<p>It can’t be because these students are “dumber” than the ones in the Fall.</p>
<p>I met one of the smartest students at a summer B preview prep.</p>
<p>So, why are some students chosen for Summer B and others not?</p>
<p>Because there is not enough space for Fall, however, some are selected for the AIM Program and others (i am not sure but my counselor told me) are selected because their remedial classes and/or SAT/ACT scores.</p>
<p>Generally, yes, the summer B people are “dumber”, or put another way, they simply have weaker applications. The fall term is percieved as ideal, but there’s some attrition throughout time, so they admit people for both summer (and, less commonly mentioned, differed admission till spring). People admitted in the non-fall terms otherwise probably wouldn’t be admitted. (Though, sometimes people apply for summer admission, but generally it’s still the weaker applicants).</p>
<p>Often Summer admits are on a probation period, they need to prove they can do well at UF before Fall classes. I believe this is called provisional admission.</p>
<p>I met four people at summer B with 4.0 GPA’s and 2300 SAT scores.</p>
<p>They are not dumb or weaker in the application.</p>
<p>Summer B students are at the same university as Fall students are, so how can they be dumber?</p>
<p>A lot of kids ask specifically for summer B. Several of D’s friends started early last year, wanted to get their feet wet before fall. And, yes, they were cream of the crop applicants. Just wanted to start college early …</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>"Summer B students are at the same university as Fall students are, so how can they be dumber? "</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but after reading this sentence I have a hard time believing you’re “A Genius.”</p>
<p>But no, it’s not necessarily because they’re dumber. They just weren’t very strong applicants compared to the others who were accepted. BUT, like zebes said, a lot of smart applicants request the summer term because they have nothing else to do during the summer or they want to graduate earlier.</p>
<p>And you’re at FSU, so you’re not a genius.</p>
<p>Boom. Roasted.</p>
<p>Maybe we should stop this bullcrap of putting down other rivals and focus the top at hand. You got your question answered.</p>
<p>Don’t worry guys, he’s met 4 people, he knows a lot about the university.</p>
<p>"And you’re at FSU, so you’re not a genius.</p>
<p>Boom. Roasted."</p>
<p>Ah, but I was offered admission into UF Fall '10 rather than the summer term. Why are you getting butthurt just because you don’t like your answer?</p>
<p>Dnerd, I’m so grateful your not going to UF because you represent the pretentious irational behavior I fear of when I think about college. Not looking to argue, but to simplify what you just said…“Summer B Applicants are less qualified than Fall 10 generally”. </p>
<p>HUGE logical fallacy. Space is one of the biggest factors. UF can’t admit everyone, so they throw the other applicats they want in any other slots they possibly can admit them after reviewing all their other applicants. If someone was less qualified, they would’ve been waitlisted or rejected. Even then, there are many waitlisted/rejected applicants who were rejected for various other reasons (Competitive major, applied really late, and other variables, and many of them were overqualified)</p>
<p>You can’t group applicants, or make these conclusions because college admissions is totally unpredictable. </p>
<p>I was accepted at John Hopkins University, UF, and several other great schools but waitlisted at UCF. Does this make me a less qualified applicant? No. I applied a bit later, and there wasn’t any space less. You really can’t make such half ridiculous conclusions, and you essentially aimed to start flaming Genius which was obvious in the way you conveyed your ideals on the differences in Summer B and Fall Applicants. You seriously need to reassess why you’re going to college.</p>
<p>I know of a couple of honors kids who chose summer B to start because they were planning on doing sorority rush. Sororities are very time consuming, especially in the new member period (first couple of months) and these girls are premed students. They started summer B to knock off a couple of classes so that they could drop a class in Fall if they needed to (to maximize their GPA and free time).</p>
<p>Thank you for your post, Dracos. Your reason is the most valid I’ve read. </p>
<p>Thanks for sticking up for me. :)</p>
<p>I highly doubt this kid starting in differential equations who was admitted to Summer B is dumber than Fall starters. I highly doubt this girl with 28 credits or more and great SAT scores is dumber than Fall starters. I highly doubt the smartest teenage astronomy/physics geek with a perfect GPA is dumber.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question, Dracos.</p>
<p>I got admitted into UF Fall but got Summer at FSU. GPA wise, I was considered a “weaker” applicant (3.02 unweighted, 3.76 weighted, straight IB though) at UF but a “stronger” applicant at FSU. It’s all about space. They aren’t dumber. We’re all going to UF.</p>
<p>"Dnerd, I’m so grateful your not going to UF "</p>
<p>And so am I. I’m also grateful that I know the difference between you’re and your. The TC asked for an answer and I told him the truth… More than 80% of my class applied to UF and 79% of them were accepted. Contrary to your belief, I am not pulling things out of my ass. It’s what I’ve seen by looking in “Accepted” threads here and personally at my school.</p>
<p>You gain NOTHING by trying to insult someone on the Internet simply because you don’t like the true answer… I did not say everyone who got accepted for the summer term was dumb. It’s just that AS A WHOLE they are mostly the weaker applicants. The TC is the only one who keeps using the word “dumb.” I’m not attempting to flame anyone. I essentially echoed what zebes said… If you knew anything about flaming you’d see that that was what he did when he “roasted” (his words, not mine) me.</p>
<p>I love UF and FSU and was accepted to both, so stop trying to bring up my school decision as it’s entirely irrelevant to anything here.</p>
<p>Edit: Oh, and thanks for pointing out my grammatical errors. I didn’t know I was writing a research paper. This is a relaxed discussion. You just further prove what I said earlier “pretentious and irrational”. ;-)</p>
<p>Nice Dnerd. So, you’ve seen the whole Summer B Application pool? Your an admissions officer? You’re able to make such assumptions based on…a few people from your school, and what you’ve read on an online forum consisting of the minority of UF applicants? Really, dude? Most people accepted to UF haven’t even heard of this online forum, thus making inferences based on such small data is completely and utterly ridiculous.</p>
<p>I wasn’t trying to insult you, I was just saying that your opinions about Summer B acceptance VS Fall acceptance is full of fallacy, and it is. </p>
<p>Why do you think admissions is allowing people to change term? Erm…initially they filled up as many slots as they could, to whom ever they thought was a good fit for UF as they reviewed the applicants. They didn’t say “Oh he’s a less worthy applicant I’ll put him in Summer B”. They likely said “Well…we only have X number of slots left for ____ term and ____ term, so we’ll fill them up as we see worthy applicants and then waitlist and reject every other worthy and unworthy applicant simply due to space limitations”.</p>
<p>Well I can see that you’re personally offended…</p>
<p>Like I said, trying to attack someone on the Internet is pointless. You gain nothing unless you accept the truth. Go talk to an admissions officer yourself… They’re not going to lie to you. They had a LOT of applicants. The ones who were solid candidates got in for Fall (for the most part), and those who were slightly or much weaker got in for Summer, and those who fell a little further behind (usually those with really good grades but poor standardized test scores) got in for Spring '11. </p>
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<p>I can tell that you don’t want to carry on an intelligent conversation since all you’re doing is calling me irrational. I can make a reasonable inference by observing hundreds of posts here about acceptances and the admission terms for my classmates. That is not irrational (by definition, at least). It’s why I used the term “GENERALLY” because obviously it doesn’t apply to everyone.</p>
<p>What defines more qualified or less qualified? It’s extremely subjective. I’m calling your opinions irrational as the applicant pool, and accepted pool are far greater than what you see at College confidential, and your school. </p>
<p>Is a person with a high GPA+high test scores more qualified than someone with a lower GPA who took more AP classes? There are so many variables, many of which aren’t listed in these college confidential posts where you derive your fallacious ideals from. Extracurriculars, and the extent in which one participated in them also can’t be factored in as well from brief descriptions. </p>
<p>In my opinion, someone holding a regional position along with a 3.5 GPA, and several AP Classes with below mediocre test scores is a more qualified applicant than someone with a 4.0, decent test scores, and a few AP classes. This is my opinion. You have your opinion. Others have their own opinions, and so does admissions. </p>
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<p>Your missing the point. Did you not read was discussed on the previous page in regards to space? </p>
<p>Was I less qualified at UCF, resulting in my waitlist status? Perhaps I got lucky at John Hopkins, and UF. NO! I simply applied later.</p>
<p>Sorry for coming across as “attacking” but I’m far from doing that. I’m just greatly annoyed at your assumptions as there isn’t alot of logic in it. What you’re doing is called generalizing. ;-)</p>
<p>“What you’re doing is called generalizing”</p>
<p>No ****, sherlock. I used the words “generally” and “not necessarily” or some variation of them in the first post through my last one. specifically said that was NOT always the case. Why do you keep posting your stats (don’t care) and ignoring my valid statements?</p>