University of Florida students who were accepted to the Univesity of Florida PaCE (Pathway to Campus Enrollment) program for Fall 2025 have several options. Some students will choose to live at home and take their University of Florida classes online, but many students and parents who want a 'traditional collegiate experience' will move to Gainesville and will want to live in a residence hall with other University of Florida students, join sororities and fraternities, attend football and basketball games, and join students organizations.
Students accepted to the PaCE program DO have the option of moving to Gainesville and living in a dorm with other University of Florida students. Luxury Dorms Near UF, private residence halls not owned or associated with the University of Florida, are the best residence hall that PaCE students are eligible for. They are also walking distance to sororities, sporting events, clubs/organizations, libraries, and gives PaCE students the true freshman dorm experience.
Luxury Dorms Near UF are the best residence halls that University of Florida PaCE students are eligible to live in during their first year. Students accepted into the standard University of Florida on-campus program are also eligible to live at Luxury Dorms Near UF, so PaCE students will be integrated into a dorm with University of Florida general population students, too. Living in a dorm environment in Gainesville will allow PaCE students to live around other University of Florida students, join sororities and fraternities accepting PaCE students, attend football and basketball games, pursue internships, take part in extracurriculars, get to know the University of Florida campus, and join student clubs and organizations for which they are eligible. By living in Gainesville in the heart of the University of Florida student area, they will have more of the 'true college experience' during their freshman year.
National studies show that first year college students who live in residence halls have a higher gpa, more on-campus involvement, a stronger sense of community with their classmates, and a higher graduation rate when compared with students who do not live in residence halls their first year. One of the primary concerns for University of Florida PaCE students is that they will miss out on "the true college experience". But living in a luxury residence hall allows them to live amongst other University of Florida students (including those taking on campus classes) in a social environment where they will meet and interact with other like-minded students going through the University of Florida freshman experience together. They can attend football games, rush a fraternity or sorority, eat in the dining halls, study in the University of Florida libraries, hang out at the student hangouts, and join student organizations and clubs. Put simply, by living in a freshman residence hall, they can have the college experience that they expected they would have when admitted to the University of Florida.
Yes.
Yes. Several students have friends who were admitted to the standard, on-campus University of Florida collegiate program. Students living at Luxury Dorms Near UF can request specific roommates within PaCE, within the standard University of Florida campus program, or students who are beginning their college career at Santa Fe and transferring to University of Florida at a later date.
Yes. Students can request specific students within the PaCE program.
Luxury Dorms Near UF are private luxury residence halls. They are classified as residence halls by the United States Government, but they are not owned or associated with the University of Florida. They are true dorms and residence halls.
Luxury Dorms Near UF are walking distance to one of the university's most popular dining halls: Broward Dining. Like most traditional on-campus residence halls, there is not a dining hall within the actual residence hall. On-campus residence halls share centrally located dining halls. Students living at all the residence halls have the same options for University of Florida meal plans.
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