When Jeb Bush did away with “racial,” ethnic, and similar preferences, with One Florida, in this late 90s, the SUS also did away with legacy preferences. (If you don’t get an admission advantage because of your family’s ethnicity, then another person doesn’t get an advantage because of where their forebears went to school). The same thing is now happening nationwide because of the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
I'm not saying they should. Just saying I'm surprised. I may be the last generation that was born and raised hardcore Gator and went there. And I graduated in 2011. When I have kids, UF is the only place I'll pay their full tuition.
Sorry for the thread drift but looking forward to watching Gator Great Ben Shelton playing later tonight (11PM) in the Australian Open. Don't even have to change channels!
Our role models as a public institution with first rate athletics and academics should be schools like UCLA and Michigan. It can be done. Except for that sign stealing thing at Michigan and Sam Gilbert buying players for UCLA basketball.
I hate to say it but Georgia is a very good school academically. Not at the UF level but not too far behind. I think they have had some success at football in recent years.
I'd like to know how you would know if they were competitive with those that got admission. How did you get that information? I know lots of UF alums whose kids had grades and test scores comparable to their own that didn't get in. It is just a much more elite school now. UF was tasked with becoming elite by the State of Florida run by the Republican Party. They did it. If you don't like it vote the Republicans out.
You realize I said in the last 4 years . The student body comparison is not even close. Not sure you understand what I’m saying
I look at the average student that is admitted based on reporting on the UF website and compare that to what I know about the students who didn't get in. I didn't say I 100% guarantee they should have got in. Also. I don't live in Florida anymore... I can't vote on anything in Florida. I'm just making an observation. Thanks for the input, though.
More than half of the student population is now women. That is a big change from when you were a student.
I never was involved with the admission of undergrads but I did spend a lot of time on the admissions of grad students into my department. We mostly looked for students that had some distinguishing attribute and just being average across the board didn't cut it.
Shot chart at the bottom is atrocious https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401597132/gators-volunteers
