Graduates from Florida public high schools who rank in the top 20% of their class, who have completed the required 18 units of core courses listed below, and have submitted an SAT or ACT test score shall be admitted into one of the eleven state universities, although not necessarily the university of the applicant’s choice. After three notifications of denial, other universities will provide complimentary reviews of the transcripts of the Talented Twenty applicants at the request of the high school counselor. Once any university accepts the student, the guarantee for admissions has been considered met, even if the student does not want to attend that particular university.
Students must complete at least 15 units of high school work in the five core areas listed below, plus three additional electives which are explained in the list of approved college prep courses.
English 4 Units
Mathematics 3 Units
Natural Science 3 Units
Social Science 3 Units
Foreign Language 2 Units
Electives 3 Units
Total 18 Units