As others have said, I don’t understand how they cannot determine the residency of almost a quarter of the applicants. To me, if you cannot prove that you are a Florida resident, then you are not… It looks like that group is much less likely to gain admittance, and if they are admitted, are much less likely to attend.
Maybe it is a timing thing. When those 171 students enroll, there is a binary choice of tuition cost that has to be determined. Also, since the SUS has an overall limit of OOS students, I would think that the school has to classify them at some point for the purpose of that calculation at least.
Looking forward, it will be interesting to see how the profile changes with the inclusion of both applications this year. Any predictions?