U. of Florida 2010-2011 Applicants!! Forum

[Barbie]

Just got $9,000 in need-based and they said they'd try to scrounge up more in light of the tornado situation

aw UF so considerate Hope you're doin alright!!

[ns77770]

Hey current UF students, on the student affairs page it says that a computer with windows is needed but I have a Mac. Is that going to be a problem? If I really need windows I can just install it on my Mac pretty easily but I don't want to do it unless I need it. Thanks for the help!

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[pinkcamellia]

Just got $9,000 in need-based and they said they'd try to scrounge up more in light of the tornado situation

aw UF so considerate Hope you're doin alright!!

I am, thanks girl! And yeah, Carol was really nice about it.

[ns77770]

Hey current UF students, on the student affairs page it says that a computer with windows is needed but I have a Mac. Is that going to be a problem? If I really need windows I can just install it on my Mac pretty easily but I don't want to do it unless I need it. Thanks for the help!

You need windows to download examsoft, but there is a program on mac that allows you to DL windows. I'd say about 50% of current students have macs.

Are you talking about bootcamp? and Thanks for the help!

[98234872348]

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[thewarflamingo]

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[ns77770]

Got a grant today in the mail, so thrilled!

Nice congrats!

[Bobo355]

So just to clear up, someone talked to admissions and they said the need based grants were only good for your first year and then you don't get anything after that?

[thewarflamingo]

So just to clear up, someone talked to admissions and they said the need based grants were only good for your first year and then you don't get anything after that?

Correct.

[Bobo355]

So just to clear up, someone talked to admissions and they said the need based grants were only good for your first year and then you don't get anything after that?

Correct.

Very lame, well I'm gonna call and at least see if you are allowed to apply for that next year cus i'm not going to get any richer while in law school haha!

[FortuneFavorsTheBold]

So just to clear up, someone talked to admissions and they said the need based grants were only good for your first year and then you don't get anything after that?

Correct.

Very lame, well I'm gonna call and at least see if you are allowed to apply for that next year cus i'm not going to get any richer while in law school haha!

+1

[Barbie]

From my understand, students who do well there first year can apply for continuing student scholarships. Apparently, UF has plenty of these. I have heard nothing about continuing student grants. But, do well, and you can get some of that $$ .

[GatorStudent]

From my understand, students who do well there first year can apply for continuing student scholarships. Apparently, UF has plenty of these. I have heard nothing about continuing student grants. But, do well, and you can get some of that $$ .

I question whether the scholarships are "plentiful." They told us that they had many of them, and most of them were "merit-based," but I found that many people who did VERY well their 1L year didn't get them. I'm talking about people in the top 5 to 10%.

I love UF, but I sincerely question that they have many of these scholarships, or at least their reasons for giving these scholarships.

[Barbie]

From my understand, students who do well there first year can apply for continuing student scholarships. Apparently, UF has plenty of these. I have heard nothing about continuing student grants. But, do well, and you can get some of that $$ .

I question whether the scholarships are "plentiful." They told us that they had many of them, and most of them were "merit-based," but I found that many people who did VERY well their 1L year didn't get them. I'm talking about people in the top 5 to 10%.

I love UF, but I sincerely question that they have many of these scholarships, or at least their reasons for giving these scholarships.

Weird! I wonder the criteria then? Mistergoft I believe said he knew a few people who got them...

[g-children]

Hey current UF students, on the student affairs page it says that a computer with windows is needed but I have a Mac. Is that going to be a problem? If I really need windows I can just install it on my Mac pretty easily but I don't want to do it unless I need it. Thanks for the help!

You need windows to download examsoft, but there is a program on mac that allows you to DL windows. I'd say about 50% of current students have macs.

Are you talking about bootcamp? and Thanks for the help!

Umm, I have no idea.

/summons mac people.

You can use Bootcamp or Parallels or Vmware (Fusion). I have a Mac w Windows on it using Vmware (It allows you to run windows and mac osx at the same time all together in sync).

[98234872348]

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[GatorStudent]

From my understand, students who do well there first year can apply for continuing student scholarships. Apparently, UF has plenty of these. I have heard nothing about continuing student grants. But, do well, and you can get some of that $$ .

I question whether the scholarships are "plentiful." They told us that they had many of them, and most of them were "merit-based," but I found that many people who did VERY well their 1L year didn't get them. I'm talking about people in the top 5 to 10%.

I love UF, but I sincerely question that they have many of these scholarships, or at least their reasons for giving these scholarships.

Weird! I wonder the criteria then? Mistergoft I believe said he knew a few people who got them...

Please see Mistergoft's post above. Even assuming they give out 20 (which I doubt, or, if they give out 20, they're small--I recall many of the scholarships being rather low), UF's class sizes are huge, even with the drop in class size.

UF's tuition is low, and it's a state school, so they don't concentrate on scholarships the way many private schools do.

[LSATmakesMeNeurotic]

UF's tuition is low, and it's a state school they're cheap, so they don't concentrate on scholarships the way many private schools do FSU does.

FTFY. Not that it really matters, since I'm still going to UF.

[prettyinpink02]

You can use Bootcamp or Parallels or Vmware (Fusion). I have a Mac w Windows on it using Vmware (It allows you to run windows and mac osx at the same time all together in sync).

I have been going through the check list online and doing everything and when I was looking at the new examsoft system requirements on their website it looks like they now offer it for mac and it does not require any form of windows, you don't need bootcamp

[AU2010NC]

anyone living right near the law school next year and looking for a roomate? pm me if interested

[Light]

Did anyone see that article in the NY Times recently about law schools offering more grants than it is statistically possible to maintain for 3 years? In other words, due to the curved grading and the specific GPA requirement to maintain your aid, many people will for sure lose their aid.

I did some research and the curve at UF says the GPA must be a mean between 3.15-3.25 or something. There was no median given. I called the financial aid office and inquired about what percent of students are given merit aid. She said 25%. And of those who have aid, 15% will lose it after the first year.

It's important to for people to research how good their merit awards are really worth, and I never realized it until I read that article. UF seems to be decent, with 85% keeping their schollies. Anyways keep this in mind if you are anticipating any other offers through waitlists or whatever.

[Barbie]

Did anyone see that article in the NY Times recently about law schools offering more grants than it is statistically possible to maintain for 3 years? In other words, due to the curved grading and the specific GPA requirement to maintain your aid, many people will for sure lose their aid.

I did some research and the curve at UF says the GPA must be a mean between 3.15-3.25 or something. There was no median given. I called the financial aid office and inquired about what percent of students are given merit aid. She said 25%. And of those who have aid, 15% will lose it after the first year.

It's important to for people to research how good their merit awards are really worth, and I never realized it until I read that article. UF seems to be decent, with 85% keeping their schollies. Anyways keep this in mind if you are anticipating any other offers through waitlists or whatever.

Not to discredit your research at all, but anyone who gets a scholarship with a stipulation surely considers this automatically... I'm pretty sure everyone who has made it this far academically realizes the risk, at least.

[thewarflamingo]

She said 25%. And of those who have aid, 15% will lose it after the first year.

Thank you for posting this! I was actually going to call tomorrow to ask about scholarship retention, so I'm glad you posted the info here.

[Barbie]

Does anyone know if the admissions office/financial aid office are opened during the same hours, etc over summer? As in, will I still be able to call and stalk them throughout these months since I am still, and plan on being for a while, incomplete .