She should be able to withdraw through her portal. If not, email admissions. You should also email housing as they typically operate independently.
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She had already clicked âAttendingâ so there is no longer an option to select âNot Attendingâ. Iâll have her poke around her portal again after school today and see if there is something obvious she is not seeing yet. If not, Iâll just have her email admissions and see what they say. Thanks for your help!
In that case just email admission. You canât change the form after submission.
Also make sure housing knows. There was a long discussion on housing being separate and billing separately. So make sure both admissions and housing know sheâs not coming.
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Yeah, no harm in letting them know as well.
S24 just committed on Tuesday! We are so excited and heâs very happy (and nervous). Purchased our season football tickets! How are OOS kids finding roommates? Any information on preferred dorms these days? Thanks and Go Gators!
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I believe that there is an instagram page for finding roommates.
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Just did the admitted student tour and would like to share our experience as OOS. Great things: perfect day on a beautiful campus seeing students walking, biking, scootering around and doing lunches out on the lawns. Was able to meet up with a senior through personal connections. The student guide was very enthusiastic and helpful. Not so impressed or wish-moreâs: All tour guides are IS except for one and we did not get him. Cheap draw string bag with a couple of tiny stickers. No college specific tours- which we are very disappointed. We would really have appreciated some in person interactions and some showcasing from the specific college. We came a long way and needed a little extra convincing. Honestly, this tour was not even as good as some other schoolâs general campus tours. Nothing to set it apart as âadmittedâ student tour.
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We had a simliar experience. I didnât find anything special with the main admitted student tour. While the tour guides didnât âwowâ me, I donât know what more I could have expected from them. However, we found that meeting with a representative of the department that my kid is interested in to be very helpful. To do this, you just needed to email the college/department ahead of time. I wish the âswag bagâ included a meal voucher (like at FSU). But like you said, it only included stickers and a pen. Having said this, my kid is still planning to choose UF (most likely) . I would have loved to go to Florida Days, but could not get to Florida on one of the available dates.
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Yes, I agree the âgeneralâ tours are not that great. We did an engineering tour last year, which sold us.
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Yes, Florida Days would have been better for you. I agree the UF admitted tour was just ok, FSU regular tour was better than UF for sure.
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Heads Up! Download the Gator Nation app.
Itâs for both students and alumni. The alumni association also has student memberships. Itâll give you access to the Gator magazine, campus maps, resources on campus and a virtual copy of the F book. You donât need to be a member to download and access the info.
The F-book is sort of a scavenger hunt list of traditions, events and places that every Gator should experience during their time at UF. They used to have a hard copy years ago but not sure they still provide one. The link to hardcopy pdf has all the fight songs etc. that the virtual one is missing.
Some of what you want to do/see will be available on preview days which is when incoming students go to full day programs and register for their classes. Parents do not need to attend but mayâthey have their own program separate from students. If I remember correctly the info and ability to go to specific college tours is similar to Florida days. (I went on a tour of the business school out of pure curiosityâmy kid wasnât doing business. But I wouldâve signed up myself after the tour!)
When attendance is confirmed the student will be able to set up their gator link and register for previewâdates May-July depending on which term the student starts. Note that classes do fill up so earlier preview dates are more desireable if they fit in your schedule.
https://welcome.ufl.edu/orientation/first-year/
http://emilyfbrooks.com/uniquecodexdigitization/documents/FinalFBook.pdf
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FWIW, my kid did reach out to two departments he was interested in at UF last year when he was deciding and got helpful responses from both â just in case there were specific questions you were hoping to get answered.
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A question about meal plans.
It appears the only options available are a meal swipe plan (unlimited, 14, or 10) OR skip the meal plan and go for a declining balance.
Flex-only plans (375 or 770) are only available to commuter students. Is that correct?
Based on feedback here and elsewhere, it appears that many do not recommend the meal swipe plan and instead recommend the declining balance??
TIA
There is another optionâpay as you go and skip the meal plan altogether. Beyond that go for declining balance which affords more flexibility. Note a âswipeâ at a dining hall costs the same if you grab an apple or a full meal.
Some of this depends on your kidâhow much they eat, where their living location is in relation to dining halls, activities/schedules. Resident facilities.
The meal plan is very expensive unless a student takes full advantage of it. That means using it for all meals on a weekly basis. And that just does not happen for most. Itâll be inconvenient, your kid isnât eating much anyway or skipping meals at a dining hall for closer options (for a lot of reasons), they want to dine with friends at outside restaurants, hours of the dining hall doesnât match their schedules. They just make something and eat in the dorm (all dorms have kitchen areas and you can have a small refrigerator in your room.)
Note that residential meal plans are a TWO semester commitment. You canât try it out just for Fall and decideâyou are automatically signed up for Spring also.
I believe the declining balance will carry over every semesterâmore like a reloading card that you can add onto when the balance gets low. If anything go that route.
All that said if your kid is one that chows down at every mealâthen you can consider the meal plan.
We did neither. Signed up son for a CC to take care of all (we got the statements) and he used it for whatever was needed. That worked well but really depends on your kids. He mostly fixed his own meals.
And now there is a Publix right downtown. The meal plan site makes it sound like you donât have easy access to groceries unless you have a car but that simply is not true. You can easily walk or ride a bike to get groceries from most areas. Nobody is starving no matter where they are.
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Thank you! This is very helpful. I assume the local Publix does not accept the declining balance?
Good tips and thank you.
No. Itâs just a regular Publix with no affiliation or contract with UF. Itâs a very convenient location. But honestly the busses (mostly free for students) run all over town and down to the mall and Butler plaza which has a lot of stores (including Trader Joes). But my kid liked to cook, we got a small fridge/freezer for his room and with very limited supplies he did pretty well.
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LOL. Iâm just going to add this â maybe times have changed too much by now but I found out that not everything has changed. One of my sonâs favorite way to meet people in the dorm initially (there was a common area) was a Monopoly game. I loaded him up with a few old board games (to be forever sacrificed to the cause). Iâm not sure that game was ever actually finished. Think it lasted a few weeks at least. And all the board games became part of a hall âlibraryâ. He set it up in a common area in the dorm he was in and found that kids would always check in. They would play (taking over different characters), sit and talk, etc.
Just saying that if your kid likes board games and is social in any way then send them off with easy games and instructions to just hang out and invite kids to play. So easy to meet people stress free in a dorm.