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Limited tours and online Preview present challenges for incoming students
Some had to decide on UF without ever visiting campus in person Photo by Ashley Hicks | The Independent Florida Alligator
With campus tours at reduced capacity and new student Preview, which helps students transition to UF with tours and advising, held online, UF class of 2025 students are worried about how well they can get to know their new college.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, campus tours are limited and in high demand, and Preview, UF’s new student orientation, is online this year. As a result, students may have to make their college decisions without visiting UF in person, director of freshman and international admissions Charles Murphy said.