hellbeast78

hmm... especially if we both get in everywhere else we applied. What was your major at UF btw?

I saw that ranking too (US News I think). I'm not entirely sure what their ranking metrics were though; it might include things like how green the grass is or how pretty the buildings are... who knows. I was told USF had over 450 applicants this year for something like 80 slots (so 17% + the number of people they expect to say no... probably something like 20% acceptance rate). They probably get a lot more applicants than FSU because it's in a reasonably large metro area. A lot the local applicants apply there as their top school and then also less competitve/prestigious schools as back ups (i.e. not UF or FSU). I did do my undergrad in Linguistics at UF though. I was thinking because of the UF/FSU rivalry, people who did their undergrad at one school would pick that school over the other even if they applied to both... I know... despite the fact that UF is waaay better in every single way . Maybe they anticipate this and pre-emptively reject highly competitive applicants who graduated from UF, but I still think it was the recommendation letter. That whole scenario about being too qualified smacks of being a little self-serving to me, and I doubt that anyone would ever admit that if it were the case anyway. Truth be told if I got into both FSU and UF I'd go to UF, so maybe there's something to it. Good luck with UF... well unless you get in and I don't... j/k.

Eeeeep! My stats might have been too high? Wow, I just can't win. Truth be told it was my safety school.

I'm curious about FSU. According to petersons they have about a 40% acceptance rate (probably slightly lower this year), but USF has a 27% acceptance rate ( I verified this with some faculty there). I would think my stats are at least waitlist-worthy for FSU if USF accepted me 2 days earlier... assuming petersons.com is at least somewhat accurate. This said, one of my professors sent her recommendation letter in late (1/29/12), and FSU's deadline is 1/15 for some weird reason. Does anybody know if this would explain why I was rejected from FSU? I'm not terribly broken up about it; I'm just curious. I mean it couldn't possibly be that competitive.