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2008 NEW STUDENT INFORMATION

Congratulations and welcome to the University of Florida! Now that you are a member of the Gator student body, you might be wondering how you could order a season ticket to watch the mighty Gators football team this fall. We have a simple process that students must follow to order their season ticket.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED CURRENTLY FOR FALL CLASSES TO ORDER A SEASON TICKET!

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STEP ONE: Please be sure that the University Registrar has your correct eight-digit UF I.D. number, address and phone number on file. The Registrar probably has you identified correctly, but it doesn't hurt to be sure. Knowing that this information is correct will save you lots of hassles later on. You can call the Registrar at (352) 392-1374 or check your student information through the ISIS Web site.

STEP TWO: If you wish to purchase a season football ticket you must register for the student season football ticket lottery and pay for a ticket when registering. If you do not win the lottery your money will be refunded back to your credit card. The student lottery registration period will begin on Mon., April 7 at 6:00 pm and will end on Fri., June 6 at 11:59 pm.

To register for the lottery, students must call (352) 384-3262 locally or toll-free nationwide (877) 428-6747. Any UF students that have a valid eight-digit UF ID number are eligible to register for the lottery.

To complete the lottery registration process, UF students MUST pre-pay for their season tickets via the G.A.T.O.R.S. phone system during the time they register. Have your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover card ready when you call, as well as your eight-digit UF student ID number. Follow the prompts through the student lottery registration and ordering system and continue until you receive an authorization number. Do not hang up until you receive this number or your pre-ordered ticket will not be authorized.

ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SELECTED AS WINNERS OF THE LOTTERY WILL RECEIVE A FULL REFUND BACK TO THEIR CREDIT CARD THAT WAS USED TO PRE-PAY FOR THE SEASON TICKET. Refunds will be processed only after the lottery has been administered the week following the registration deadline.

The student lottery will be done by a classification system. Students will be prioritized based on their UF credit hours earned and then be randomly selected from the pool of registered students. Students who have earned 90 or more UF credit hours have the best chance of being a winner of the lottery. These credits are those that each student has accumulated attending the University of Florida (including any credits registered in this 2008 Spring semester), not credits transferred from another school.

Each classification category will be assigned an allotment of season tickets and will be sold within that category. There is no guarantee that every student within a classification category will be selected as a winner of the lottery and thus, be able to keep their pre-purchased ticket.

If you are unsure of the total number of UF credits you have, you may go to www.isis.ufl.edu to verify your current student status.

Below are the categories based on UF credit hours:

Category 1: Students who have earned 90 UF credit hours or more
Category 2: Students who have earned 60 UF credits, but fewer than 90
Category 3: Students who have earned 30 UF credits, but fewer than 60
Category 4: Students with fewer than 30 UF credits earned (including all incoming freshmen and transferees)

STEP THREE: Once the lottery phone registration closes, the University Athletic Association will conduct the lottery and notify all winners of the lottery via e-mail. Please be sure the UF Registrar's Office has your valid e-mail address on file. You can log onto www.uaa.ufl.edu/tickets/ to verify if you have won the lottery as well. Student tickets are $70.

Spouse tickets will cost $70. YOU WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ORDER A SEASON TICKET, AT THIS TIME. AWAY GAMES (EXCEPT GEORGIA and FLORIDA STATE) can be ordered starting August 18, 2008 at 6:00 pm via the G.A.T.O.R.S. phone system only. Georgia student tickets will be sold on Mon. October 13 at 6:00 pm via G.A.T.O.R.S. These tickets are sold on a first-come, first-sold basis.  You can purchase Florida State tickets in the same method on Mon., November 3 at 6:00 pm.

STEP FOUR: If you were not selected as a lottery winner, you can still order tickets on a single game basis via our Unclaimed Ticket Sales Thursday nights at 6:00 pm of a home game week by calling G.A.T.O.R.S.

STEP FIVE: A student season ticket consists of seven (7) home games. You have to pick up each game ticket at Gate 13 on the east side of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium every Tuesday through Thursday of a home football game week. To pick up your ticket, you MUST BE registered for at least (12) twelve hours with no flags or holds on your record during the course of the fall term.

THANK YOU AND GO GATORS!

NOTE: Married Students/Single Parents:

If you are married and you would like to purchase a season football ticket for your spouse, you MUST send the Ticket Office a copy of your official marriage certificate before April 5, 2008. Please fax your marriage certificate to (352) 372-5801 and be sure to write your eight-digit UF I.D. number on it. You must send this to us so that we can then give you a priority code, which will allow you to order a spouse ticket over the phone. Spouse tickets are $70 and need to be ordered at the time you order your student season ticket.

NOTE: Additional tickets:

If any student tickets remain after ticket pick-up ends on Thursdays at 5 p.m., guest tickets may be available and will be sold Thursday evening via the G.A.T.O.R.S. phone system as a full price $40 ticket.

Tickets can also be purchased as a general public customer through the Gator Ticket Office. These single game tickets will not be seated with student tickets. Single game tickets purchased through the Gator Ticket Office are subject to availability. Orders for these tickets will begin in mid-April. Please call (352) 375-GoUF ext. 6800 to request information, as it becomes available in the spring.