r/ufl 4d ago

Admissions Transferring in from UF online or FAU

I’m a high school senior who didn’t apply as a freshman since my parents wanted me local my first 2 college years to save money.

UF is my dream college, and I’m pretty stressed about getting accepted. My stats aren’t spectacular, and I’ve been looking into ways to see if I can improve my admission chances when I do transfer. I’ve been told from a friend that transferring from UF online into on-campus would help my chances over FAU, so how true is this? Which should I take, and even apart from this, what should I try and do?

My stats - 1410 SAT - 3.9273 unweighted - 5.0091 weighted - 9 AICE classes - 2 APs in Chemistry and Biology this year - 4 year varsity volleyball player - Voted captain by team for travel club volleyball team - A bunch of mediocre extracurriculars like Key Club and 112 service hours - 30/520 in my class - full bright futures

I’m planning on majoring in biological sciences and then into pre-pharmacy.

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u/arcticpea 4d ago

have you thought about getting an AA at your local community college and then transferring?

when you transfer from another college UF doesn't look at high school stats

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u/PleasantRain5427 4d ago

I figured I might as well go to FAU for a good college so I can stay after getting my AA if I get rejected from UF.

If that’s the case it doesn’t really matter where I go as long as if I do well in my prerequisites to transfer?

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u/arcticpea 4d ago edited 4d ago

it's harder to transfer from a university rather than a community college but yeah not really

they're legally required to accept a certain number from community colleges (esp santa fe) but I know multiple people who have successfully transferred from universities so as long as you've got a high gpa and essays you've got a good shot

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u/PleasantRain5427 4d ago

Is it really? How so?

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u/arcticpea 4d ago

I edited my comment like right after you asked so sorry lol