ADMISSIONS
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the department and approved by the college
and the dean of the Graduate School.
 Unqualified admission to the Graduate
School is dependent upon the presentation of a
baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
or university. No application will be considered
unless the complete official transcript of all the
applicant's undergraduate and graduate work is
in the possession of the registrar, and no tran-
script will be accepted as official unless it is
received directly from the registrar of the insti-
tution in which the work was done. Official sup-
plementary transcripts are required as soon as
they are available for any work completed after
application for admission has been made. In
general, no student who is a graduate of a
nonaccredited institution will be considered for
graduate study in any college or department of
the university.
 The Board of Regents also has ruled that in
admitting students for a given academic year,
up to ten percent may be admitted as excep-
tions. Students admitted as exceptions under
the ten percent waiver rule must present both
an upper division grade point average and GRE
score with their application and meet other cri-
teria required by the university, including let-
ters of recommendation from colleagues,
satisfactory performance in a specified number
of graduate courses taken as postbaccalaureate
students, or practical experience in the disci-
pline for a specified period of time.
 The university encourages applications from
qualified applicants of both sexes from all cul-
tural, racial, religious, and ethnic groups. The
university does not discriminate on the basis of
race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex,
marital status, national origin, political opinions
or affiliations, and veteran status. The universi-
ty, when appropriate, provides substitution of
courses for handicapped individuals upon
request.

Admissions Examinations
 Graduate Record Examination. In addi-
tion to the GRE which is required of all appli-
cants, some departments encourage the
applicant to submit scores on one or more
advanced subject tests of the GRE. The scores on
all tests taken will be considered.
 Graduate Study in Business Administra-
tion. Students applying for admission to the
Graduate School for study in the College of
Business Administration or Fisher School of
Accounting may substitute satisfactory scores
on the Graduate Management Admission Test
(GMAT) for the GRE. Students applying for
admission to the Master of Business Adminis-
tration (MBA) program must submit satisfacto-
ry scores on the GMAT. Applicants are
requested to contact the Educational Testing
Service, Princeton, New Jersey, for additional
information.
 Graduate Study in Law. Students apply-
 ing to the graduate program leading to the
 degree Master of Laws in Taxation must submit
 satisfactory scores on the Law School Admis-
 sions Test (LSAT).


Conditional Admission
 Students who are not eligible for direct
admission may be granted conditional admis-
sion to the Graduate School. Students may be
granted conditional admission to defer final
admission decisions until requisite examination
scores or final grade records are available. Stu-
dents may also be granted conditional admis-
sion to ascertain their ability to pursue graduate
work at the University of Florida if previous
grade records or GRE scores are on the border-
line of acceptability or when specific prerequi-
site courses are required.
 Students granted conditional admission
should be notified by the department of the con-
ditions under which they are admitted. When
these conditions have been satisfied, the depart-
ment must notify the student in writing, send-
ing a copy to the Graduate School. Eligible
course work taken while a student is in condi-
tional status is applicable toward a graduate
degree.
 Students failing to meet any condition of
admission will be barred from further registra-
tion.

International Students
 All international students seeking admission
to the Graduate School are required to submit
satisfactory scores on the GRE and on the
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
with the following exceptions:
 International students whose native tongue
 is English or who have studied at a United
 States college or university for one year or
 more do not need to submit TOEFL scores
 but they must submit satisfactory scores on
 the GRE before their application for admis-
 sion can be considered.
 Students educated in countries other than
 the United States where the GRE is not avail-
 able who apply for admission while residing
 outside the United States may be granted, at
 the discretion of the department, a one
 semester postponement of the GRE but not
 the TOEFL.
 Permission to register for subsequent
 semesters will depend upon the submission
 of scores on the GRE.
 All international students applying for
 admission to the Master of Business Admin-
 istration program must submit satisfactory
 scores from the GMAT before their applica-
 tion for admission will be considered.
 International students are required to hold
 health and accident insurance as a condition
 of enrollment. Such insurance must be
 payable in U.S. dollars and should not be
 limited in use to a particular hospital, clinic,
 agency, or institution delivering health care.
 Failure to comply may result in cancellation
 of registration.
 International students, whose scores on the
TOEFL and verbal portion of the GRE are not
indicative of adequate writing skills, are
required to write a short essay for examination.
If the skills demonstrated in the essay are not


acceptable for pursuing graduate work, the
examination will be used as a diagnostic tool for
placement in appropriate courses which will not
count toward a graduate degree.
 Graduate students whose native language is
not English may be asked to submit satisfactory
scores on the Test of Spoken English (TSE) to be
eligible for teaching assistantships.
 Applicants are requested to write the Educa-
tiona Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey,
for registration forms and other information
concerning TOEFL, TSE, GMAT, and GRE.

Admission to the College of
Dentistry
 When to Apply: The Application Request
Card for the American Association of Dental
Schools Application Service (AADSAS) may be
obtained after May 15 from the Office of Admis-
sions, College of Dentistry, University of Flori-
da, Gainesville, Florida, 32611. The.request card
should be sent directly to the AADSAS, 1625
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Suite 101,
Washington, D.C. 20036. Upon receiving the
application materials from the AADSAS, the
completed forms and supporting documents
must be returned directly to the AADSAS no
later than October 15 of the year prior to antici-
pated enrollment in dental school. Failure to
meet this deadline will prevent the Dental
Admissions Committee from evaluating your
record.
 The data compiled by the AADSAS will be
carefully evaluated by the Dental Admissions
Committee and promising applicants will be
sent formal application forms which request
additional information. The submission of a pre-
professional committee evaluation or letters of
recommendation from people in academics will
not be necessary until the formal application
forms are filed. The formal application forms
and supporting materials must be submitted as
requested by the College of Dentistry.
 The College of Dentistry aspires to attract
students of the highest caliber into its various
programs. High standards of scholastic achieve-
ment, moral character, and motivation are
expected of the applicant. The student of den-
tistry must possess a high basic aptitude supple-
mented by an academic preparation of the
highest order because of the vast area of science
which must be mastered by the dentist. The
highly personal relationship between patient
and dentist places the latter in a position of
trust, which demands maturity, integrity, intel-
lectual honesty, and a sense of responsibility. A
broad representation of the ethnic mixture of
the state is sought in the student body through
an active recruitment program. The college
strictly adheres to the principle of ethnic, racial,
religious, and social equality among its student
body and faculty.
 Generally, students applying for admission
 should plan to complete the requirements for a
 bachelor's degree. However, qualified students
 may be accepted without fulfilling the degree
 requirements, provided they show evidence of
 sufficient preparation for the study of dentistry.
 Applicants with an overall B average as a mini-