Florida Colleges

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With UF and FSU taking limited top Florida Academic Scholars, USF and UCF are gaining more of them and gaining Pre-eminent national status because of the higher caliber freshman admittance GPA and test scores. UCF and USF will have an average 4.2 GPA or higher this year to get in.

How generous of the much older UF and FSU to allow the newer UCF and USF together to gain about 80 percent of the Florida Academic Bright Futures Scholars. Working together for a higher university system in Florida.

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We get it. Your kid didn't get in so you hate the place. You won't give the school money any more. Give your $500 to a worthy cause that can really use it like a local animal shelter.

Classic.

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It is simple to get into UF. The kid must score at the average test scores and GPA to be considered. A 31 ACT/ 1400 SAT is at the 95th national percentile. But it is the running joke because the majority of Florida's students who are denied at UF are Florida Bright Futures Academic Scholars who go on to UCF and USF. Then UF takes the majority of its students who get their AAs from the community colleges who couldn't get into UCF or USF as freshman.

All my kids were Bright Futures Academics and got in. Recommend your kid goes to a JUCO and tries again in two years. Problem solved.

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USF and UCF are flooded with freshman applications coming in. To get the USF merit scholarships should apply earlier before the money runs out.

USF, the fallback to the fallback's - fallback.

UF>FSU>UCF>USF

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All my kids were Bright Futures Academics and got in. Recommend your kid goes to a JUCO and tries again in two years. Problem solved.

UF will enroll 6,500 freshman and 25% of those will be out-of-state students. UF will enroll less than 10% of Florida's Academic Scholars.

More students who have top test scores and grades are qualifying for and using the Bright Futures’ academic scholars program, which pays for 100 percent of tuition and fees and provides $300 for books in the fall and spring semesters.

The latest estimate shows a projected 52,179 students will qualify this year as academic scholars, up from 45,295 last year, or a 15 percent increase. That program will grow by another 9.5 percent next budget year for a total of 57,138 students in 2019-2020, the estimate showed.

To qualify for the program, students must have a 3.5 grade point average and score at least a 1290 on the SAT or a 29 on the ACT. They must also complete 100 hours of community service.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...211-story.html

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University of Florida Police Department is currently investigating a sexual battery that occurred Saturday night on UF campus near the Florida Gym. How safe is the UF campus and Gainesville?

How safe are our Florida universities and when get immediately outside of the campus it is much worse around Gainesville and Tallahassee.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — The University of Florida Police Department is currently investigating a sexual battery that occurred Saturday night on UF campus near the Florida Gym.

In a UF Alert, UFPD says that the report was from a food services employee supervisor to whom the victim confided.

According to the report, the woman was in an alleyway north of the Florida Gym and south of the Student Recreation and Fitness Center when an unknown male approached behind her and sexually battered her. The victim was unable to provide any suspect description or additional details of the incident to the reporting person.

UFPD is asking anyone with information about the incident, or was in the area at the time, or who may know the man’s identity is asked to call the University of Florida Police Department.

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UF will enroll 6,500 freshman and 25% of those will be out-of-state students. UF will enroll less than 10% of Florida's Academic Scholars.

More students who have top test scores and grades are qualifying for and using the Bright Futures’ academic scholars program, which pays for 100 percent of tuition and fees and provides $300 for books in the fall and spring semesters.

The latest estimate shows a projected 52,179 students will qualify this year as academic scholars, up from 45,295 last year, or a 15 percent increase. That program will grow by another 9.5 percent next budget year for a total of 57,138 students in 2019-2020, the estimate showed.

To qualify for the program, students must have a 3.5 grade point average and score at least a 1290 on the SAT or a 29 on the ACT. They must also complete 100 hours of community service.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...211-story.html

FAS starts at a 3.5 GPA and a 1290/29. No doubt many great kids in that range but certainly not in the range where they should expect to get into a top 50 school. This is not an issue of FAS recipients not getting in. You have an unreasonable exception of who should get in.

If my kids had 3.5 GPA's and less than 1300 on their SAT's, I would certainly be encouraging them to apply at a number of other schools with little expectation of getting into UF or FSU.

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How safe are our Florida universities and when get immediately outside of the campus it is much worse around Gainesville and Tallahassee.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — The University of Florida Police Department is currently investigating a sexual battery that occurred Saturday night on UF campus near the Florida Gym.

In a UF Alert, UFPD says that the report was from a food services employee supervisor to whom the victim confided.

According to the report, the woman was in an alleyway north of the Florida Gym and south of the Student Recreation and Fitness Center when an unknown male approached behind her and sexually battered her. The victim was unable to provide any suspect description or additional details of the incident to the reporting person.

UFPD is asking anyone with information about the incident, or was in the area at the time, or who may know the man’s identity is asked to call the University of Florida Police Department.

This is where the athletes train on campus.

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How safe are our Florida universities and when get immediately outside of the campus it is much worse around Gainesville and Tallahassee.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — The University of Florida Police Department is currently investigating a sexual battery that occurred Saturday night on UF campus near the Florida Gym.

In a UF Alert, UFPD says that the report was from a food services employee supervisor to whom the victim confided.

According to the report, the woman was in an alleyway north of the Florida Gym and south of the Student Recreation and Fitness Center when an unknown male approached behind her and sexually battered her. The victim was unable to provide any suspect description or additional details of the incident to the reporting person.

UFPD is asking anyone with information about the incident, or was in the area at the time, or who may know the man’s identity is asked to call the University of Florida Police Department.

Unfortunately that is at pretty much any college. It sucks but doesn't make your hard on for UF any more justified.

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FAS starts at a 3.5 GPA and a 1290/29. No doubt many great kids in that range but certainly not in the range where they should expect to get into a top 50 school. This is not an issue of FAS recipients not getting in. You have an unreasonable exception of who should get in.

If my kids had 3.5 GPA's and less than 1300 on their SAT's, I would certainly be encouraging them to apply at a number of other schools with little expectation of getting into UF or FSU.

A 29 ACT places you in the top 91st percentile nationally out of the 2 million students taking the ACT this year. For comparison purposes, a 29 on the ACT converts to a 1340 on the SAT based on the College Board. Most of the Academic Scholars with 29/1340 or higher have higher GPAs than 3.5. Just sayin that UF is not meeting the majority of Florida's top students. Our Florida taxpayers pay for our public (and private) elementary through high schools (capital expenses, teacher salaries,..) and money to the university system. Lottery money pays for much of the Bright Futures scholarships.

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Unfortunately that is at pretty much any college. It sucks but doesn't make your hard on for UF any more justified.

Time to compare the crime rates at the major public universities in Florida.

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2017 (do not see 2018 data yet)
University of Florida reported 694 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or other U of F affiliated properties in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,681 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

Reported Incidents by Location
83.1% of all incidents occurred on-campus. 10.1% of all incidents occurred in the Gainesville neighborhood surrounding the campus. 6.8% of all incidents occurred off campus but while on school affiliated property.

University of Florida reported 577 safety-related incidents involving students while ON CAMPUS in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,660 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

https://www.collegefactual.com/colle...nt-life/crime/

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Time to compare the crime rates at the major public universities in Florida.

Since you through out the gauntlet, figured I'd go look before UF reject dad found some obscure data to fit his agenda.

Business Insider: top 25 most dangerous campuses. Of course California was well represented but there were a few surprises for me.

#1 University of California — Los Angeles
#2 University of California — Berkeley
#3 Duke University
#4 Florida A&M University
#5 Vanderbilt University
#6 San Diego State University
#7 University of New Mexico
#8 University of South Alabama
#9 Louisiana State University — Baton Rouge
#10 Georgia Institute of Technology
#11 Ball State University
#12 Indiana State University
#13 University of Cincinnati
#14 Southern Illinois University — Carbondale
#15 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#16 Northern Arizona University
#17 New Mexico State University
#18 Rutgers University — Newark
#19 California State University — Fresno
#20 Western Illinois University
#21 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
#22 State University of New York College — Buffalo
#23 Arkansas State University — Jonesboro
#24 University of California — Riverside
#25 Florida State University — Tallahassee

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2017 (do not see 2018 data yet)
University of Florida reported 694 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or other U of F affiliated properties in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,681 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

Reported Incidents by Location
83.1% of all incidents occurred on-campus. 10.1% of all incidents occurred in the Gainesville neighborhood surrounding the campus. 6.8% of all incidents occurred off campus but while on school affiliated property.

University of Florida reported 577 safety-related incidents involving students while ON CAMPUS in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,660 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

https://www.collegefactual.com/colle...nt-life/crime/

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Reported Incidents by Category
Disciplinary actions represented 55.3% of all UF on-campus incidents. Arrests related to possession represented 28.6% of all on-campus incidents. Violence against women represented 5.4% of all on-campus incidents. Arrests for major crimes represented 10.7% of all on-campus incidents.

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2017 (do not see 2018 data yet)
University of Florida reported 694 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or other U of F affiliated properties in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,681 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

Reported Incidents by Location
83.1% of all incidents occurred on-campus. 10.1% of all incidents occurred in the Gainesville neighborhood surrounding the campus. 6.8% of all incidents occurred off campus but while on school affiliated property.

University of Florida reported 577 safety-related incidents involving students while ON CAMPUS in 2017. Of the 2,795 colleges and universities that reported crime and safety data, 2,660 of them reported fewer incidents than this.

https://www.collegefactual.com/colle...nt-life/crime/

Of course the 2.795 colleges include Cow Tipping Univ where dating your sister is ok.