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Not from what I have seen/heard. THIS VIDEO is from the September UF Board of Trustees meeting. Mary Parker, who heads up admissions, starts talking at minute 14:46; she talks about this year’s admitted and enrolled classes starting at minute 17:30. Discussion of this year’s ED process/status starts at minute 23:20 in response to questions from a Board member, and my read is that she is saying (unsurprisingly) that they are getting some super high-stat applicants in the ED pool, but also some lower stat applicants who are throwing their hats in the ring and effectively saying, I’ll come if you admit me. She was explicit that admit rates and percentage of the class admitted will depend on the number and stats of ED applicants, and they just don’t know that – most applications will come in the last couple of weeks before the deadline.
She did say that they were (at that time in early September) still getting a high number of OOS EA applicants.
DS is an OOS senior (with the grandparent tuition waiver – I am a Floridian and my family is still there). It’s been great for him. He bonded with freshman floor roommates, all of whom are from the NE weirdly (even though 80% of students are from FL); he thinks it’s bc FL kids often come in with a group of friends and the OOS-ers are more out there in the first days, looking to make connections. In any event, he has a tight group of friends and has taken advantage of the wide range of interests and activities a big place like UF can accommodate. Good luck and go Gators!
Thank you for sharing! Similar story – I was born and raised in FL and my mom is still there. We submitted grandparent waiver materials in August, the first day the portal allowed us to, so I’m really hoping we get it too. We moved around a lot (to include a stint in Gainesville when my daughter was a preschooler/kindergartner), so I think her visits to her grandmother in FL always felt like a home base to her somewhat. She lived in the northeast a lot so will enjoy getting to know people at UF from there, but her high school years have all been in Colorado. Hopefully that gives her some admissions advantage since there are fewer applicants outside the southeast and northeast. It’s great to hear that your son has thrived.