ADMISSIONS


 counselor. The letter should give specific
 reasons why the applicant would profit
 more from early admission than by comple-
 tion of the senior year of high school.

 An applicant for early admission may be
required to interview with members of the
Admissions Committee before an application
decision is made. The Office of Admissions will
advise the applicant if interviews are required.
IMPORTANT: Please note that an applicant
should NOT report for an interview until noti-
fied by the Office of Admissions.
 Eligible early admission students from Flori-
da high schools may be funded through Dual
Credit Enrollment.
 The University of Florida provides numer-
ous opportunities other than early admission to
accelerate graduation. For additional informa-
tion, please refer to the Time Shortened Degree
Opportunities section of this catalog.
 Advance Housing Payment. Entering fresh-
men are required to make a housing deposit
within 30 days of acceptance if they desire to
live in university housing. The housing deposit,
less a $20.00 service charge, is refundable until
May 1st for applicants accepted for admission to
the fall freshman class.
 Admission with Advanced Standing. The
University of Florida is a participant in the
Advanced Placement (AP) program and the
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) of
the College Entrance Examination Board and
the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
Under the Advanced Placement program, a stu-
dent entering the university offers a nationally
graded examination as evidence of completion
of a college-level course taken in high school.
Depending on the results of the examination,
the student may receive university credit for
courses covering similar material or exemption
from such courses without credit.
 Admission Offers with Outstanding Cre-
dentials. Offers of admission with course work
currently in progress are tentative offers, pend-
ing review of final outstanding transcripts.
Admission offers are subject to cancellation if
final course work does not meet admission
requirements.

Admission as a Transfer Student to
Undergraduate Schools and
Colleges
 Applicants who have attended any college
or university, who have earned at least 12
semester hours of credit following graduation
from high school or attended another postsec-
ondary institution through nearly admission
program, are considered transfer students.

 When to Apply: Applications may be sub-
mitted up to one year in advance, and appli-
cants are urged to apply at least six months
prior to the term they plan to enter. Applicants
should refer to the application deadlines section
of the university calendar and consult the indi-
vidual college to which they intend to apply for
specific program information. (NOTE: In a num-


ber of undergraduate programs, the sequence of
professional courses begins ONLY in the fall
term of the junior year.) An applicant who
delays filing an application may find it impossi-
ble to furnish the necessary supporting records
in time to permit an admission decision for the
term desired.
 This section lists the general admission
requirements for transfer students. It should be
noted, however, that admission to the universi-
ty is selective and satisfaction of these general
requirements does not guarantee acceptance.
Upper division colleges of the university have
established enrollment quotas because of enroll-
ment limitations. Upper division transfer appli-
cants who meet the minimum admission
requirements will be referred to the selection
committee of the appropriate college for enroll-
ment consideration.
 A transfer applicant should refer to the gen-
eral information and colleges sections of this
catalog for an explanation of the academic orga-
nization of the university. (See the Table of Con-
tents.)

Transfer Credit Policy
 Credit hours for work completed at a com-
munity college after the student has earned a
total of 64 semester hours (or 96 quarter hours)
of acceptable transfer credit at all institutions
attended will not be accepted for transfer credit
at the University of Florida. The courses repre-
sented by such credit hours will be recorded on
the student's University of Florida record and
may be used to satisfy experience requirements,
but such courses will not reduce the number of
credit hours required in the upper division at
the University of Florida to earn a degree. Fail-
ure to declare attendance at another institution
can invalidate admission to the University of
Florida and any credits or degrees earned.
 Courses completed with grades of D or high-
er at other regionally accredited institutions
which reasonably parallel the curriculum at the
University of Florida will be accepted for trans-
fer credit as hours earned. It is the prerogative
of the student's upper division college to deter-
mine how transfer credit satisfies the specific
degree's course requirements, and in some
cases, colleges require grades of C or higher in
some courses.
 University of Florida degree-seeking stu-
dents must secure the approval of the dean of
their college prior to enrolling as a nondegree or
transient student at another institution. Tran-
sient student forms to be used for pre-approval
of transfer credit within the State University
System of Florida (SUS) are available from the
Office of the University Registrar in Criser Hall.

Florida Public Community College Graduates
 This section applies ONLY to new students seek-
ing to transfer directly from a Florida public commu-
nity college with the Associate of Arts degree in a
university parallel program. All other community
college applicants, undergraduate transfer applicants
from four-year colleges and universities and appli-


cants for readmission, should consult the appropriate
sections which follow.

 The University of Florida subscribes to the
articulation agreement between the state univer-
sities and public community colleges of Florida.
Under this agreement, any graduate of a state-
approved Florida public community college is
eligible for admission to the university if the
student has completed the university parallel
program and received the Associate of Arts
degree, provided the degree has been awarded
on the basis of the following:
 At least 60 semester hours of academic
 work exclusive of occupational courses;
 An approved general education program
 of at least 36 semester hours;
 A grade point average of at least 2.0 on a
 4.0 system on all college level academic
 courses.
 All applicants must have completed two
 sequential courses of foreign language in
 secondary school or the equivalent of 8-10
 semester hours at the postsecondary level.
 All applicants seeking admission to a pro-
 gram in teacher education must submit
 scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
 or the American College Test (ACT). These
 scores should be forwarded to the Office of
 Admissions as soon as possible after submit-
 ting an application for admission. Some col-
 leges with enrollment quotas may require
 applicants to submit test scores as a part of
 their selection process. When test scores are
 required by an upper division college, the
 applicants will be advised directly by that
 college.
 An undergraduate transfer applicant who
 will enter the University of Florida with
 junior class standing (AA degree from a
 Florida public community college or 60
 semester hours of acceptable transfer credit)
 must have satisfactorily completed the Col-
 lege Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) to
 be admitted in a degree-seeking status.
 Within space and fiscal limitations, appli-
cants who have satisfied the above minimum
requirements will be considered for admission
at the junior level to an upper division college.
Such students may be required to take addition-
al preprofessional courses not completed at the
junior college. However, such courses will not
reduce the number of credits required in the
upper division for a degree.

Other Transfer Applicants
 This section applies to students seeking to trans-
fer from a Florida public community college without
an Associate of Arts degree in a university parallel
program and to all undergraduate transfer appli-
cants from other colleges or universities.

Requirements for Admission to Lower
Division
 Eligible for admission as a beginning fresh-
 man: An applicant must have been eligible
 for admission to the University of Florida as