UF cuts number of transfer students

hermanns
Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:13:12 +0000

Yeah, I got real lucky and happened to apply for the first semester this happened (summer a). It would have been nice if the had announced they were doing this prior to after the application deadline like they did, or just waited and did it for next spring. I didn’t apply to other places for fall in time because the didn’t announce they were cutting transfer admissions back until after almost every good business school had already closed fall applications. I now have to wait until spring to resume school because of this. If I had been accepted into UF I would be starting my senior year in spring. Sure, the budget problems are because of the ■■■■■■■■ state, but the way UF decided to go ahead and cut back admissions like they did with practically no notice was pretty messed up. They could have waited a little bit to allow people in situations like me to not get screwed over. I am so disgusted with UF after all of this that if they called me and told me I was accepted I would tell them to shove it up their ass.

I should have applied to more places, but had there not been this cutback in admissions, I would have gotten in (they even told me that). It is not impossible to get in by any means though. It just depends what you are majoring in. They said I could still get in for ag business or liberal arts economics, but those degrees are useless for what I want to do. But for those wanting to transfer from another school into warrington, good luck, you will need it. This may turn out better for me in the end though. If I go to Indiana for finance it will be a better degree than one from UF, only downsides are cost, and I will end up graduating in the 4 full years instead of 2 1/2 like I would have if I got into UF.

I think UF is accepting more and more out of state kids because of the difference in tuition costs. The state needs to change bright futures so that it is not percentage based, and allow schools to raise tuiton a reasonable amount. The only reason I can see for them not allowing it if they don’t want to have to shell out the extra cash it will cost for each bright futures scholarship. What good are these schools for residents of florida though if they are so hard to get into?