From what I’ve seen, Florida Days look more basic than Admitted Students Day. There’s just not a lot of information that I can find on the difference between the two events though.
This is from LAST YEAR so don’t use these dates but the description doesn’t make it sound like much.
Wasn’t your child’s SAT about 100 points below the average for UF?
Is your student a HS/AA/60 hour student?
Which dates did you get when you logged in. We signed up for Florida Days but are having a problem pulling up Preview days. Just trying to book our summer vacation and don’t want to schedule over the UF preview days. Thanks
I wish those were the dates for this year!
I thought preview days were coming out tomorrow.
You will have non-engineering classes as part of your requirements. Take those (history, 2 composition classes, 15-20 credits total). Or take classes in the Maymester that you can do on campus immediately after the spring semester.
Or if you don’t like online classes that can only be taken online (not directed at intercoastal but at all the comments above) or don’t like the summer requirement, then UF is not for you. But hundreds of thousands of UF and FSU, and UCF etc students have been figuring it out for decades. And most find it not to be an issue.
I’d say every school will have something the students (or parents) don’t like. Decide where your line in the sand is and then pick the school you can live with because some of these things like online classes and the summer credit requirement aren’t going to change.
Also - I am assuming that you need to pay the enrollment deposit to register for preview day, right? We are not 100% on UF yet, but about 95%. The main struggle is figuring out if UF is worth it when we have merit and Honors College offers from UCF and FSU. Initially, my kid only wanted UCF. Also, we haven’t even seen any of the campuses yet. Plus, we are still waiting on 3 more decisions.
Even if she were in a school in Texas and trying to get into UT Austin, with the transparent 6% accepted from every hs, she wouldn’t make the cut off. It really is the math.
My friend’s daughter attended a hs in Gainesville, one of the best in the state. I think she was ranked something like 38 with stellar scores and grades, but didn’t get in to UF because everyone at her hs wanted to go to UF since they’d all grown up with Gator everything. But UF wasn’t going to take 50 kids from the same local hs (class size was pretty big if I recall, so she was in the top 10% for sure, maybe higher).
Math. you can’t fit every qualified kid into UF
Yes she will have her AA before graduating High School.
June 25-26 or July 11-12. She was admitted as a freshman but will have her AA so I’m guessing that’s why the limited dates.
Thank you. Our daughter will also graduate high school with her AA so those will be the only dates for us as well.
Yes, those students need very specialized advising since they have so many credits so they have a special preview session.
I am graduating with my AA but have close to 20 options available for preview days. Should I pick one someone else mentioned was offered to them because of the AA?
Also, When you paid your admission deposit, did they already take the money out of anyone’s bank account? I’ve had no withdrawals from UF but I have the confirmation email I paid?
I paid with card and got the email. I just looked at my account and nothing for the transaction is there. I’m sure it’ll be there tomorrow!!
@Melissa96 : thank you so much for hanging around and answer all the questions. Truly appreciate it.
I heard they have different group that determines honors acceptance and the essay was really important. My son did a really technical essay (his strategy)…perhaps that helped him.
Previously I believe she stated first week of March is the plan for merit scholarships.
If that’s the case you may not have said yes on the AA question on the application. You really need the right session. You can call tomorrow or email freshman@admissions.ufl.edu to verify.
