sure they look great on a transcript I recently got accepted to UF with no AP classes, and an invitation to be a part of the honors program.</p>
<p>^^To get into honors program all you need is a 1400 SAT, 4.0 GPA, or national merit. If you’re accepted tot he university and have those, then you’re automatically in the honors program. And while it may not be necessay (I know someone going there who took just honors classes all through HS) It will definitely help.</p>
<p>OOS’ers have a much harder chance getting into UF… i wouldnt apply if i were you</p>
<p>mystic, you will never know if you don’t apply.</p>
<p>I think you should apply. UF is currently trying to make a bigger name for themselves in the country not only as a rigorous school, but as a diverse school representing more states. It makes sense to me that they would admit average OOS’ers because of this diversity issue.</p>
<p>If the $30 is a big issue to you or your parents then I wouldn’t bother, but if it’s not than you might as well with only the $30 to lose. </p>
<p>If I had to say, no, you probably wont get in, mabe 80-90% no, but you never know.</p>
<p>ignore everyone who is saying OOS is harder to get in, because of Bright Futures it is actually EASIER to get in out of state. they know they’re getting money from you AND improving diversity if you’re out of state. your GPA and SAT are still low, but you might as well give it a try and apply.</p>
<p>bright futures doesn’t hurt the college, they don’t get less money for FL applicants, the FL govt just subsidizes it for it’s own citizens. Unless you have some stats to back up what you said I sincerely doubt it.</p>
<p>Uh, you’re forgetting the fact that they get more money for Out of State students than In State regardless of Bright Futures. Out of State tuition is somewhere around $17,000, while In State is $3,000. Obviously there are no statistics to back this up, only anecdotal evidence. We could argue all day, but there’s enough of that that I am convinced that OOS status is not detrimental and may even be a plus if you’re coming from an underrepresented state. The OP personally might not benefit since he is from New York (although I know several people from NY and NJ who were accepted with no special hooks and stats well below the median), but they want to get students from all 50 states for publicity purposes, and let’s face it, you don’t have as much competition applying from Idaho as you do if you’re applying from Miami.</p>