University of Florida (UF) (2024-2025)

[little siren]

I’d like safest

And car interest rates finna be more than that

[tired dawn]

false

[median glacier]

I am assuming it doesn’t work like credit cards where there is no interest if payments are made on time

[tired dawn]

you can get 0% car loan rates

[little siren]

Bro ur 14 gtfo

[tired dawn]

they exist

[little siren]

Tell me u don’t know shit without telling me ahh answer

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/my-honest-reaction-my-honest-reactor-nuclear-power-smoke-gif-26582644

[median glacier]

Yeah it’s called borrowing money from your mom because your 14 😭🙏

[little siren]

They last for a period

Not the entire loan

[tired dawn]

it does NOT take more than 72 months to pay back a car loan

💀

[little siren]

Bro ur 14

And it’s the first 12 months are usually 0%

[tired dawn]

i mean

not always

ive seen 72 month ones

out there

[median glacier]

Don’t they force you to not pay more then a amount so they make money

[tired dawn]

they encourage you to

but to force you not to would prob be illegal tbh

note that i say prob

[little siren]

They always make money

[tired dawn]

But you can reduce that money easilly

By getting a good loan

[tired dawn]

bro rescinded his admission offer to his statement 💀

[median glacier]

Of course, though such a loan does not exist. The bank always wins

[tired dawn]

Does it have to be win/lose?

Both you and the bank can benefit from a loan

Bank prob wins more, but its not like a sports game

Its not like UF vs FSU where UF wins

[little siren]

Well yeah but still no point to

[median glacier]

Mutualistic relationship and Bank in the same sentence 😭🙏

[little siren]

If u need a loan for a car it’s not in your budget

It’s a depreciating asset

[tired dawn]

yes

[little siren]

Better to invest in real shit

[tired dawn]

BUT

[little siren]

House always wins

[tired dawn]

If someone does it anyways its not an awful decision

[little siren]

Nah it is

It’s like basic finance 101

[tired dawn]

No - you always win because gambling is fun

[median glacier]

A car is not primarily an investment but rather a nessecaru tool some people still have to finance a basic sedan.

[tired dawn]

[little siren]

Bro no you don’t

[median glacier]

Not everyone has $10k of capital lying around

[little siren]

Not every car is 10k

[native oak]

Dude, I am not even attempting to go near Klarna

Yay!

[little siren]

U don’t need no fancy ass car

[median glacier]

I agree their usually a lot more. 😭

[little siren]

Not rlly

Get a Miata

Great aesthetic car

[tired dawn]

guess who may want me to go here

MOM ❤️

[little siren]

I just abide by boglehead

[native oak]

25 is the placeholder, 200 would be the housing deposit- did you pay 200 bucks through housing or admissions

[obtuse olive]

admissions

[tired dawn]

average UF discord server:

[native oak]

Co-signing, more like

[obtuse olive]

i don’t think there’s any way to pay the $200 rn, i think they must have changed it

I am not on the waitlist

[tired dawn]

guys

[native oak]

Also car financials in this chat was not on my bingo card

[tired dawn]

question

tomorrow am i seeing any of you

or am i just clapped 💔

all alone...

[native oak]

I actually got class cancelled so I’m not going to be there tomorrow sadly. But say hi to my friends in the blue shirts! You can tell them TG told you to go to FL Days 😄

[tired dawn]

im clappered

[muted vale]

same

[hazy shuttle]

not really. average car loan rate is ~7-9% id say. that’s a highish return for the market and pretty risky

[topaz stirrup]

buying cash for a car is scary bc sometimes u buy when the car market is inflated by several thousand dollars then you get in a crash a year or two later and your car is totaled and the insurance company gives you half of what you bought your car for bc the car market cooled off by a lot

and then u cry about it and feel really sad

[dusty karma]

wait so what does this mean

waitlist?

[tired dawn]

anyone gon be there or...

[sullen bobcat]

UHP director just posted this important information:

"Very (very) recently, UF made the decision to increase the incoming class size from a target of ~6500 to ~7500. (I just learned that was an official decision this morning)"

[native oak]

Holy cannoli

[native oak]

I just got an interview thrown on my plate (holy crap) but you can still say hi to Gillian and Randy at the info desk from the Office of Admissions!

[sullen bobcat]

Unsettling:

[native oak]

Wow.

I will say that guaranteed housing is not an honors perk but I can understand the frustration from parents.

Mom has her own opinions about the process - I will admit I liked how University of Oklahoma had everything very centralized and it felt like each department talked with each other quite a bit which made for easy adjustments and communication

[topaz stirrup]

This makes sense. UF is trying to add 3k beds in the next 10 years

I’m actually writing an article on this right now

[native oak]

Go Gracie!

Yeah I learned about Simpson and Graham getting demolished which is both not fun but also ironic for me since I almost stayed in Simpson for Preview part 2 and noped out to stay in the Reitz Hotel with my parents

[sullen bobcat]

As a reference, HV has ~1400 beds. So the planned addition will be twice the capacity of HV.

[topaz stirrup]

Hahaha that statistic is also part of my paper

[reef shuttle]

FSU could never (we’re out of space for dorms)

for a while now the move has been razing old dorms to build new ones with a larger footprint

[tulip forge]

UF has enough ppl that want to go there?

what

[woeful minnow]

Where ?

[topaz stirrup]

just look it up, a lot of dorms will be torn down

[topaz stirrup]

whaaat a state flagship gets a lot of applicants? 😱

[woeful minnow]

The dorm’s size is so small now. I hope they will make them bigger. Also the through the wall AC units are just terrible.

[native oak]

Today I remembered the student advisory committees are subject to Sunshine privacy records laws and remembered the food service advisory one…

[tired dawn]

😭

[woeful minnow]

How do I hang curtains on the window if there is a window ac units?

[topaz stirrup]

Really? The dorm sizes aren’t really an issue in my opinion

[topaz stirrup]

Some dorms come with blinds, others come with curtains. It just depends

[sullen bobcat]

https://floridagators.com/sports/2015/12/10/_students_football_ student season ticket on sale now

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-daumen-hoch-prima-thumbs-up-allligator-gif-15354784

i saw albert rob all the merch from a display table today - and run away.

well he stole something

lmao

[tired dawn]

also do NOT ask what the name for the digital arts science degree is

its BADAS

very BADASS 💀

idk thats what my dad said

they also brought the trophie to the event

and had the coach teach us how to chomp

[muted vale]

i thought they were tomorrow. i got some

i dont see the order in my Florida Gators app though. I did get the receipts in my email

[native oak]

GOOD

[native oak]

They’ll load eventually

If you have the receipt that's what matters

[topaz stirrup]

a series of events

[tired dawn]

how it feels to be in fucking limbo:

[sullen bobcat]

If you haven't committed at UF, check this FB post. Overenrollment is a real issue.

[tired dawn]

New USF update: CS now gets its own college (which I believe makes it the first in the state to do something of the like):

https://www.usf.edu/ai-cybersecurity-computing/academics/index.aspx

[hazy shuttle]

When is uf dropping a cybersecurity major 😔

[obtuse olive]

i fear they won’t be pulling from waitlist

[woeful minnow]

This is very concerning and sad.

Active shooter at FSU

[strange gull]

yeah they're talking about it in that thread, i just popped in there to see if everyone was good

right now it's looking like yes, my friends are also okay aswell

[woeful minnow]

This is so crazy. Why can’t they keep this from happening on school campuses?

[tired dawn]

yeah its really sad

[tired dawn]

its a mental health issue, not a crime issue

we need more mental health support on college campuses

[median glacier]

I’m stuck in my high school

[reef shuttle]

gg

[obtuse olive]

did anybody get hurt?

[median glacier]

Yes 6 injured floating 1 as dead/critical

6 injured sorry!!!

[native oak]

Checked in with my friend who’s former pres of the FSU theme park club chapter - all her crew is safe and sound.

[merry frost]

uhh chat

I got into UF

My appeal went through

[sullen bobcat]

congrats. can you share more about it?

[valid forum]

If what ive heard is correct thats insanely rare

Congrats!!

[merry frost]

Got admitted in summer B term. If you're asking about what I wrote in my appeal essay, it was under the "Life Circumstances" topic and I talked about how I was affected by mother's mental illness and how I moved a lot and have suffered for it but also gained valuable experience. Don't want to go into too much detail for privacy

[merry frost]

Thanks!!

Ironically enough, I was planning on visiting FSU today, which I postponed to tomorrow because of good Friday holiday. Given the recent events at FSU, that was a stroke of luck. Obviously can't go tour FSU tomorrow for the same reason, but uhh guess I'll be in Gainesville (I learnt I got in like 20 minutes ago)

[sullen bobcat]

Did you appeal EA rejection in January?

[merry frost]

I submitted my appeal mid Feb (sometime around the 21st)

It was an appeal for my EA decision yes

But EA appeals only opened... Feb 7 iirc

[sullen bobcat]

cool. curious about how long a successful appeal took.

I think this is the 1st successful appeal that I've seen.

[merry frost]

They said to have expected it within... 2-4 week or 4-6 weeks? But this year there were (according to admissions) much more UF appeal applications than expected and thus would take quite some time. They said we hope to give all EA applicants decisions by May 1 at the very least, but it may take longer due to the amount

[merry frost]

I think there's 1 other person here who got into UF through appeal in 2023 (as in c/o 2027) that I remember Gracie or Celeste talking about.

[native oak]

If you want to stop by the haunted house at Norman Field, I’ll cover your ticket lol

[merry frost]

Is it from 8-11 PM? I'll have to ask my dad since we might be leaving gainesville to go back home a bit earlier (we're a 2.5 hour drive away)

[merry frost]

Ah alright, thanks for your invite! I'll see if I can attend

[tired dawn]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LFG

🔥

[tired dawn]

mom said she fell in love with UF

now she just needs housing to go well and i think ball is in my court

[topaz stirrup]

YAY

what’re your other options?

[tired dawn]

UCF

and PaCE

and FAU maybe but im pusing away

since no CS

and no pre-law 😭

and no business

[tired dawn]

ok there is business

but no cs

[obtuse olive]

you got paced?

[tired dawn]

no

i got fall

but like im literally a child

and we called in and they said

[merry frost]

???

FAU has a CS major

[tired dawn]

not at the honors college

honors only has certain majors

and CS isnt one

[obtuse olive]

they said they could/might pace you?

[reef shuttle]

i’d very strongly consider pace if they’re going to offer it to you

getting on campus while you’re at a more typical age as well as being able to keep doing your internship work whatever stuff from home

[native oak]

Agreed

(Is that Butter’s new face)

[tired dawn]

they said if i wanted i could

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/better-call-saul-chuck-mcgill-chicanery-breakdown-gif-25422432

[tired dawn]

i cant actually 😭

well i can

but if i do online i would not be able to take Cop 3504C my first semester, meaning i cant take DSA my next semester, meaning no summer internship

[topaz stirrup]

Why do you need to take dsa before you get an internship

[woeful minnow]

Question about summer b classes for the incoming freshman. Do I have to take quest 1 course in the summer? How many credits do I need to be full time ?

[tired dawn]

most SWE internships require DSA

[tired dawn]

you should tbh

but its not required

6 for Summer B/A, 12 for Summer C

and 12 for Fall

[woeful minnow]

Thanks. I just took Aleks and got 75. Should I take 1147 in summer b? Or try to get 76 and take calc 1 in the fall?

[tired dawn]

What major are you?

[woeful minnow]

EE track

[tired dawn]

ok

1 sec

I would say try to get 76 but lemme get the specifics

wym track tho

and do you have any AP credit

hmm

@woeful minnow Go for the 76 and take Calc 1 in the fall

OR

Take 1147 in Summer B for the easy A

You pick

[woeful minnow]

No AP credit

[native oak]

6 to be full time for summer and you don’t but I’d recommend getting Quest knocked out as early as you can

[native oak]

Gimme a sec, I have the old guide

[tired dawn]

Nah i got it

Dont worry

Do Calc 1 in the fall 100%

[tired dawn]

Or do it in the summer

[woeful minnow]

So don’t bother with 1147, try to get 76+ on Aleks ?

[woeful minnow]

Thanks.

[tired dawn]

Unless you want an easy A and want to take 1147 in the summer

Go for the 76+ on Aleks

uhh im making my final decision wednesday

its prob gonna be either UF PaCE or UF Campus

UCF is great but i got an opportunity at UF that i dont wanna lose

im pushing for campus

moms pushing for pace

[woeful minnow]

I honestly was expecting pace, but got into UF on campus.

[tired dawn]

congrats

i got on campus fall but my mom wants me to do PaCE (which she called and they said yes i can do pace if i want to)

but they dont have my exact major

they have CS through CLAS

I wanted CS through HWCOE

(the difference is extra technical electives in HWCOE - 10 credit difference)

bepa your EE right

[woeful minnow]

IK, they don’t have EE pace. So I applied to CompE

[tired dawn]

can i send you a link to UF computing students union discord (basically a discord for UF CS/EE/CE/DAS/anything kids)

[woeful minnow]

Yes, but applied for CompE. Thinking of switching at preview to EE

[tired dawn]

we are in the same boat 😭

[tired dawn]

whats your future career

[native oak]

I can see where your mom is going for PACE, especially if she’s concerned about housing and stuff

[tired dawn]

i honestly want to live off campus

im looking at Midtown (right behind the church 😭)

[woeful minnow]

IDK exactly. I was thinking about EE in power, or ai data centers

[tired dawn]

so

[native oak]

Midtown is chaos

[woeful minnow]

I will be on campus for the first year. I have a car, but not a strong driver

[tired dawn]

if you were saying CS/CE i would say wait

and decide later

since the first like 3 semesters are the same

EE/CE is a bit harder

since the courses are fundamentally different

[woeful minnow]

Yea I want to try EE/ CE . Then downside if I can’t keep up lol

[tired dawn]

i would do CE for ai data centers

because you get 2 years of cs and 2 years of ee

and i can take my first year cs class with an a2cer 😍

idk

ce seems more versetile

i know i misspelled

so

[woeful minnow]

True . I am not a fan of coding. This is why I’m thinking of EE.

[tired dawn]

ohh

you still have to take a coding class with EE

C++ for majors

*engineers

[woeful minnow]

Yea I saw that. It’s ok, I just don’t want to be a software engineer

[tired dawn]

but its one class vs like five

[tired dawn]

CE is not good enough for a software enginer imo

actually maybe

but it doesnt include any major courses

like programming language basics or OS

or database

[woeful minnow]

Ik, I guess I will have to see where it goes

[tired dawn]

alr

i wouldnt trust the preview advisors tho for advice

@native oak can give you an example of a bad preview advisor 🙏

[woeful minnow]

?

[woeful minnow]

I read about not trusting the preview adv, but what are my options?

[woeful minnow]

Yes please

[native oak]

All the Preview advisors are from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences so they may be slightly off kilter from the technical fields. I had a plant science advisor that told me Disney didn’t hire industrial engineers from UF and not only did I go on to work for Disney (as a busienss major) I know two IEs that have gotten multiple internships.

Also she tried to have me take the 7:30 Chem class even though I live off campus

[topaz stirrup]

Idts

6 credits for full time

[topaz stirrup]

@reef shuttle do u know the BF credit minimum for summer c

[reef shuttle]

uhhh i don’t think there’s a minimum

if there is it’s probably 6

[merry frost]

Do yall know how long it takes for UF to review residency documentation?

I submitted mine back in November but I did just get accepted like 5 days ago so they might have just pushed mine back into the pile until they made a decision

[topaz stirrup]

Should be quick

Mine was a week or two

[merry frost]

Okie dokie

[tired dawn]

https://media.discordapp.net/ephemeral-attachments/1268140727737778208/1364004664282189904/caption.gif?ex=680817d5&is=6806c655&hm=3a94893af11360d0a3e139a993a28116e144ea4545e625fbbcc5d217ebf05d3b&=&width=623&height=893

[tired dawn]

silly :3

i reposted this in co2029 discord

[little siren]

why would UF do this 😭

[sullen bobcat]

I don't like how UF does Preview. But a typical incoming freshman takes more CLAS courses than major courses in the 1st year. So it makes sense for CLAS to advise Preview.

[little siren]

yeah thats fair enough

I feel like most of my first year course gonna be major courses though

cuz of ap credits

[muted vale]

Ive heard preview advisors push you to do some wack things

[muted vale]

How do you check that?

I completely forgot about that part

[topaz stirrup]

just closed out of my ap stylebook tab

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-dunk-explosive-lakers-lakerswin-gif-16401450

war is ALMOST over

[merry frost]

Oh wait can I get the link too please

[merry frost]

On your gator portal

The place where you check admissions decisions

[merry frost]

never mind I found it

[muted vale]

ty

[tired dawn]

its mainly for computing kids and you are a physics major but alr

[reef shuttle]

you’re

[tired dawn]

Ah, my good sir Wiggle, thou art indeed correct! It seems my humble spelling hath betrayed me. You’re most wise to point it out!

[reef shuttle]

why are you using hath here

that’s reserved for third person present tense

[tired dawn]

"I'm an english major!" ahh question

uhh

im debating between PaCE and Campus

on one hand you have pace

i live 2 more years with the family and dont get an internship for 2 years

on the other hand you have campus

[reef shuttle]

you have been landing stuff without it

with brute force and an open schedule you’ll be fine

[tired dawn]

i take my first class with a prof I know, get a SWE internship after year one

[tired dawn]

i landed an on campus opportunity on the uf cs design team thingy

as a product lead

but thats on campus

[reef shuttle]

i do not at all think a first year internship is guaranteed 😭

[tired dawn]

also with off campus i cant take DSA until my second fall

[reef shuttle]

you have to fight tooth and nail usually

[tired dawn]

versus with on campus i can take DSA in the spring

and since ill take EGN 2020c and get a project for some experience

i should be able

also PaCE is fully online

for 2 years

im taking online classes

not even zoom

[reef shuttle]

zoom classes suck i love my asynchronous online classes

i’m taking 4 this summer

[tired dawn]

heres my point of view on this

if I do 2 years of async online

ill lose out on the college experience

2 years of it

ill lose out on the independence

and the growth that comes with college

i wont be ready by 17

no more than i am at 15

[reef shuttle]

…

“the college experience” isn’t an environment conducive to having a 15 year old running amok is what i’m trying to say

[tired dawn]

you are right

the other issue is that my major isnt technically offered

CS through CLAS vs CS through HWCOE

[reef shuttle]

we’ve been telling you to do CLAS for how long now

it’s literally the much better option for what you’re trying to do

[tired dawn]

ive looked at both

CS HWCOE is better

by alot

[reef shuttle]

what makes it better from a law school persoective

[tired dawn]

Not from a law school perspective

But from an overall perspective

In terms of my goal career

It includes more technical electives

[reef shuttle]

the literal biggest barrier to your career is going to law school and you seem to just pretend it’s irrelevant

[tired dawn]

Its the same thing for law school

Between the classes im taking

They are the same

Just more elctives in HWCOE

And CLAS isnt ABET Accredited

[reef shuttle]

you’re going to want electives in english, philosophy, politics, etc to prep for LSAT and bar

are you able to do that on top of hwcoe

if so it’s probably fine

[tired dawn]

Its actually easier to do it on top of HWCOE

surprizingly

[reef shuttle]

hmph

[tired dawn]

CLAS has more gen-eds

in like sciences

[reef shuttle]

perhaps you should go on campus then and uh thug it out for a year or two

[tired dawn]

HWCOE has electives in interdisciplinary fields which means i can take things like writing/history

Look

I would be fine doing online for a year or two

but the issue is this

I got an offer from UF CSU

On the design team

Which is really big

[reef shuttle]

then i’d take it

[tired dawn]

Yeah ik

[reef shuttle]

what’s your housing situation atm though

[tired dawn]

idk yet

UCF i have a 4 by 2

UF i will maybe get on campus

maybe off

[tired dawn]

maybe a 4 by 4 if i rush immediately after housing opens

the person at ucf housing said that they all were claimed within like 45 seconds after they opened the portal

all the ones in the honors dorm

[reef shuttle]

sounds about right yeah

[tired dawn]

yeah

im ok sharing a bathroom tbh

as long as the other person is my age

[reef shuttle]

that doesn’t matter for a bathroom

[tired dawn]

yeah good point

[reef shuttle]

def is more applicable to a shared bedroom though

[tired dawn]

i do have a single bedroom

at UCF

[reef shuttle]

that’s highly desirable

[tired dawn]

everybody gets a single bedroom

literally

everybody in the honors dorm

every single honors dorm is a single bedroom

[native oak]

AGREED

[native oak]

Ditto unless they’re one credit synch

[native oak]

Agreed

[native oak]

And pre law track ain’t easy

[topaz stirrup]

What’s this

[tired dawn]

https://ufcsu.org

[topaz stirrup]

Why don’t you want to live off campus at UF? Are you able to?

[tired dawn]

I am

And I want to

But my parents think its not as good for some reason 💔

[tired dawn]

They run alot of CS stuff at UF

Like Intro to Computing Research (CEN4930)

[hazy shuttle]

swe internship after freshman year ⁉️

[merry frost]

Bro just take the free 50k and live with your parents for 2 years

[tired dawn]

its not a free 50k

im saving

what

[merry frost]

Benacquisto money won't be spent on housing, and therefore you can just dump it into a high yield savings account (or better yet, an index fund, but I'm not giving investment advice :p)

[hazy shuttle]

vt not financial advice

[tired dawn]

thats not 50k

[merry frost]

Doesn't really matter for CS, only engineering buddy

[tired dawn]

its 3k

3k extra in the bank

and thats bc i dont have food expenses

[merry frost]

I concur

[merry frost]

Ok it's more like 36-40K but still

[merry frost]

If you do Pace

You live with your parents

For your freshman and sophomore years

[tired dawn]

online i'd get 6.8k in the bank per year, in person id get 3.8k in the bank per year

[merry frost]

And therefore, do not need to pay for housing

[merry frost]

How

[tired dawn]

COA is calculated differently when you live at home

they nerfed the scholarship

[merry frost]

Ye but they give the same amount for everyone, it's just that estimated coa is less for you

[tired dawn]

no?

[merry frost]

At least that's what I was under the impression of

[tired dawn]

the advisor at UF said they give less when you stay at home

at least thats what i was told

[merry frost]

Was it someone from OSFA or

[tired dawn]

it was a onestop advisor

at floriday day

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/florida-gators-gators-university-of-florida-its-great-to-be-a-florida-gator-gif-13426739259822999789

[topaz stirrup]

It’s great to be

[native oak]

A FLORIDA GATOR

Also @topaz stirrup you ready for banquet tonight

[topaz stirrup]

IDT I CAN MAKE IT, I have so much work to do for finals AHHHH

[tired dawn]

Note

I am set on UF

Just pace vs in person

moms dooming rn

"dorms nasty"

"unsafe uf"

"theres only 800 dorms"

anyone here can stop her from doom-moming 🙏

[tired dawn]

chat we may be getting a baseball natty

@topaz stirrup imagine if we got 2 natties in a year

for sports we arent even known for

[sullen bobcat]

huh?

[tired dawn]

baseball natty

[sullen bobcat]

2017 Baseball champions didn't count?

[tired dawn]

no i mean

they might hit a baseball natty this year

and uf is traditionally a football school

[sullen bobcat]

Gators are known for baseball for decades

[tired dawn]

huh

never knew

i thought they were just a football school 😭

[sullen bobcat]

never too late to learn

[tired dawn]

uhh

im pretty much set on UF

just deciding between pace and in person

i was offered both

[sullen bobcat]

you will be 15-yo, in August? Even a 18-yo struggles with adjusting to college life away from home. I can't imagine how a 15-yo will cope with the life-style change. If I were your parent, I'd be concerned.

did you pair with a roommate?

[tired dawn]

no

i did not

[sullen bobcat]

can you take the 1st semester courses online?

[tired dawn]

i would have to do 2 full years

[sullen bobcat]

what does that mean?

[tired dawn]

i got offered PaCE or in person

i get to pick

[tired dawn]

one of the first year courses i wanna take isnt avalible online

technically i could

really it wouldnt be the best

since i'd still be paying in person fees (unless i do pace)

[sullen bobcat]

What's wrong with PaCE?

seems to me the best option

[tired dawn]

on campus i have alot of opportunities that i wouldnt have online

plus liberal arts vs engineering (ive seen both the programs and i HEAVILLY perfer the liberal arts program)

here

[topaz stirrup]

We’re known for everything

[topaz stirrup]

This

[tired dawn]

Engineering Dep. Reqs are 90 credits + 14 credit minor + 16 Gen-Eds
Liberal Arts De. Reqs are 73 credits + 37 Gen-Eds + Foreign Language

for CS

Liberal Arts has alot less electives as well

Somehow it also has less writing 💀

[tired dawn]

My mom is concerned

[sullen bobcat]

So you preferred cs clas. Is that an issue?

[tired dawn]

typo 😭

i preferred cs hwcoe

and pace doesnt have hwcoe

also they dont have one specific class I want to take which is very important to me

and this class is a major factor in my decision

[native oak]

You can always talk to an advisor but HWCOE advising is a pain

[hazy shuttle]

cant you speed it up?

[tired dawn]

60 credits

so yesnt

If I go full rush mode I can make it take a year

[hazy shuttle]

i dont think its 60 uf credits though right?

[tired dawn]

its 60 total credits

[hazy shuttle]

how many are you coming in with?

[tired dawn]

13 💀

[hazy shuttle]

oh yeah nvm

[hazy shuttle]

what class

[tired dawn]

ill dm it to you

[little siren]

Do I get up to 45 ap credits and all my DE credits?

[median glacier]

ABET accreditation basically means jack shit for CS. Stanford’s cs program is not ABET accredited

Abet is for engineering and as much as you cope CS is not engineering

[tired dawn]

im not coping

cs is engineering

software engineering

[little siren]

CS is way more math related I would say

Thus more liberal arts related

[merry frost]

Do you guys know whether I would be able to take courses at my local Community College during the summer before I start my summer B term at UF? My summer courses at Community college would still run throughout the whole of summer/overlap with Summer B at UF though

[tired dawn]

You can do so

But a max of 11 credits i believe

[merry frost]

Is there like any process that I need to fill out paperwork and stuff for though? Florida Shines?

[tired dawn]

i am not sure

i would call UF or book a zoom one-stop appointment

or when you tour go for in-person one-stop

[merry frost]

I toured on Friday

oh wait I guess there's preview

[tired dawn]

😭

[woeful minnow]

Can incoming freshman apply for things like this now?

[tired dawn]

its actually too late 😭

well CSU its too late

i think

[woeful minnow]

Where in one UF will the quest 1 course appear when they match me?

[tired dawn]

they will have one later this fall

[tired dawn]

idk tbh

[median glacier]

I knew I wasnt crazy UFs CS Program at the college of engineering isnt ABET acreddited

[reef shuttle]

HELP

he’s been dying on this hill for weeks just for it not to be true

looks like computer engineering is abet but cs is not…

@tired dawn

[tired dawn]

what?

[median glacier]

Computer Engineering is primarly centered on low level hardware integration, like how CPUs work

[native oak]

Agreed. Do the zoom appointment thing with the OneStop. I don’t believe you can be enrolled in two institutions at once though, only exception is if you’re on internship and taking an internship class

[native oak]

Your course schedule!

[woeful minnow]

This is weird, but I don’t see the course schedule anywhere in one.uf

[native oak]

Schedule of courses is the master schedule, the option underneath it is your personal one. But if you’re coming in as class of 29 schedule stuff won’t be unlocked until Preview

[tired dawn]

huh

istg it was abet

oh well

i still think engineering is better

based on courses

and not accredidation

[woeful minnow]

This is probably why it is not there

[tired dawn]

in other news my mom decided to let me go

BUT

she wants to wait for housing to come back with an answer

so i guess may first

[native oak]

Alright - muting y’all so I can study and finish my degree on a random Wednesday.

[tired dawn]

😭

@reef shuttle any tips to get her to let me commit now

[median glacier]

"Mom I want to go to UF. If you want to force me to be a adult and go to college then you have to let me make adult decisions"

[reef shuttle]

i think it’s wise to wait on hearing back from housing so uh not really

[tired dawn]

i dont think you understand

she WANTS me to not go to college

but benacquisto

😭

[median glacier]

Then don't go, duall enroll at community college or even UF Online and have like freaking computation algebra done at like 17 and then apply for stanford or smth

[tired dawn]

dude i cant thats the thing

😭

i want to go in person

she wants me online

[median glacier]

you want to work the start ups, what seperates ivy from tech schools is tech schools are literally angel investor startup pipelines

[tired dawn]

this is a tech school right

[median glacier]

I meant the ivy equivilents of tech schools like Stanford MIT Berkely GIT CMU ect.

All the tech startups are in california.

[tired dawn]

Good point

Heres the issue

[median glacier]

FTIC application status is not something you want to just throw out when you can duall enroll for free and not lose it in state

[tired dawn]

1: I cant afford Stanford

2: If I dont set on a school now I lose national merit status

[median glacier]

you don't think you can get it again lol?

[tired dawn]

3: If I dont start this fall i lose benacquisto

[tired dawn]

No tbh

I barely made the cut

I made it by 1 rw quesion

Besides I cannot afford a T20

I have thought of this over and over

My choices are limited

And they get more and more limited by the day

😭

Plus I like UF

[median glacier]

I beg to disagree, your only limiting your range of options by forcing yourself to graduate at what your capable at 14

"Not knowing the scope of your own ignorance is part of the human condition. The problem with it is we see it in other people, and we don't see it in ourselves. The first rule of the Dunning–Kruger club is you don't know you're a member of the Dunning–Kruger club. "

TLDR: You Don't Know What You Dont Know

If your Mom and everyone doing what your trying to do is telling you not to do it, not saying their right but perhaps they are saying this stuff for a reason even if you dont comprehend it right now.

Like dawg you are trying to dorm at 14. That statement probaly doesn't sound insane to yourself there is a reason that people with past experience in dorms see a issue

[strange gull]

you got into stanford? what the helly

[obtuse olive]

what the heliante

[median glacier]

No what I was saying is at 14 and his current pace of meeting the high school graduation standards at 14 even if its just precalc he could literally max out undergrad level math classes while still in high school while mantaing FTIC status prior to applying to a school like stanford

[strange gull]

I don't think he wants to do that

or that he should

that's too damn far

[median glacier]

When he is 18 it will be ok.

What is really bad is moving out at 14 even if its just a few hours away

[obtuse olive]

i also think college at 14 is worse than this lmao

[strange gull]

fair, this non traditional stuff is complex

[little siren]

going to college at 14 j gonna be social hell

and like do u rlly wanna speed run working at a 9-5 😭

[strange gull]

from what ive seen? seems like it

[native oak]

I still agree with her idea of Pace so you get national merit paying for it but you also get that slower up ramp. I remember being depressed and overwhelmed my freshman year trying to adjust to everything - admissions made that year better for me

Also means you get that chance to learn how you work best in college too

[tired dawn]

i didnt

and if i did

i wouldnt go

[strange gull]

oh

[tired dawn]

i cant believe you picked harvard over uf btw

[strange gull]

well you'd have to get in to get aid, but fair. i don't like stanford for other reasons

[tired dawn]

like why wouldnt you pay the extra 18k for prestige 😭

uhh

my mom somehow found a family who may be willing to host me like an exchange studnet

so lets see what happens

god i love the smile emoji

[sullen bobcat]

imo, that is a much better option than living in a dorm with 18,19-yo's.

[tired dawn]

i got all my housing accomodations

and

TUITION DEPOSIT PAID

its great

to be

a florida gator

i said its great

to be

a florida gator

[native oak]

Meanwhile I get to go into the UF housing office for the first and only time next week to pick up a medal

I’m up to four medals, three stoles, and two cords for graduation lol. Going to have to decide what specifically gets worn

[topaz stirrup]

Just checked out of my dorm

bye Broward 292

[tired dawn]

well

im checking in

we on our way!

just got my first UF phishing email - we are really a true gator 😍

[native oak]

I’m cleaning out my apartment to start the second round of moving stuff out

[native oak]

Medals:

• Alumni (Leave a Legacy)
• Tradition Keeper (Alumni Association Campus Traditions)
• Great Gator Neighbor (Off Campus Life)
• Presidential Service Award (over 400 hours served with non profits)

Cords:

• Business cord
• SAO Service cord

Stoles:

• Blue and Orange Achievement Stole
• Warrington Leader stole (Gator Ready)
• SAO Admissions

Probably going to do the Presidential Medal and then either Tradition Keeper for Great Gator Neighbor depending on what the GGN one looks like

[tired dawn]

ooh nice

wear:
Presidential Service Award
SAO Service Cord
Warrington Leader stole

at least that's what i would do

[native oak]

The two cords are literally the same but yes I’d wear that one more

I was supposed to get one more but TPED leadership’s gotten stingy that “oh, you have to graduate as an officer to get the cord” but I’m pretty sure it’s a deliberate snub by our past president that had beef with me

Here’s blue and orange, Warrington, and tradition keeper medal

Admissions stole and cord

And then Presidential medal and Business cord

[tired dawn]

yooooo

[sullen bobcat]

done with the final exams?

[topaz stirrup]

OOOO cute outfit

[topaz stirrup]

All my in person ones, yep!

I still have some assignments and one online exam to complete

When is your baby gator going home?

[sullen bobcat]

Monday

[tired dawn]

sent nm to UF

its real guys

how

also gracie how the buck do i register for preview

its not letting me

[tired dawn]

ok so ima wait till my fall becomes summer

cuz i rlly want summer

[tired dawn]

so yeah

what now

[tired dawn]

dead chat xD

[hazy shuttle]

It’s 7am

[tired dawn]

good point

to which i say

deader chat xD

[tired dawn]

I wonder

Yield this year is gonna be big after BASKETBALL NATTY 🔥 🔥 🔥

But

How does sports performance correlate to UF acceptance and yield rates

[hazy shuttle]

Even though sports played no effect in my commitment, I was deceived into thinking we had a good football team

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/florida-gators-gators-university-of-florida-its-great-to-be-a-florida-gator-gif-13426739259822999789

[tired dawn]

gracie what even is the point of calling admissions

like they have SAOs take calls

and then just send you to an actual AO

by the way my request for summer b instead of fall is being reviewed by an admissions director or something

so im just waiting

[topaz stirrup]

They have student assistants help

But why would they have an AO sit on a phone line all day

the student assistants answer non-specific questions

[tired dawn]

good point

that makes sence

uhh

i filled out quest

and im prob gonna do preview in may after de AP exams

[topaz stirrup]

Very fun!!

Yeah I can’t answer preview questions because I had to do the one specifically for students coming in with their AA

[tired dawn]

me love being gator

[tired dawn]

(this is a joke)

question

what is the cheapest place to buy UF merch

cheapest/best

idk what do yall reccomend (other than super-inflated-prices book store)

[topaz stirrup]

Hmmmmm

Depop and places like that have some cute ones for girls but idk about guys

The bookstore has deals/clearance so you could check there

[tired dawn]

gracie

how do i get uf discord to not hate me 😭

[topaz stirrup]

ping me where they’re hating on you

[hazy shuttle]

one of my favorite clothing items overall is uf merch from depop, definitely agree with depop

[topaz stirrup]

I found the CUTEST little micro pink jersey but it was slightly too small around the shoulders ):

Still adorb but she needs a better home

[tired dawn]

yeah im gonna go with depop ig

[median glacier]

Is it worth it just to skip quest classes

[tired dawn]

you have to do quest

but like

wait

you're a junior

kid you have two years before you apply 💀

[topaz stirrup]

he’s prob gonna start common app in 2-3 months

[topaz stirrup]

but yeah they’re mandatory unless you come in with your AA

[sullen bobcat]

please review https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/uf-quest/students/new-student-guide/

[native oak]

For Quest 2, I recommend Privacy and Rhetoric in the Digital Age. Dr. Bacsik was firm but fair and honestly made me a better writer

[tired dawn]

@median glacier are you junior or rising junior

[tired dawn]

can i take two shitty quest classes or do i only have a max of one of each

also which quests fuffil international

and is it worth it to do that

[native oak]

That’ll be in their course description

[tired dawn]

okie

also im gonna request a triple major at preview

and then just drop the ones i cant complete

[native oak]

You take 1 quest 1, 1 quest 2

@.gracie. ._ are they up to quest 3 and 4 yet 😂

@topaz stirrup

[tired dawn]

can i take 2 quest 1s or 3 quest 2s

[native oak]

No

[tired dawn]

Computer Science, Business Administration, and im debating on Political Science vs PPEL (Hamilton)

Any reccomendations

celeste

[native oak]

PPEL is new but I’ve heard positive stuff about it from our admissions folks

[tired dawn]

ok

i do ppel

so

i will start with a triple major in Computer Science, Business Administration, and PPEL

[tired dawn]

NEW CATALOG COMING OUT TODAY 🔥

cool new img btw

[native oak]

I’m so glad I’m retiring

[tired dawn]

why

[topaz stirrup]

I know NOTHING about quest tbh

[tired dawn]

im done with this senior year lemme tf out

dont think that carrot big because carrot big leaf because small leaf carrot big not leaf big size 😊

[median glacier]

That’s what I meant

Is it worth it to the required extra courses my CC has like public speaking to skip Quest during my undergrad

I’ll also have the vast majority of state core done

[median glacier]

it takes 2 years to get a AA

I can probably CLEP my way for a semester with all the IT exams

[topaz stirrup]

Honestly it just depends

[native oak]

It frees up time but you also go into your major classes almost immediately, so there’s not as much of a chance to adjust to the learning curve. But my AP credits I brought in helped give me breathing room to switch to business

[topaz stirrup]

Having your AA is good because then if UF rejects you then you can apply as a transfer student (and almost definitely get accepted)

[topaz stirrup]

But sadly you’d HAVE to graduate in basically two years

[native oak]

But transfer means you’re locked into your major too

[topaz stirrup]

no exceptions

[sullen bobcat]

Here's what I remember regarding Quest 1 for most incoming freshmen.

1st, you fill out the Quest survey.
2nd, UF will choose a Quest 1 course for you.
3rd, at Preview registration, this chosen Quest 1 is automatically registered.
4th, you can change Quest 1, assuming there's an opening. It's unlikely during Preview but doable after Preview.

[muted vale]

what class is this lol

[tired dawn]

physics but i just typed in go gators

[wicked dagger]

mr chicanery | uf 29[MEOW] — 6:42 AM
Committed to the University of Florida for a BS in Computer Science! Plus a triple major in Business Administration and Political Science! GOOOO GAAATOORRRSSSSS!!!!! 🐊🧡💙

bro goddamnnn

triple major in cs, business, AND polisci

[woeful minnow]

When will we get informed on the summer b move in date? I want to book a place in Gainesville to stay overnight.

[topaz stirrup]

Not sure, but my move in date was July 5

It’s always sometime in that first week

I’d call housing Monday and ask

[tired dawn]

dms

ill tell you the truth

[woeful minnow]

I think summer b starts 6/30 this summer so probably before that

[tired dawn]

the truth being im gonna declare the triple

but honestly

will i do all 3? maybe not

you can drop a major and minor it at any time

but its hard asf to get a major/minor

its just free priority registration for the classes i need

im gonna do my best to do all three tho

[wicked dagger]

ah i see

damn more power to you

[tired dawn]

yeah

its good though

im def gonna major/minor in all of them

hopefully major in all of them

[little siren]

looks like I’m going to duke over UF

[tired dawn]

bro picked the final four LOSERS over the final four WINNERS

💀

bro picked last place over first place

💀

[little siren]

I just picked the objectively better school 😭

Florida an L state

[merry frost]

can you even do that at preview? I was under the presumption that you do so as you get enough credit hours (36>n<96 credit hours)

[merry frost]

you're actually cooked

[native oak]

I don’t believe so

I could not add a minor until my sophomore year

[merry frost]

So you have to wait until a semester or 3 has taken place to even sign up for a double/triple major, yes?

[merry frost]

Do yall know if I can get an AA with like more than half of my credits being through AP class credits?

[native oak]

Pertinent info about double majors or minoring from Business Advising. Lemme see if I still have access to my engineering advising

[merry frost]

but coming in with an AA as a traditional freshman applicant allows you to do all 4 years too, right?

Oh my major's dept has the canvas site publicly accessible on their dept webpage too

[merry frost]

What if it's within the same college but one major is a B.S. and another is a B.A.?

I just ask for shits and giggles, both degrees I could take would most likely be B.S.'s

[reef shuttle]

wait youre serious...

whatever you do please ensure timely graduation

taking >4 years to get double major is frowned upon

good luck making triple major work in seemingly three different colleges 😭

[native oak]

Yeah someone has to come in either with an Associates for sure or like Clep out of a bunch of classes

[sullen bobcat]

congrats! major?

[tired dawn]

BAHAHAHAHAHAH

im staying at UF for 5 years

no matter what happens

im hunkering down

i am NOT leaving

[topaz stirrup]

Yep

[topaz stirrup]

Idk why not

[little siren]

thanks, I ended up getting some more money for Duke so decided to go there cuz if that. Doing cs/stats or math depending on how much I wanna push myself

[topaz stirrup]

going to Duke is also just objectively better

ur gonna do great!

[median glacier]

You apply first as a freshman and if accepted you have a couple special advantages like no quest courses (only stuff that benifits you). If rejected you can then apply as a transfer student with your AA which comes with the standard constraints

[little siren]

yeah true especially for all the connections I can get and I think it’s worth the money

[little siren]

yeah in really excited for my next 4 years tbh

Having lived in the same house my entire life

[native oak]

Excess hours charge might say otherwise

[tired dawn]

ill pay for it oop if it comes to it

i am

NOT

leaving

[tired dawn]

nah bro uf has the prestige

uf is better

why would you disrespect the gator

grrrr

[median glacier]

easy for you to say your not paying lmao.

[little siren]

UF a good school but it doesnt outclass a school that has all the top firms coming to said school to hire from

[tired dawn]

im joking man

we did this to cola when she picked harvard over UF

its a cult, remember?

[little siren]

😭

Nah ik I love UF still

And I got hella friends there

[tired dawn]

yeah ik

so come join us

this message was paid for by the national gator cult

[woeful minnow]

Does UF allow bed risers ?

[topaz stirrup]

idk about bringing your own but maintenance will do it for you

I think you can bring bed risers too

[woeful minnow]

This is what I mean - bed risers for 2 inch maybe .

[topaz stirrup]

oh def then

don’t waste money on them tho just have maintenance rise it for you

[woeful minnow]

Ok thanks

[little siren]

w j u in it?

[tired dawn]

i am in it

why

[tired dawn]

fun fact

according to wikipedia, pace doesnt work for national merit

i think they changed that rule but idk

"NMSC scholarship stipends are not payable for attendance at United States service academies, distance learning programs, and certain institutions that are limited in their purposes or training."

huh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Merit_Scholarship_Program#Scholarships

[tired dawn]

Hey - for all the people at UF, what is your opinion on the dining halls? Which one is the best? Is the food the same every day?

[ornate geode]

lowkey ass but a good option if u have a meal plan. broward dining >>>> gator corner. the food generally is the same

[native oak]

I like Gator Corner more haha

[muted vale]

Ive been to both a couple of times

I liked both

Gator Corner is sick because its right outside the O Dome 😎

[native oak]

I’ve always been partial to GC - I usually took my shadows there back when we did those programs. Even when we changed suppliers. I liked Broward before but haven’t been since the reno

[ornate geode]

[topaz stirrup]

the food is decent quality at both

[tired dawn]

whats the really big one

[native oak]

Broward is closer to sorority row and I think had just gotten expanded

[topaz stirrup]

Broward is larger I think but idk by how much

[tired dawn]

no i mean

the third one

[native oak]

Oh cravings?

[topaz stirrup]

Cravings isn’t big at all I think

[native oak]

It can feel big ish

[tired dawn]

Ive never been

Does it have more variety?

wait cravings isnt all you can eat 💀

?!

[merry frost]

Have y'all boycotted Krishna lunch or something? I remember reading about it on the r/ufl subreddit

[topaz stirrup]

correct, we have two all you can eat style options + one where you order using your meal swipes and they give u like whatever meal you order

The cravings food is a little better I think

[native oak]

A bunch of folks have. They are supposed to be “donation” focused to be able to be on campus but after Covid they started charging 5 dollars for food and shooing away anyone that couldn’t pay, plus being hard on portions. And they take from a lot of the local food banks.

[tired dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/florida-gators-alberta-gators-nod-nodding-gif-7028935046548272458

[native oak]

4 days to graduation…just 4 more days…

[tired dawn]

what if i said you had to get a masters at UF

[native oak]

Too late, already committed to UCF

[tired dawn]

noooooo!

oh wait

your going to rosen right

yeah no rosen >>> UF

well you're still a gator

[native oak]

Not exactly?

[tired dawn]

huh?

arent you themed entertainment?

[native oak]

Rosen is Hospitality and Theme Park Management, meaning Frontline operations

I’m creative

https://www.ucf.edu/degree/themed-experience-ms/

https://cah.ucf.edu/themed-experience/

Which means we’re based under College of Arts and Humanities it looks like

[tired dawn]

wait

are you gonna be taking classes at rosen or nah

[native oak]

Great question. Still waiting to hear. My concentration is a new one this year sooooo we’ll see!

[tired dawn]

💀

[native oak]

It would be convenient since I live closer to there and Epic than main campus

[tired dawn]

me preparing to waive the one vaccine i dont have (i plan on getting the entire state university system of florida sick in my first week)

[native oak]

Is it hepatitis

[tired dawn]

no i have hep b vaccine

[native oak]

Wait get meningitis the one they say tk get if you’ll be in a dorm

I wasn’t in a dorm but I dodged a major bullet

[tired dawn]

lets just say if i come in contact with a needle i warp into another form

so no more vaccinations please tysm

[native oak]

I have to get stuck with something every month, yay allergy shots

[merry frost]

I frickin hate meningitis vaccine my arm was a dud for like 4 days after it

[native oak]

Gotta do it in your non writing arm and rub immediately after you get it

[tired dawn]

Hey - who was that one EE kid?

@woeful minnow ur EE right

check your DMs - im sending you an invite to apply for an EE club on campus

[woeful minnow]

Hey, thanks for thinking of me. I looked up the club. It looks interesting, however, I don’t think I am ready for a club commitment yet. I want to take it easy in the summer, get familiar with the campus.

[tired dawn]

Alr its fine

If I may, what preview date are you doing?

[topaz stirrup]

Most clubs aren’t active over the summer anyway

[merry frost]

What clubs are active in the summer if you know?

[median glacier]

Bruh why does the UF quant club have like 200 members when the school as a whole barely sends 20 people to Wall Street each year 💀

[native oak]

The most Gator TPED did was a summer trivia night mid summer and that’s it

[topaz stirrup]

??? Where’d you get 20 from

[native oak]

||I want to start a drinking game - every time someone mentions a quant in here, take a shot||

[topaz stirrup]

https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/uflorida-ib-rank

I think it’s closer to 40

wait idk the difference between quant and ib actually

[topaz stirrup]

I wouldn’t be able to stand

[tired dawn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/884480152820674610/1275200075403890740/Bio_Prof.mp4?ex=6812919e&is=6811401e&hm=269af70d2199d76aaff58f84e828f6d874114a7c5743c85f69e898bc7333e744&

bsc2010 ahh

[median glacier]

Thanks for the big red arrow so we know what your talking about

[tired dawn]

i didnt make the video

https://biology.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Fall2022BSC2010syllabus.pdf

its real

[tired dawn]

@native oak you know theres a bright futures cord right

just got an email about it

[native oak]

Eeyup 🤣 guess I get to pick that up during lunch on graduation day

[tired dawn]

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/uf-quest/students/quest-3/
https://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/uf-quest/students/quest-4/

[tired dawn]

GATOR SUPREMACY!

[native oak]

BAHAHA ITS REAL NOW

[hazy shuttle]

wait i thought it was a joke

😭

[native oak]

https://news.ufl.edu/2025/03/honors-handwritten-cards/

[topaz stirrup]

I don’t get it

[native oak]

Class of 2031 gets to do an EXTRA quest class on top of the other 2

[topaz stirrup]

Oh noooo

Well I’ll be long graduated by the next

[native oak]

We’ll be freeee

[native oak]

Also PANHELLENIC RECRUITMENT REGISTRATION IS OPEN (if you’re a lady trying to go Greek)

[topaz stirrup]

go greek ☺️

(I’m not involved in greek life)

[native oak]

(Same)

[topaz stirrup]

I will be rushing a business frat this fall tho, can that count

[reef shuttle]

gracie consulting era???

[tired dawn]

possibly

should i rush a frat

[obtuse olive]

may college have mercy on you

[ornate geode]

omg that’s so awesome!! one of my best friends rushed one and she’s having a blast

the pledging is a lot tho

[tired dawn]

was it not an obvious joke

i wont join a frat

[reef shuttle]

ok geed