@fl1234 I think the common app will have a dramatic effect but primarily on out of state figures. I don’t see how it would change the number of applicants from Florida. Kids from Florida were applying to UF in huge numbers and I can’t imagine any were hindered in previous years because UF didn’t accept the common app. This year might be easier for in-state kids, but I don’t think it makes a big impact.
For example, according to the admissions info, Coral Reef High School in Miami, right down the road from me, had 335 applicants last year from a graduating class of around 800. More than 40 percent of the kids applied. They clearly don’t need an incentive to get more kids to apply. If you wanted UF, you did coalition or you were out of luck.
Out of state kids who may have had no other schools on the coalition app may have been dissuaded from UF because filling out another platform (coaltion) was a pain.
Yes, the common app makes it easier for thousands to apply to UF this year, but I think most of those kids are out of state.