University of Florida (UF) (2024-2025)

[fossil saffron]

which only has doubles

[topaz stirrup]

I do not I fear

[fossil saffron]

Yoooo

I got into uwf

[native oak]

I took a few classes from them - they’re solid!

[fossil saffron]

Nice

[fossil saffron]

hello uf people

[obtuse olive]

wassup

[native oak]

Darn ye, professors who gave work over thanksgiving break

I have three major projects due plus an exam immediately when I come back

[hazy shuttle]

Assignment on sunday, exam on monday 🔥

[tired dawn]

do you know if haivng a grandparent waiver qualifies you for benacquisto or nah

[native oak]

I don’t believe they’re linked, but grandparent waiver stuff all gets decided by the Residency team over at Housing

Just want to say this made my morning to wake up to! Thank you so so much! Experiences like this are what make being an SAO so so worth it.

[upper rivet]

what’s the avg gpa for UF

[obtuse olive]

for the 2024 admitted students wasn’t it 4.5-4.7

[upper rivet]

oh is that weighted

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah

[upper rivet]

What’s unweightedt hen

my school’s highest is 4.0

[topaz stirrup]

UF doesn’t report unweighted

[upper rivet]

oh

my school doesn’t have weighted

[topaz stirrup]

UF will recalculate your GPA for you

[native oak]

Easy way to calculate:

• honors, pre-AP, Pre-IB, Pre AICE gets a .5 additional weight
• AP, IB, Aice, Dual Enrollment, etc gets a 1.0 additional weight

[upper rivet]

do you work at UF??

[topaz stirrup]

No, she’s a student admissions officer

[upper rivet]

oh

sneak me into UF pls /jk

[native oak]

You can always come on a campus tour or download the GatorWay app to take one remotely 😉

[upper rivet]

I’m only interested since UF gives full rides ngl

[topaz stirrup]

What other schools are you looking at?

[upper rivet]

mostly in state schools

since cheapest options

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah that’s smart

UF might be around the same OOS as your in state schools

Just depends on the schools

[upper rivet]

mine are like around 25k

[topaz stirrup]

I think UF’s tuition is like 28k or something OOS

[upper rivet]

just tuition? 25k is like the total cost for in state

[topaz stirrup]

yeah 28k for tuition and then ~7200/yr for housing

[sullen bobcat]

r u NMS?

[upper rivet]

What’s that

[upper rivet]

Oh why so cheap

[sullen bobcat]

UF gives full ride to FL nat'l merit scholars

[native oak]

It is. (Had to stare at said amount while working on an assignment)

[upper rivet]

I’m not from Florida tho so

could I still get full ride

[sullen bobcat]

Check out the OOS section of https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/

[native oak]

Gracie and I aren’t financial aid officers soooo we are not your best source of info on that

[upper rivet]

yeah

[fossil saffron]

id say no

but idk

[native oak]

For y’all who are keen on stats: these were the stats for my admittance class

||(how did I find these? Seasonal Affective Disorder aka the winter blues makes one start looking through old texts lol)||

[strange gull]

i gave up on stats after august. i just need to be IN the stats now.

[topaz stirrup]

It’s great to be a Florida gator!!!!!!!!!!! 🐊

It’s great to be a winning Florida gator too 🧡💙

[hazy shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/alligator-cuddle-gator-bed-hug-gif-4412474

[reef shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-bark-gif-20068634

[fossil saffron]

fsu kid detected

opinion rejected

https://tenor.com/view/petting-aligator-crocodile-gif-25954785

[topaz stirrup]

still thinking about the win 🐊 go gators

[obtuse olive]

anxious for decision day

55 days yall

[fossil saffron]

if i dont get into uf i may have to go the dark side

fsu

[fossil saffron]

how does uf calculate their gpa

for hs students

cuz chatgpt says i have a 4.3 but i think thats wrong

[jaunty birch]

Not sure but maybe check your bright futures gpa?

[fossil saffron]

idk what it is

[topaz stirrup]

@fossil saffron

You could calculate it yourself

It’s just inconvenient to do

[native oak]

Excel sheets, my friends

[fossil saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/excel-beloved-ms-microsoft-ms-excel-gif-4509325020295107854

[fossil saffron]

is it the same gpa as the bright futures 16 credit one?

[reef shuttle]

yes

[obtuse olive]

wait so if aice/ap is weighted 1.0 above regular, does that mean a b would be a 4.0, c would be a 3.0, etc

that’s what i thought it meant but my friend said he thought to recalc you had to divide 5.0 by 4 for each next grade letter down i.e an a is 5.0, b is 3.75, c is 2.50 etc

i hope i recalculated my gpa right because it ended up being a 4.53 only with core classes, which isn’t that damn bad

[reef shuttle]

this is diabolical

[reef shuttle]

this is correct, but do note that no extra weight is given after C so a D would just be 1.0

[obtuse olive]

wait till you find out this is how my school district does it

[topaz stirrup]

Buddy isn’t making it into UF..

[obtuse olive]

LOLLL

THATS SO MEAN OMG

it was a genuine mistake bc that’s genuinely how my district calculates our grades lmao

on a 6.0 scale too

[topaz stirrup]

Ohh okay

https://tenor.com/view/jiminoreo-gif-9709957519444977411

[reef shuttle]

foul

mine also did 6.0 but just 6.0 5.0 4.0 for ABC

[obtuse olive]

ik lmao it’s tragic

guys am i making it into uf i can’t

[topaz stirrup]

Mine had a 5.0 scale for weighted but the most you could get was a 4.8 I think because we had mandatory non-honors classes like religion + spanish

#privateschool

[topaz stirrup]

you will

and even if you don’t life will still go on

[obtuse olive]

thank u gracie ily 🫶

[native oak]

Yes

[fossil saffron]

should i use my bright futures money to buy nitro

[fossil saffron]

same

my school has no spanish honors

so like

the legal maximum bright futures gpa i could get is

4.875

Ok so

My bf gpa is a 4.41

[obtuse olive]

yes

[fossil saffron]

yes

so

4.41, 1420 SAT

i am cooked

[obtuse olive]

nah that’s like p good

[fossil saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/autism-2b2t-gif-10499383978143602284

me and the homies (we got 4.0 unweighed gpas)

[upper rivet]

did you get all A’s

[fossil saffron]

yes

every course i reported had an A

[tired dawn]

u are chilling

[fossil saffron]

how are you an lsat demon

lsats are in 5 years for you

[obtuse olive]

a good portion of my classes are b’s

maybe 30%

rest are all a’s

but i took lots of aice classes, and most of my b’s were in honors classes

[tired dawn]

176 on june 2007 which is a common practice/diagnostic test

i was bored

it was with lg tho so my actual might be lower

[fossil saffron]

ynw

lemme take the lsat once i finish my calc homework

lets see if i can hit perfect

[tired dawn]

lowkey its a glorified iq test

thats studyable

the question type is pretty similar

go for it

[native oak]

Good luck trying to get that lol

[fossil saffron]

isnt it direct deposit

https://tenor.com/view/-gif-4470566

im kidding by the way

for all of you wondering

this is a joke

im not gonna use my bright futures money for nitro

now my benaquisto money... thats a different story

Since i get just over 2K for "personal expenses"

hmm

sounds like nitro to me

Theres also 1.6k for transportation

doesnt uf have busses?

[topaz stirrup]

You can’t

It automatically pays for your tuition

[fossil saffron]

aw

sad

but like

[topaz stirrup]

all scholarships go towards paying off your balances whenever the funds land in your account

[fossil saffron]

so

[topaz stirrup]

and then if there’s extra u get to keep it

[fossil saffron]

THEN THAT EXTRA...

Nitro!!!

Boosting A2C!!!

[topaz stirrup]

but like there would only be extra depending on the dorm u get I think

[fossil saffron]

theres "transportation"

which is to cover 3 round trips to miami per 2 semester

by car

[topaz stirrup]

That’s not a payment you have to make tho

[fossil saffron]

exactly

transportation... sounds like discord nitro

[native oak]

Yeah no that’s only for decals

[fossil saffron]

1.6K for decals?

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

welp

nitro here i come!

[topaz stirrup]

Celeste, I’m heading over to warrington to print the handbook out as soon as my bf gets back from class

😁

He was going to go with me as soon as he finished his thing but then 8pm become 10pm .. then 11:30pm …..

[fossil saffron]

also just a question

do they give the SAOs anything?

does it like get you lower costs for anything or is it just

slavery

wait

for all the national merit finalists i have some great news

i was reading through the benaquisto docs

and apperantly oos kids can get benaquisto

it covers the in state tuition

so like lets say out of state kids pay 50K and in state kids pay 30k

then benaquisto covers 30k

and you only have to pay 20k

[topaz stirrup]

uhhhhh

I fear in state tuition is 6k and oos is 28k

which is still better than nothing but

still kinda a drop on the bucket

[fossil saffron]

not tuition

the full in state coa

22278 would be their total final responsibility (estimated)

[native oak]

Back when I was a freshman we used to have to pay dues (I think it was 25 for new members and 15 for returning) but then UF SG restructured club funding guidelines and now there are no required dues, just the same participation requirements

We get polo and nametag (polo gets returned when we graduate, you get to keep the nametag tho) and then I think we’re covering the cost for T-shirts this year

Plus food vouchers sometimes when we work events

[fossil saffron]

so you just like

get nothing

its giving enslaved

[tired dawn]

where

show me

[topaz stirrup]

Ohhhhh

[fossil saffron]

read the benaquisto docs

[tired dawn]

i did they say oos cant get benacquisto anymore

also if i have a grandparent waiver and youre not trolling me how does benacquisto work for me

[fossil saffron]

oh

not anymore ig

im stupid

i saw it in a doc somewhere

may have been outdated

[fossil saffron]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ufl/comments/1h3un4x/to_the_guy_i_saw_wearing_a_maid_dress_at_dunkin/

Gainseville activities

[ancient goblet]

This was one of the reasons I originally chose UF 🔥

bang for your buck is crazy there

[obtuse olive]

that is certainly NOT a reason to choose NYU

[ancient goblet]

I couldn’t pass up on NYU like that

[obtuse olive]

yall post your spotify wrapped rn

[ancient goblet]

I think there's a thread for that

[raw zephyr]

Cool thing is there's an exception, basically if your grandparents live in Florida you count as in-state.

[topaz stirrup]

yall look at how the sky looked on my way to work

[topaz stirrup]

You have to apply for the waiver!

So it’s like a scholarship basically

But still 100% worth trying to go for it, I don’t think it’s SUPER competitive. It’s not like UF honors level of competition for example

[raw zephyr]

From what I hear you don't really fail it, so it's less of a scholarship

[sullen bobcat]

I read grandparent waiver is 1st come 1st serve.

[raw zephyr]

Interesting, I guess I'll look into it more.,

[topaz stirrup]

idk much about it but some kid told me he had to earn it so I dont relaly know what he meant by that tbh

[topaz stirrup]

this was lowkey freaky but as i got closer to work i realized it was just airplane exhaust or wtvr

[native oak]

(There’s only so many waivers available, so it is a tad competitive. Don’t worry, Melissa went over this the GBM prior to retreat lol)

The only answers you’ll really get from us in admissions is check with Housing’s Residence team

https://admissions.ufl.edu/cost-and-aid/residency

Also if you live in Florida (and are above the age of 18), buy lottery tickets because it helps cover some of our tuition under Bright Futures 🙃

[jaunty birch]

Literally socialism 😔

[native oak]

Ooookay then

[topaz stirrup]

this made me laugh

[native oak]

Anyone in Broward county, I’m doing the AAG tonight with your AO Chelsea and she is a QUEEN

ALSO honors and IA decisions will be given with your early action decision

[native oak]

AP/Ib etc, you can bring in up to 45 credits

DE/community college you can bring in up to 60

[pseudo orbit]

avg cuban talking about the govenrment

[fossil saffron]

me under the age of 18 preparing to buy lottery tickets so we can all get tuition: i definentally do not condone this

lord i beg you let me in

LEMME IN

[fossil saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/sports-sportsmanias-cfb-college-football-tailgate-team-gif-27176654

hit the gator griddy

[fossil saffron]

i need to be accepted

now

[fossil saffron]

The F in UF stands for Fein

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1298455559917539399/1314007342861520976/ScreenRecording_12-04-2024_15-15-04_1.mov?ex=67542e73&is=6752dcf3&hm=7ecc87d0bf55912af89fbce7cdd984355eab9dee0bada913377f1d091a5369d2&

[fossil saffron]

dead chat xD

[hazy shuttle]

ecks dee

[obtuse olive]

reviving

[sullen bobcat]

To the current student, good luck with the finals.

To the prospective students, good luck with your midterms.

[reef shuttle]

in the trenches

[native oak]

…?

[fossil saffron]

no

not at all

it doesnt matter

yes

they literally

give

absolutely

0

shits

they care 0

ok and?

no

but

stop dooming

your fine

uf doesnt accept students who are dooming

they monitor r/a2c, r/chanceme, a2c discord, r/sat, khan academy, essay help channels. they have people stationed everywhere to stop you from dooming. your own dog may be on the doom patrol. never doom.

[obtuse olive]

this has to be satire

[fossil saffron]

no it isnt

i dont satire

[obtuse olive]

you satire quite often it seems

[fossil saffron]

well

thats not satire

alot of unis have doom patros now

uf

harvard

mit

i know the UCs are doom blind

and stanford is doom optional

same with duke - their doom optional too

[reef shuttle]

USF decisions come out today for those who applied

[native oak]

Okay Doctor Doom

Gracie and I are here cause we wanna be, not as spies

Or at least I am, y’all’ve gotten Gracie for a while

[topaz stirrup]

I’m a UF sleeper agent

Sorry guys

[reef shuttle]

im actually the real sleeper agent

this whole FSU thing was my guise

[fossil saffron]

that sounds what a doom spy would say

everyone dont doom in front of celeste

[hazy shuttle]

how’d you figure it out

[frozen perch]

generally need-aware/need-blind doesn't matter for schools that dont guarantee that they'll cover full need

also if you're an american citizen/permanent resident, next to no college is going to reject you for finances

[shadow spade]

despite being OOS?

[shadow spade]

thanks thats a relief

[strange gull]

i hate that uf ea decisions come out so much later than most ea/ed decisions. did they do that bc they knew they'd have so many ea applicants?

[native oak]

It’s earlier than we did decisions in past years. It used to be last Friday in February

[sullen bobcat]

https://ufl.campusesp.com/posts/387

[strange gull]

that's crazy 😭

[obtuse olive]

[untold finch]

Why didn’t y’all have ea last year 😦

[reef shuttle]

they’re lining up with “peer schools” like UNC, UVA, and UMich

[obtuse olive]

44 days🥲

halloween was nearly 44 days ago, for reference

[native oak]

I AM DONE WITH FINALS

just some last bits of stuff to turn in for my Adobe class and I am done with the semester!

[strange gull]

actually im so glad uf decisions are on a friday bc coming to school after these florida school decisions come out has been... an experience

[ancient goblet]

What day is the decision?

[strange gull]

I think jan 24th?

6pm est probably

[ancient goblet]

Oh ok

Last year was February 23 for me

[reef shuttle]

yeah ive heard secondhand from my sister

USF decisions came out yesterday, FSU comes out tomorrow

kids be asking everybody and their mother if they got in

[native oak]

Jan 24th for EA. Gives you buffer to upload more stuff if you get deferred since materials deadline for RD isn’t until the 31st

[untold finch]

You’ll know if they post on instagram

[native oak]

This

[reef shuttle]

me personally i stayed mysterious

didnt post about acceptances

[pseudo orbit]

is that expected?

[reef shuttle]

depends on the persons social media presence

if theyre active, then generally yes

[native oak]

Also anyone complaining about getting St. Pete campus grinds my gears, cause the city is beautiful and Tampa frightens me more with all the violence

[reef shuttle]

i ended up applying for tampa campus but was strongly considering st pete

[strange gull]

the experience I'm referring to is all the crying from people who got rejected 😭
-# the avg sat score at my school is <1000, so...

[strange gull]

tbf this one girl got st. pete and her major isn't even offered there. so that was kinda weird?

[native oak]

It might be that a majority of her classes except for a few (IE econ) would take place in St. Pete

[strange gull]

that's weird. do you happen to know how someone could find that out?

[reef shuttle]

there’s a document on the site about which majors are offered where

[reef shuttle]

my school is pretty decent (average sat of 1080) but even still my sister said plenty of people got deferred from ucf

fsu is always a bloodbath for us, it’s even worse than uf

[topaz stirrup]

tbh call and ask

I was the only one who got into uf and fsu through first-year applications (one kid transferred to fsu technically)

academic weapon fr (I would be above average at best at any normal hs)

[strange gull]

girl with an 800 sat has been rejected from every fl university so far and is counting on an fsu acceptance tonight.... i do NOT want to see her tomorrow

[native oak]

800?!?

[ancient goblet]

I wonder if I would’ve gotten into FSU

I only applied to UF and got in to the main campus

[fossil saffron]

prob yeah honestly

[ancient goblet]

Yeah lol

[fossil saffron]

also i got into another florida safety

UF

[reef shuttle]

skull

[reef shuttle]

that’s bold lol

[fossil saffron]

not uf

fuck

stetson

i meant stetson

[reef shuttle]

my school doesn’t send many kids to fsu, but a lot of the uf kids apply to ucf and/or usf as their safety

[reef shuttle]

stetson is very nice

[fossil saffron]

yuh

[reef shuttle]

did they offer you a scholarship

[fossil saffron]

not yet

they said wait 2 weeks

[reef shuttle]

they almost certainly will i’d think

[fossil saffron]

and also i got in conditionally

but i did the condition

(spanish requirement)

[reef shuttle]

hmph

[fossil saffron]

i have an 87 in spanish rn (mom hates me for it)

[ancient goblet]

Lol

[topaz stirrup]

UF only has the main campus but yeah you’d likely get into both

Some people get into one and not the other but i think both schools look for the same “type” of student so you’d prob be fine

[topaz stirrup]

nice!! Stetson was one of mine too

they gave me 34k/yr but still not enough to even consider going sadly

[ancient goblet]

Oh because my dad said some of his friends’ kids only got into the online Pace program

[fossil saffron]

I had ca auto admit with minimum 100K over 4 years

So yeah

[fossil saffron]

so i got deans but not presidential

at stetson

[strange gull]

she said she was yield protected

[fossil saffron]

bro will HAVE to go to a uc with that low

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah but there’s only one campus and then also UF online

[topaz stirrup]

Oh yeah I had the 140k/four years one

[topaz stirrup]

Idk if this was a dean scholarship or pres one

[ancient goblet]

Oh ok

[obtuse olive]

same brother. i am regretting it now

[ancient goblet]

you regret not applying to fsu?

[obtuse olive]

yee

[ancient goblet]

ah

[native oak]

Still counts as main campus just first two years online

[ancient goblet]

Oh I see

[obtuse olive]

what is different about UF and FSU admission processes?

[fossil saffron]

pres

[muted vale]

I've talked to an FSU admissions part timer and people on tours at UF, they both claim to look at GPA (the gpa they calculate for you), SAT/ACT, CAPS, and extracurriculars

and nothing else. no LoR of course

[topaz stirrup]

• essay, no?

like the UF extracurricular one

[reef shuttle]

on paper, not much. there may be minor differences on how they weight certain categories which you can check on each school's CDS

in practice, both schools look for students who fit their culture... in broad terms, FSU sees itself as more of a liberal arts school and UF sees itself as a more tech-centered school

i found FSU to be a better fit for me, but i think more kids at my high school were a better fit at UF

we had a higher UF acceptance rate than FSU

[frozen perch]

i saw so many FSU acceptance letters on my snap this morning

[fossil saffron]

so chat

why tf is it so hard

to submit bright futures hours

as a homeschooler

theres no like

"secure document upload!"

"send them here!"

no

i have to call my school district

and they send it

[obtuse olive]

r u flvs

oh wait nvm ur that one person ur pfp changed tho

[strange gull]

just randomly got accepted to ucf honors ?? these rolling admissions are fast omg

[topaz stirrup]

omg congrats!

[strange gull]

ty!! i really wasn't expecting to hear from them until mid-january when the email said decisions take 4-6 weeks 😭

[tardy horizon]

when does ea come out?

[fossil saffron]

so damn long!

they need more AOs

[reef shuttle]

no…

that is extremely typical

[fossil saffron]

im just that impactient

impachient

impatent

whats the fucking word

[reef shuttle]

impatient

[fossil saffron]

impatient

[reef shuttle]

smartest UF applicant

[fossil saffron]

my grammerly was off

[reef shuttle]

grammarly*

[fossil saffron]

spelling mistake

now uhh

what do i do while waiting

ooh i know

im gonna drop out and become a rapper

[reef shuttle]

it’s the name of the application, not a real word

try again

[reef shuttle]

this is your best idea yet

[fossil saffron]

lets start with a diss track about wiggle

[reef shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-sound-of-silence-simon-and-garfunkel-60s-music-paul-art-folk-music-gif-19907543

[reef shuttle]

the truth is not a diss

[fossil saffron]

gross ahh

discord mod with nitro

https://tenor.com/view/gumball-discord-mod-gif-22325292

hes even the same color

[hazy shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/luka-doncic-alley-oop-lob-kristaps-porzingis-pass-gif-17653538

crazy setup for that statement

[wind ravine]

is it hard to

get in through rd

[topaz stirrup]

Prob ~20% acceptance rate this year again

so yeahhh

a reach school for sure but not ultra reach

[wind ravine]

oo i see

[untold finch]

Odds are it goes lower or nah?

[topaz stirrup]

Idk

[obtuse olive]

my money is on 18-19%

[topaz stirrup]

(this is all my opinion & not actual info) but I think they’ll admit ~15k students again cause they have a pretty solid 50% commitment rate

so u could prob use that to determine the acceptance rate if you can find the number of applicants

[reef shuttle]

the other half all go to fsu or a different ivy league school

[tardy horizon]

dangit

[fossil saffron]

L fsu

(jk fsu is actually kinda nice i just hate their IT department)

(a fucking fsu server costs 2 arms and 3 legs)

[shadow spade]

since when did uf become reach bruh

i was told uf is dream even for ea

[topaz stirrup]

since it’s had ~20% acceptance rate ?

[wind ravine]

whats a good sat

to apply for uf

[topaz stirrup]

here’s the cds, it shows stats info

https://data-apps.ir.aa.ufl.edu/public/cds/CDS_2023-2024_UFMAIN_Post.pdf

[wind ravine]

thanks!

[civic needle]

long time since i've talked here but i wanted to say going to uf was such a great decision for me and im so excited for all of u applying

[civic needle]

it is crazy tho that uf29 is already applying bc it feels like ive barely just started lol

[shadow spade]

guys is this true for uf if you have applied for financial aidand have a considerable need?

[topaz stirrup]

I think so

Demonstrated need is just what FAFSA tells them unfortunately

I need more aid than I receive because my parents just can’t pay for the rest

[shadow spade]

yeah in my case my need is more than what my parents can pay

[topaz stirrup]

I will say that when I reported need for summer (my parents income was lower for that year) it covered it well

[shadow spade]

ic

[topaz stirrup]

But going from 70k -> 80k literally reduced my aid to like … $500 in work study

versus 50+% of my dorm being covered

Soooo pretty upsetting

[shadow spade]

i had a few qestions on this

wuld you mind getting on dm?

[topaz stirrup]

Ofc

[shadow spade]

if you have the time ofc

[wind ravine]

is it for intl as well?

[topaz stirrup]

Idk how intl aid works

[wind ravine]

it doesnt apparently

[topaz stirrup]

I ❤️ UF, but I still can’t get over the fact that I appealed my financial aid and then they reviewed it, approved my request, then LOWERED the aid I received

Literally evil work

[wind ravine]

are scholarships common for intl students

like are they given out frequently

or is it impossible to get them like any other state school

[topaz stirrup]

I really don’t know 😭

[native oak]

We are not financial aid officers unfortunately 🙃

[wind ravine]

i thought yall must have known someone or the other

who might have recieved em

but eitherway thanks a lot!

[civic needle]

i get 0 fafsa aid so i just do everything through scholarships

theres scholarships for everything out there but a lot of them may not be granted by UF specifically

you'd have to go and apply independently

[topaz stirrup]

^ true, each of the colleges at UF offer scholarships too I think

at least mine (cjc) does

[civic needle]

yes v true

cals apparently has good ones but i haven't applied yet

[topaz stirrup]

I need to apply for next year

I switched majors (and colleges) at preview so I missed out on the scholarships bc it was too late to apply

[wind ravine]

can u recommend some

places where i can apply

everytime i try to apply its either for us citizens

or absurdly low like 500$ or smthin

[civic needle]

oh, i'm not an international student i just know there are a lot of independent scholarships out there but you'd have to just ask around and maybe google some

[wind ravine]

ah alr thanks for the help!

[civic needle]

yea np :)

[civic needle]

speaking of next year are you living on campus?

ik that's random but im just curious, bc i actually am gonna be in the murphree area next year and ik you lived there for a bit

[topaz stirrup]

yes!!!!! I’m gonna be in Sledd next year

murphree area solos

what hall r u gonna be in?

[civic needle]

oh man!! im gonna be in thomas

im in broward rn </3 actually same floor as dino tho!

[topaz stirrup]

WAIT SAME

but across the hall

I’m moving into broward this spring

[topaz stirrup]

Omgggg I’m right next to you!

[civic needle]

WAIT FRRR?

SICK

how come ur moving into broward

[topaz stirrup]

YAAAAA

[topaz stirrup]

$$$ 😓

But like im literally on the exact other end of Dino in a triple

[civic needle]

wdym like same floor?

broward is confusing

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah

Same floor but like on the opposite wing

[civic needle]

Ohhh

sick :)!!!

[topaz stirrup]

Broward seems like sm fun

[civic needle]

broward is nice i dont mind it

[topaz stirrup]

All the people I’ve met are so nice

[civic needle]

it's very social for sure

it can be kinda loud

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah

honors village wasn’t as social at all

like it’s more social than murphree but way less than broward

[civic needle]

yea definitely

honors village seems nice but so pricy

[topaz stirrup]

What style room did you get in Thomas?

[topaz stirrup]

it’s not worth it IMO

[civic needle]

i got a single but i have medical accommodations

[topaz stirrup]

Oooooo nice

I think Thomas is supposed to be one of the nicer murphree area dorms

lowkey I’m worried that Sledd will be moldy because I’ve heard it’s a 50/50 but idk if it’s just fearmongering

[civic needle]

yes and the crazy part is my bf will be in thomas next year too

[topaz stirrup]

OMG that’s actually so nice

[civic needle]

he's in riker rn and its a long walk lol

from his dorm to mine

[topaz stirrup]

yeah that’s lowkey far

did you get a bay window in Thomas?

[civic needle]

im not sure !! i dont know what the room looks like

[sullen bobcat]

The following was posted 1 hr ago in FB by a college counselor:

"UF ADMISSIONS UPDATE: While there’s no official update as to how many applicants UF has received so far for Regular Decision, suffice it to say that UF Admissions is super BUSY.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm a South Florida based college counselor-- I work with private clients, run admissions group courses and bootcamps, advise FL counties and schools-- and I also run College Smart Start (formerly College Bound & College Found) - Florida, a free FB group dedicated to all things college admissions with a focus on FL universities-- and I'm also the mom to two current Gators 🙂

Back to the update:
Early Action decisions will be released on Friday, January 24th (most likely at 6PM EST, though that hasn’t yet been confirmed). At that time, students will hear whether they’ve been admitted for either Summer or Fall, deferred, or declined.

Students who applied for Innovation Academy will be first considered for Fall and Summer in Early Action– but no IA offers will be released in January. Same for PaCE and State College Partnership offers, those offers won’t be released until March 14th.
Students who are deferred will NOT be asked for any updates other than new test scores (if applicable)-- UF will not consider first semester grades or any updates to awards/activities, etc.
The REGULAR DECISION DEADLINE is January 15th (with materials due January 31st). Decisions for Regular Decision (including applicants who were deferred) will be released on Friday, March 14th– at that time, students can be admitted (Fall/Summer), Denied, Waitlisted, or offered a pathway (Innovation, PaCE, or State College Partnership)."

[native oak]

And she’s the mom of one of our SAOs!

[obtuse olive]

I attended her essay workshop, it helped me 3000% understand mechanisms of how to better define me in a 600 word essay

also? fucking amazing to hear that semester grades senior year don’t impact your decision upon deferral

i feel so much better now 😃

https://tenor.com/view/stantwt-chained-up-chained-gif-67266779391248431

how i feel upon hearing this information!

[fossil saffron]

lol

uhh

[fossil saffron]

time to doom

doom doom doom

time to doom on chanceme

doom doom doom

[topaz stirrup]

My dad got a little gators helmet autographed by tim tebow today

from a family friend

[fossil saffron]

Why is uf cheaper for in state then oos? Shouldnt it be the opposite to attract more kids to florida?

[topaz stirrup]

yes and no

it’s important that states provide for their kids before kids from other states IMO

being able to offer an amazing education at a great price is a way of retaining talented and smart kids

most state schools do that and give priority to in state kids

[obtuse olive]

what is there to even doom about

[obtuse olive]

florida in particular subsidizes instate tuition

[strange gull]

i feel like these decisions are gonna be so brutal

[fossil saffron]

can someone doom with me

doom doom doom

[fossil saffron]

alr

[fossil saffron]

chances

[ancient goblet]

My dad loves Tim Tebow

[obtuse olive]

omg 😳

you’ll get in

[reef shuttle]

super excited for santa fe decisions to drop

[fossil saffron]

honestly

id rather do santa fe then fsu 🤮

[topaz stirrup]

you’re TCC bound butter

[wind ravine]

whats santa fe

[topaz stirrup]

The community college in Gainesville

[wind ravine]

oh damn

[strange gull]

this is so sick 😭

[fossil saffron]

honestly i wish i could get some chancemes

[reef shuttle]

given your especially unique circumstances chancemes mean even less

[fossil saffron]

damn alr

fair

i got into ave maria with a 12k scholarship

still waiting on fau cuz i was 12 days late for ea

[fossil saffron]

applying to santa fe

🔥

[topaz stirrup]

are you really

[fossil saffron]

i cant

the password thing is too complicated

[topaz stirrup]

?

[vast falcon]

If a lot of kids from my school with super good stats are applying to UF as a safety will that lower my chance to get in?

[topaz stirrup]

no

[strange gull]

uf is a safety for NOBODY

[untold finch]

Nah

I’d win

[ornate geode]

https://tenor.com/view/1-gif-10640274927643104651

[native oak]

Fun post from Reddit: favorite profs! Dr. Brooks is AMAZING to have if you’re going to be an engineer https://www.reddit.com/r/ufl/s/cD5Af5fzNg

[obtuse olive]

breaking news: uf exploded and has a 0% acceptance rate

[fossil saffron]

i mean for me uf is dream

not because my stats

but because i dream of being at UF

oh

is your gpa/sat like low?

i know they put a major emphasis on essays

[fossil saffron]

r/chanceme: either your shit or your the shit. i think i am the shit

[topaz stirrup]

misinformation

uf doesn’t yield protect

but I suppose people will say anything to not accept the fact that they flat out were rejected

[fossil saffron]

yes i know

i mean tho

Trollege

at least i am THE shit

and not just shit

a2chad

[fossil saffron]

thats pretty good man

whats your weighed (uf)

thats your 16 hardest credits (4 eng, 4 math, 3 socstud, 3 sci, 2 forlang)

that should be good in my opinion

[reef shuttle]

it’s not capped at 16

you’re confusing it with the 16 credit minimum for bright futures

there is no maximum

all credits in core subject areas (incl. foreign lang) + any and all AP/AICE/DE credits count

[fossil saffron]

oh

[fossil saffron]

ok

so like the debate credit i took thats listed under english is considered an eng credit

also if i list my english stuff that wasnt honors or ap as ECs instead of english courses Trollege

[reef shuttle]

i think this happened with me too in SSAR

[fossil saffron]

damn alr

[reef shuttle]

technically it’s coded as an english elective?

[fossil saffron]

damn ok

[reef shuttle]

i had 4 years of debate so

easy boost

[fossil saffron]

also i got into PBAU

*ave maria

pbau is an easy one

ave maria im proud of

44% rate

they should combine uf and fsu into one thread tbh

[topaz stirrup]

it’s a 12 credit minimum for BF

Oh u mean to qualify I think

anyway, my current lockscreen

She has her gator jersey on for today!

[reef shuttle]

gracie it’s so over i think i need to take a summer class

[topaz stirrup]

how come ?!?!?!

[reef shuttle]

i don’t need need to but with adding a minor i have absolutely zero wiggle room now

so i might take one or two business core courses online over the summer

[topaz stirrup]

oh yeah that’s ez

Tbh I would do that anyway to alleviate some credits..

[reef shuttle]

yeah it’ll be like intro to business analytics

also it’s a GPA boost before i apply to internships lmao

[topaz stirrup]

oh that’s so light

what’s your GPA rn?

[hazy shuttle]

“wiggle” room haha

[reef shuttle]

3.77

but spring semester could get silly

two online classes that i know are easy A, then a science gen ed which is solely based off of tests, managerial accounting which is notoriously hard but im alright at, and linguistics which supposedly has a great professor but idk grading scheme

i want to apply with a 3.8+

which i should be able to get by next semester? but another easy A doesn’t hurt

[topaz stirrup]

omg basically same

3.73

[topaz stirrup]

I think you’ll do great! no stress

[topaz stirrup]

True

[sullen bobcat]

UF Common Data Set Criteria

[native oak]

Lol mine’s lower but I was engineering first

[topaz stirrup]

never ask a man his salary, a woman her weight, or a college student their gpa

[native oak]

Yeah as long as my GPA stays above 2.8 for Universal and 3.0 for Disney and Bright futures, I’m happy

[reef shuttle]

yuppers at the end of the day the only GPA i "need" is a 3.0 for bright futures and my fsu scholarship

3.5 semester GPA gets deans list, so i would love to get that each semester

and ive been told 3.7 cumulative makes you quite competitive for accounting internships

[topaz stirrup]

B’s get degrees AND keep their scholarships 😇

[pseudo orbit]

hmm my residency got updated to florida

No Astro but like 🤔

[native oak]

It’s just the paperwork processing, admissions and residency are on two TOTALLY different wavelengths that only cross over once in a blue moon

[pseudo orbit]

ah for fsu it is related

they wont check your residency until you get in

[native oak]

That’s @reef shuttle ‘s problem, not mine 😂

[fossil saffron]

well then

considering that

you should be good

as in you are in their middle 50th percentile

mainly because of this

id take a few clep exams and apply RD if i was you

[fossil saffron]

OHHHH SO CUTTTEEEEEEEEEE

[topaz stirrup]

they don’t admit by nature

[fossil saffron]

its actually like 1375 or smth

My 1420 is almost at the 75th percentile

Now selectivity is up

But even with the selectivity 50th is NOT 1450

There aint no damn way

Its the exact same

I did notice that CS majors (according to niche) have a higher chance of getting in and a lower average sat, but at the same time that could just be that cs applicants had more ECs on average, higher GPA on average, etc

It all balances out in the end

[topaz stirrup]

1390

[fossil saffron]

ok

so like

yeah

1390

[topaz stirrup]

no

[fossil saffron]

huh

[topaz stirrup]

I mean it’s closer to 50th than 75th

which is still good

[fossil saffron]

yeah your right

[topaz stirrup]

just not true to say it’s almost 75th

[fossil saffron]

yeah im sorry

istg i thought it was 1350-1450

[topaz stirrup]

u don’t need to apologize

😭

[fossil saffron]

sorry for saying sorry

[topaz stirrup]

This was prob an old stat

[fossil saffron]

so uhh

[wind ravine]

After what percentile do u think someone should go test optionsl

Is 1400 competitive for uf?

[topaz stirrup]

uf doesnt offer test optional

[wind ravine]

oh

[native oak]

Everyone say “thank you, State of Florida government”

[fossil saffron]

Thank you, State of Florida government!

also im not a big fan of test optional (except when it benefits me)

[strange gull]

test optional makes me upset bc i worked my ass off for a 1520 all w free resources

[ruby ocean]

does anyone know if the merit scholarships at UF require application? the international student ones

i cant seem to understand how the scholarships available to international students work?

[reef shuttle]

i dont know the specifics, but if they do not require a separate application it will likely be determined based off of your main application

[sullen bobcat]

see https://admissions.ufl.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarships#faq-scholarships

[ruby ocean]

thank you!

[fossil saffron]

i worked my ass off and got a 1420

so like

yeah

cooked

[fossil saffron]

welp chat

uwf came in and so did stetson

uwf gave me 4k a year plus full tuition via bf
stetson gave me 28k a year plus 6k from bf plus another 2k of ease

im feeling good

[native oak]

UWF is solid

Underrated but I felt like I actually learned stuff from their profs and their Disability Resource center was super helpful even with me just being a transient student

[reef shuttle]

that was my fsu offer

[obtuse olive]

parents bought me uf merch for christmas im cooked 😭 now im definitely not getting in

[fossil saffron]

guys

i got into erau on one of those direct admissions sites

and i already applied

so i cant take it

[reef shuttle]

my sisters friend was gifted a shit ton of UNF merch, it could be worse

[topaz stirrup]

you’ve got this

[topaz stirrup]

💀

I got a super cute vintage gators jersey today!

[obtuse olive]

show

[topaz stirrup]

I will when it’s done washing

[topaz stirrup]

the jersey 😍😍

[ornate geode]

love 😍

[native oak]

I've gotten UF gifts the last three years but this year was much more focused on my future employers haha

[topaz stirrup]

Ooooo what future employer related gifts did you get?

[native oak]

Got a Harry Potter bracelet with a Pixie charm (favorite and most frustrating creature), a Little People collectors set of Potter figures (because I love both), and a Sorcerer Mickey Lego set!

[topaz stirrup]

Omgggg I love all of this!!!

[native oak]

And I also gifted myself a newly renewed notary public commission lol

[fossil saffron]

me when niche says im cooked:

me when niche says im uncooked

me when niche says i cook while cooking

[native oak]

Nope.

Everything gets reviewed by humans in multiple rounds but things like test scores and GPA get superscored/recalculated and AOs only see that autorecalculation

[subtle acorn]

is uf admissions similar to fsu? also many of my smart friends got rejected from fsu and it makes me think they'll get into uf. it just doesnt make sense

[topaz stirrup]

Did you get into fsu?

[subtle acorn]

yeah i did

i have a feeling that i'll get rejected from uf because of that, but who knows

[native oak]

lol I got into both, it’s not like both schools conspire of if one gets in at FSU, they can’t get in at UF

[topaz stirrup]

I also got into both

[topaz stirrup]

yeah… the FSU AOs don’t send UF AOs a list of everyone they accepted

[fossil saffron]

if they did

well

thats not very cooking

[topaz stirrup]

2025 Ins:

• attending ALL classes
• staying on top of assignments
• eating more meals and meal prepping
• having a sleep schedule
• spending more time with friends
• SLEEPING IN MY OWN BED
• getting more involved on campus
• 4.0 GPA
• Picking up SAO tour shifts

2025 Outs:

• Complaining about going to work
• Walking to work 😌 (I have my car now)
• Crying at night and in the mornings over things in my control
• Going months without seeing family and hometown friends
• Negativity
• Pushing off grocery shopping
• Spending unnecessary money on fast food
• Drinking multiple coffees per day

[native oak]

Having a sleep schedule lollll

Anything above a 3.8 GPA is something to be proud of at UF - but it’s a-okay to also learn lessons from classes. My business law class kicked my butt grade wise but I learned a ton

2025 Ins for me:

• Graduating. Seriously.
• Learning to step back from things that don’t refill me
• Finishing the loose ends of projects I keep putting off
• Doing more for my mental health. Possibly even getting counseling.
• Savoring memories with friends
• Job? Internship? Something? Hopefully.
• Finishing my degree strong!
• EPIC UNIVERSE! IT’S OPENING! A THEME PARK I WORKED ON IS OPENING

2025 outs

• Repressing my emotions - this year, we’re gonna feel and deal
• not eating sometimes
• Imposter syndrome
• a fear of the RTS bus?
• putting off getting a massage from Southwest Rec lol
• Stressing out about other people’s crap

[topaz stirrup]

A fear of the RTS bus is so relatable

[topaz stirrup]

I have a 3.73 overall GPA and a 3.84 major GPA so I will HOPEFULLY very likely graduate with high honors as long as I stay locked in

I’m honestly so conflicted about my academic journey

rlly struggling between graduating in 2026 or staying for a full four years

I just don’t know!

I’m so tired of having to work stupid part time jobs !!!! I don’t want to do it anymore!!!!!!! I want to focus on things I enjoy!!!!!!

idk, I’m reducing my hours this semester from 30 to 24 so that’ll help

But I don’t know, I just feel so conflicted ):

[native oak]

My GPA is like a 3.25 now but I’m honestly prouder for handling the other stuff I have on top of my classes

[topaz stirrup]

I think your major is also significantly more difficult

hey Bs get degrees AND keep their scholarships

[native oak]

And I had semi-senioritis last spring semester cause I was between two very cool internships lol

Indeed, so do C+‘s lol

[topaz stirrup]

You’re graduating this spring right?

[native oak]

That’s the plan!

Was gonna see what I could stretch to summer but Universal ain’t happening so now that doesn’t have to happen and I can be freeeeeee

It’s gonna be 17 credit hour semester but freeeeeee

[topaz stirrup]

Universal isn’t happening?

[topaz stirrup]

It’ll all be over soon

then you can rest

[native oak]

Applied for Universal internships for the summer, which require you to be actively enrolled in a degree seeking program during your term. Got to the interview stage for one but I think me being about to graduate spooked them off cause they’re not sure what the next year will look like. So three rejections. Wheee.

Disney doesn’t have that requirement for enrollment, and you can be hired as an intern up to six months after graduating, so I’m going to lean on my relationships there and keep them up to date in hopes of getting swept up in the hiring spree with all of their new projects about to come online.

I’d been playing the “when am I graduating” game so I could be eligible for universal but now that that’s out I can just go full speed ahead towards graduating

[topaz stirrup]

Ohhhh I thought you had an opportunity lined up then something bad happened

I’m sure you’ll get Disney though

literally how could they not hire you

[native oak]

headcount limits

Thankfully I’m now on a regional industry board with my former boss who’s an executive…so here’s hoping that leads to more people pestering her or her Universal counterpart about who’s getting me first lol

Or I go contractor and this gets even more interesting 🤣

Right door’s just gotta open up at the right time with the right team

[merry frost]

are any of you guys here on Benacquisto? I believe I'll be eligible for it if/when I go to UF and wanted to ask about... how its been working out for you guys

thought this would be a better place to ask than #💵-financial-aid or #💰-scholarships because benacquisto/natl merit is florida focused

[native oak]

A few of my friends are on it - they essentially get paid to attend UF

[sullen bobcat]

my kid (freshman) is. what do you want to know?

[fossil saffron]

ill be on benaquisto

[fossil saffron]

how much

cuz like

i thought it was just

straight full ride

and nothing more

[merry frost]

mainly wanted to ask about finances and the like. Not sure if you'd prefer to discuss that privately or not

[fossil saffron]

i mean thats pretty basic

[sullen bobcat]

that's easy to answer. as a parent, it's fantastic. my kid is 100% financially independent.

[merry frost]

afaik, UF refunds you any money that doesn't go towards on-campus housing, tuition and books which are billed at the UF portal. If you're living off campus, you get the housing money in your bank too

[fossil saffron]

it covers 23,530

[fossil saffron]

yeah

[merry frost]

welp, sounds fantastic then. Was your kid having a hard time deciding between UF and other colleges they got into if any?

[sullen bobcat]

yes. she was considering other options (which we, parents, were going to pay out of pocket). but she decided on UF

[merry frost]

Did you have programs like FL Pre-paid which were already supposed to fund her education? If so, did those get refunded to her/you?

[sullen bobcat]

we don't. but it gets refunded.

we have 529 for her. she can use it for graduate degree.

[merry frost]

ah alright, makes sense

[native oak]

If you already have Florida prepaid you get it back.
(My fam didn’t do that since we thought we were moving out of state at one point and I also was heavily looking at out of state)

[obtuse olive]

2025 ins:
me (getting in uf)

[obtuse olive]

happy new year guys!!!

[shadow spade]

which timezone are you in 💀

we're 2hrs away from 2nd Jan here

[fossil saffron]

est

[fossil saffron]

welp

i got into ERAU

and they sent me a whole load of stuff

confetti

glasses

a notebook

and a coupon for a free tshirt with shipping included

[reef shuttle]

with shipping included!?

[fossil saffron]

yup

[reef shuttle]

how would you rank your current options

[fossil saffron]

As in my current ive-been-admitted

Or my current ive-not-been-denied

[reef shuttle]

yes

[fossil saffron]

so

1: ERAU (highest scholarship)
2: Ave Maria (12k scholarship but i know people from there)
3: Stetson (3+3 law program)
4: Lynn (also highest scholarship but well FAU is right next door)

The rest have like no chance

like who the fuck is AUGUSTANA?!

oh

its actually kind of good

number 58 in liberal arts colleges

according to niche

lolol

Hey - has anyone here transfered courses from ASU to UF?

I wanna take some asu courses via studyhall

but im worried they wont transfer

[native oak]

That would go through the transfer evaluation team

[email protected]

[fossil saffron]

ok

[spark swallow]

gonna do dis later

[native oak]

Lemme grab the transfer credit page since that’ll probably get you a quicker answer than email

https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/transfer/credit-evaluation

[merry frost]

ooh wait should I apply to ERAU simply because of the free stuff lol

hmm

[merry frost]

ERAU gives you less for natl merit than state colleges no?

[fossil saffron]

they do

wait

depends

for in state all of them are the same (full ride)

for OOS i think FSUs the best (full ride)

[sullen bobcat]

ERAU is not a public and the CoA is $69k. Does it really offer $69k scholarship to NMS?

[fossil saffron]

no

but benaquisto does

[sullen bobcat]

double check that. I don't think BNQ offers $69k

[fossil saffron]

you know it covers all of it for U Miami right?

100%

[sullen bobcat]

what's UM CoA?

[fossil saffron]

wait

i may be wrong

lemme call them

cuz im actually wondering right now

[fossil saffron]

like 100K

a year

[sullen bobcat]

I doubt the state of FL will pay $100k to a private university

my impression is the state (that administers both BF and BNQ) will pay roughly $23k/yr to the FL private universities (in the list). The rest is offered by the school or paid out of pocket.

[fossil saffron]

exact quote

"im not sure but I would assume that it should cover the full cost of attendance"

[sullen bobcat]

if you visit ERAU or UM scholarship page, it doesn't specifically state BNQ will be full-ride.

[fossil saffron]

i cant even find BNQ on erau

im so confused

does anyone at u miami have benaq?

[sullen bobcat]

ERAU may offer full-ride by offering the other $77k from university fund. No way the state will pay the entire $100k CoA.

[fossil saffron]

no

erau doesnt cost 100K

its 60k at erau

[sullen bobcat]

yes. 29 students at UM are BNQ

[sullen bobcat]

you stated $100k

[fossil saffron]

okk i just checked

according to my research

it covers 35K a year total (including BF and the other thing)

no matter where you go

which is really confusing to me

[sullen bobcat]

what's your source for $35k/yr?

[fossil saffron]

so

im kind of guessing

because

https://www.flbog.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cost-of-Attendance-2024-25-For-Website.pdf

and "highest in state institutional cost of attendance"

and fau is the highest

at 35k a year

[sullen bobcat]

ask any FAU NMS whether they are actually getting $35k/yr from FL state. I doubt it.

[fossil saffron]

i dont

i mean

[sullen bobcat]

https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/PSI/FIS_2022_2023.pdf

The state pays ~$20k/yr via BNQ to ERAU/UM/FAU.

[merry frost]

Damn, only around half of the NMF's in Florida each year decide to go in-state?

[merry frost]

Why is avg amount for University of Florida so much lower than the other Florida colleges? I thought Bright Futures at first but I'd think that most, if not all National Merit Finalists would be eligible for BF

[sullen bobcat]

that's correct. each year, about 1000 FL NMS. less than 500 stay in FL.

[sullen bobcat]

UF has lower CoA because the housing is cheaper.

I'd say 99%+ FL NMS would get BF.

But not many FL NMS get into UF honors (different criterion). Many BNQ parents were surprised that their BNQ kids didn't get into UHP.

[native oak]

This sounds correct. When I was looking at Rollins College I got a small stipend for what would have been my bright futures

[native oak]

Honors feels like a crystal ball, but hey; there’s always lateral admissions after freshman year

[fossil saffron]

note that this doesnt include the amount for tuition

[merry frost]

ah, alright. Does that mean students get ~$16000 per year from UF for Benacquisto instead of the $24000 reported at https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/cost/ ?

[merry frost]

Well, I suppose this answers my previous question then

[fossil saffron]

Lol

But yeah

Also it doenst include ease

[merry frost]

Is that common/have a higher percent of acceptance?

[fossil saffron]

Or the actual award itself

so i just checked

[merry frost]

Oh yeah, I know someone who got Presidential Platinum (another $10k per year) on top of Benacquisto but didn't get into UHP

[fossil saffron]

Bright futures is $212/credit hour

for private unis

public its the whole tuition

[sullen bobcat]

If you include housing as stipend, then you will get ~$17k after tuition.

[merry frost]

ah alright

https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/PDF/PSI/FIS_2023_2024.pdf
ah this is the information for 23-24 which shows slightly updated values

(which shows 17k)

[native oak]

Is lateral admissions common you mean?

I have no idea. I’m stating the option’s available if one’s determined to get into honor and doesn’t get in at admission

There’s something liberating about hearing all this credit hour back and forth talk and going “after this semester I hopefully won’t have to worry about this ever again”

[merry frost]

Yes, and ok gotit

[native oak]

Wouldn’t advise it for materials deadline

(It’s probably not going to make much of a difference)

Think of it this way: does whatever you’re adding show a different part of you not already covered in your application?

also - if you applied EA, probably not much to do at this point except for wait

There you go

I think most should be at this point

For EA

I’m not the person to ask 😂

That’s SFA

Student Financial Aid

[muted vale]

true dat

@topaz stirrup what time does UF typically come out? like 5-6 pm usually?

[topaz stirrup]

It came out at 6pm on the dot last year but I’m not sure if they’re changing it

[native oak]

I’d ballpark 6pm. It’s been that time pretty much the last three years

[native oak]

A) the state of Florida is weird
B) you should have an assigned counselor?

[fossil saffron]

i have to email the pdf to

[email protected] or something

its crazy work

[novel marsh]

"Is there any additional information or extenuating circumstances the Admissions Committee should know when reviewing your application?*" Do i put the same information from my additional info section in my profile in common app? as in like they don't see that info?

[subtle acorn]

Listening to subliminals so I get in

[native oak]

Let me ask our AO sponsor

I want to lean towards no, but don’t quote me on that yet

[civic needle]

this is such an old message sorry but i truly relate

I could graduate in fall 26 or summer 26 (if I don't do an honors thesis and just grind my major and nothing else)