Agree with @Melissa96. I think getting classes is a challenge almost everywhere, and in particular at public universities. UF is trying to maximize capacity with the different tracks and bridge programs. Innovations Academy students don’t take classes in the Fall and kids in the @SantaFe programs take critical tracking courses at Santa Fe College. I think these different programs are a reaction/solution to overcrowding and not a cause of it. UF is being more selective while adding faculty in an effort to improve its overall standing.
Its also important to look at the biases that are evident on this forum. I think it is dominated by high achievers and then parents with questions about the bridge programs, housing, financial aid. A small sliver of students are offered the
UF Honors program and research scholarship, and my guess is these are the real high flyers that UF wants to coax away from the Ivies, etc. The vast majority of students admitted on Friday (probably 90%) are like your son – typical incoming UF freshman.