It was sent to everyone. Means nothing.
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ok need to see if my son got the other one. He said itās the same but doesnāt make sense. so I am guessing itās the what to expect one
the virtual classes sounds horrible. No one wants to pay hefty tuition for that.
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Are a lot of the studentsā classes online at UF? Does it seem like itās beginning to be the norm or is it only sporadic?
Curious about this as well. Does anyone have an answer?
If you look at their course catalog, it seems that a lot of them are. But for a lot of classes, there are both in person and virtual options.
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UF recieved 67,784 application this year which is up 60,332 last cycle. Do you guys think the 7,452 new applications will drastically cause the admitted stats to rise, or do you think it will be an FSU situation where an increase of applications does not necessarily translate to a crazy increase of stats?
I got the āsupporting your studentā email from FSU and my daughter got in. However, I have received nothing from UF. Iām not sure any of it really means anythingā¦
Interesting. It was sent to everyone on their contact list according to the UF admissions rep above. Maybe your daughter did not put your email on her application for UF or something? Not sure.
Check your spam or maybe there is a typo in your email address. Happens.
My son is a first year and has had one online class each semester. He chose one as a gateway class to a potential dual major and another this term to fulfill a core requirement. He would probably say he learns better in a classroom but virtual classes are flexible and the two heās done didnāt have finals. They seem to be online collaborative platforms? There are lectures but they donāt seem to be the focal point. Itās like a different learning approach. But I donāt really know.
This semester all his classes (other than the online one) seem to be about 30 kids, which surprised me. Last semester he had a larger lectureāCalc 3āand a mid-size class in addition to a smaller one.
He did come in with a lot of AP credits (for 10 classes), which helped him get out of a lot of basic requirements.
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Thank you for the information. It is a bit frustrating considering tuition isnāt less for these online classes. My son attends The University of Miami and took two summer classes. They were math classes, both online, with no less cost - I find that really annoying. 
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I have begun to see them the way I saw large lectures when I was in college: something parents complained about but that I found useful to balance my coursework. Like, Iād take one s semester in my early years to have a class I didnāt have to worry about weekly reading for and cd just cram for finals. Itās not the same but I feel that it can be functionally similar.
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I canāt speak to all majors, but my daughter is a 1st year Health Sciences major and sheās had a couple of online classes each semester. I believe she chose to do it that way as she finds it nice to have a couple of online classes in the mix. For example, her microbiology class is online but the lab is in person. Her one credit EMR class is online but OChem is all in person. It seems to be working very well, I think she finds the schedule less stressful. Itās a HUGE campus and it takes some effort to get from class to class. She did come in with a lot of AP credits so she was able to skip the lower level science classes, although I think there is the option to have either online or live with those. As an OOS parent, I appreciate that they offer online particularly so she get her summer credit requirements done remotely. I know some students donāt thrive online, but I honestly think this bothers the parents more than the kids.
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My son is a sophomore in the business school and the hybrid style classes have been around since the 70ās, so nothing to do with Covid The buildings where the business school is in are historic and donāt have the ability to accommodate large lecture halls with hundreds of kids, especially for the required critical tracking classes. It is true majority of kids end up liking the hybrid format and especially for studying and review being able to rewatch lectures is so helpful. My son has loved the flexibility, especially while rushing a fraternity freshman year.
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Do you now what the stats were of the those accepted last year? Does UF provide the type of profile that FSU provided the other day when its decisions came out?
Strong Gpa , Strong Essay, Strong Extracurriculars, Low Sat - chances?
Universities donāt set tuition by how much a particular course costs them to put on but on the average of all classes, the cost of administration, cost of technology, etc. Does it cost the university more to hold a lab class than a history lecture class or an online class? Probably, but there are still the cost of the professor, the billing office, the records office, the health center, advising, etc., for the ācheaperā classes.
Do you want schools to figure out the cost of each class and bill students that way? An English class with 30 student costs $500 but one with 60 students only costs $300? (some do charge more tuition for engineering because of the high number of lab classes). The college could argue it has higher technology costs for an online class than when it just has a professor flipping on the lights in a classroom with a blackboard for an English class, or putting 200 kids in a psychology lecture.
And I agree that sometimes students want the online class or huge lecture class because they donāt want to participate in a discussion every day. Sometimes it is nice to have the convenience of online or to hide in the huge lecture class.
How low?
Yes, they do. It can be found here: Freshman Profile - The Division of Enrollment Management