UF and SAT "adversity score"

GatorDad305
Fri, 24 May 2019 14:07:35 +0000

At the moment, it doesn’t look like UF will be using the “Environmental Context Dashboard” or so-called SAT adversity score for the upcoming admissions year. According to an article in the Alligator, the school is evaluating it for future years:

"College Board piloted this new system at more than 50 colleges and universities, including Florida State University. UF was not part of the pilot and has yet to look at how it will impact admissions or how it will use the new dashboard, UF spokesperson Steve Orlando wrote in an email.

For now, UF’s knowledge of the score’s impact is fairly limited, he said. ‘We are currently evaluating its use for future years,’ Orlando said."

https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-evaluating-use-of-new-sat-adversity-score/article_f95b3b52-7b61-11e9-a51c-5f352bd9c345.html

Honestly, as the parent of a kid who lives in an affluent neighborhood that we chose because it has good schools, I’m thinking that it would be in our best interest to only submit my kid’s ACT score.