UF doesn’t admit by major so he can change (except for some fine arts majors that require auditions). Go for it.
Thank you, that is very helpful and reassuring to know!
My son is a sophomore in the business school. All the classes that were listed as 100% online all had an in person lecture that was recorded. The actual time/days/classroom were in Canvas, so he could attend if he wanted to. The issue is the room is limited to how many kids can fit, so the rest can only see the recorded lecture. Reality is most kids enjoy the flexibility of the recorded lectures and being able to rewatch to review material. And the ability to miss a lecture without consequence. This is not a Covid online thing, UF has been doing this format for decades
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I believe his class rank of 25th percentile is what hurt him.
Not the rank as a hard number but what it tells UF about his rigor compared to his classmates.
With a 4.0 unweighted GPA the only way anyone can have a higher GPA is by taking more rigorous classes and doing well in them. Honors and College level AP/AICE/IB/DE, which 25% of his senior class did.
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Grade inflation problems. Just because of a good test score, no one should expect to get into UF with ranking not in top 10% or so unless a magnet or prep school.
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In contrast, my son got into honors. His UW GPA is a 3.9 UW and he’s in the top 4% w/in his class. He’s in a top rated NorCal public school. All A’s are earned…
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I don’t know. I’m at 21% and got it.
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Congratulations again on being accepted
You were still in the middle 50% on GPA which means you had good rigor to have the 4.45 weighted even with 21% class rank, by chance do you come from a small school. For example my kids HS graduating classes had around 600 students and nope not 150 had 4.4 plus GPAs maybe half did
Being from Washington, Geography is considered, may have helped with not that many apps from there compared to NY or NJ
Your essay while you rank it a 7, UF could of loved it and essay’s are very important in CDS
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In your case, you are OOS right? and probably not a lot of the top 20% (the one ranked ahead of you) applied to UF at your school. If one is in-state, I would assume a lot more of the kids in the top 20-25% of that class will be applying to the state’s flagship school, and here is where competition comes in and why OOS 21% can get in but in-state 25% get rejected. JMHO.
My posts keep getting flagged. I guess they don’t like the fact that I expressed that some were all in for UF until they got rejected, then they wanted to complain
The bottom line is UF is a great school, and you have to assume when you apply to a great school, there’s a chance you’re not going to get admitted. Our daughter got rejected from one of her top schools, but she moved on from the rejection. In life, you have to be able to just accept that sometimes things aren’t going to work out exactly your way. All of these kids will wind up where they are meant to be.
There is a very helpful person on this thread, who may be affiliated with the University of Florida. If you have questions, someone like this person can be a valuable resource for your questions. However, keep it classy because, how do you think this person feels reading the negative stuff? Does anyone actually think schools enjoy having to reject kids?
Best of luck to all; it will work out in the end.
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So I just heard from admissions and I was told that every student will get an email on 02/29 regarding tours and Florida days. I’m not sure why I was able to see those April dates when I logged into the link posted by Ae1231 up above. On I’m on 02/29 - they will announce some March dates.
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I think the online classes are a concern a lot of people have. Some people are ok with them, but for people who are not I can imagine it would be a problem.
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March dates available now
Thanks! Unfortunately not the march date I need - ugh!
Where are you seeing this?
If my kiddo worked that hard I would be very upset too. I don’t know if he “should” have gotten in or not, but in your shoes I would have expected it and would feel exactly the same way. I wish people could have more compassion for you and how difficult it is to see a child work so very hard, especially during covid- just keep the stamina up to perform at that level and then to see them disappointed.
My son didn’t get into UF or our state flagship, but I knew it was because he didn’t have the high stats required for OOS, and for our flagship I knew it was because our high school is so strong with so many competitive kids who got into the flagship that as talented as my son is, it wasn’t a guarantee. My son was strong enough to APPLY to UF without the guidance counselor laughing at him or saying it was throwing money away- but I didn’t expect it.
In your case, I would have had a reasonable expectation it was likely AND if my kiddo’s heart was set on it I would be so disappointed and let down. Asking “what more could he have possibly done?” Maybe there is a reason, but how you are are feeling is completely understandable and predictable. I would be upset too.
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A lot of the online classes are the professor does one live class that is taped and students have the option of going to it or watch at their convenience.
Many students like this option because you can pause and rewatch the lectures while studying and taking notes
That was probably it if anything. There are 19 in my graduating class, and I am 4/19. But that was based on unweighted. Would be 1 if it were weighted.
I would have LOVED that as a student, I wish they had had that when I went to school. For my son it would be a disaster but I was such an independent learner and studier- would have been a dream.
doing this from my PC not phone - email from yesterday “opportunities await” - hit link “step forward” - scroll down to “Register for Admitted Student Events” and log into their admissions account using their email and admissions pw. It appeared they opened at 9:00 because when i was in before 9:00 they were not there
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