2018 UCF Acceptance/Scholarship Thread

Date Applied: November 17th
Found out: December 14th
Unweighted GPA: 3.92
Weighted GPA: 4.76
SAT: 1500
ACT: 33
State Of Residence: FL
Male / Female: Female
Summer or Fall: Fall 2018
Class rank: 83 out of 1053
Decision: Accepted!

Major/Field of Study: Biology with a Pre-Med Track

AP’s: AP European History (4), AP US History (5), AP Lang and Comp (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Biology (4-self studied)

Extra Curriculars:
Varsity Speech and Debate(Two 3rd place wins and one 2nd place)
2 year National Honor Society Member
International Thespian Society
Drama Club
Several lead roles in shows
JV Soccer freshman year
Choir-Soprano Section Leader
Part time job going on two years
Community Service: 150+
Pet Alliance animal shelter Volunteer
FSA Reading tutor for Elementary Schoolers
Student Athlete Math Tutor
Clean the World

Senior Schedule: DE=Dual Enrollment
First Semester-
DE Macroeconomics
DE Intro into Literature
DE Calculus I with Analytical Geometry
DE General Chemistry I
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Second Semester-
DE Calculus II with Analytical Geometry
DE Humanities: Mythology
DE Fundamentals of Speech
DE General Chemistry II
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP US Government and Politics

Are you accepting admission? Not sure, waiting to hear back from more places in January and February

Type and Amount of Scholarship Awarded: Have not heard yet but I am really hoping for Provost!

Daughter also just got awarded Pegasus Gold for Florida Residents today. Very excited!

Term: Fall 2018
Date Applied: September 2017
Found out yet? Yes
Decision Date: September 2017

In State/Out of State: In State

Unweighted GPA: 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.5
ACT scores: 30

Course types: AP, Dual Enrollment, Honors

Community Service Hours: 270
Extra-curricular: Cheerleading 4 years/Varsity Captain, NHS, Best Buddies/Secretary, NHHS
Class Rank: 28/477

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: Pegasus Gold In State

Are you accepting admission? She has not decided

I emailed yesterday and they told me I don’t qualify for merit. I thought I’d share since I know others are waiting. My guess is that they only care about scores and your GPA means nothing.

3.98 uw
4.75 w (core)
1290 SAT
400 volunteer hours
Misc clubs

whaaat? @UCFin2018 how do you not qualify? did u make sure u sent every test and that your SAT total is 1290?? I’m surprised you didn’t get bronze because I got pegasus silver (in state) and mine wasn’t that much better.

Oh by the way, I do not know how to edit a post but my information was posted previously and I had a 1350 SAT total and I got Pegasus Silver in state. I know @DarkFlameCorn had the same score so I think this means that you will also receive silver as well @ him. I am curious about the cutoff for Gold; I’m assuming it’s 1400 SAT total/30 ACT because I saw someone with a 1370 total that also got silver.

@rah5720 what was your GPA?

@DarkFlameCorn did you hear back on scholarships?

yes, when you log in to MyUCF and go to the undergraduate application status it will tell you at the top that your application was deferred @bookwormkayla

@UCFin2018 My GPA was only a 4.1, yours is a lot higher

I’m gonna assume that it was solely based on test scores because your GPA is really good and they didn’t give you one. But your SAT is still decent so that’s mindboggling to me that you didn’t get one.^to my last post

Possibly. But 60 points from Silver to nothing stinks.

mine had said deffered after an initial review @bookwormkayla

@UCFin2018 Could you retake the SAT and ask for your app to be looked over again for scholarships?

@UCFin2018 I been waiting for word about if I am getting a scholarship. Who did you email? I still have not got anything yet.

@DarkFlameCorn you don’t email anyone, just log into your myucf account, the scholarship will be under undergraduate admissions—>student center—> to do list

We found in the past scholarships seemed like they were based solely on ACT/SAT scores which seems crazy. I would think a near perfect GPA with a crazy-high weighted GPA would be a pretty solid indicator of college success. I could only assume they are trying to pump up some stat about their average standardized test scores. In the past (and it seems now, for in state at least), >= 32 ACT Provost, 30-31 ACT Gold, 29 Silver not sure bronze.

I got accepted!

congrats @bubbles98766! Would you mind sharing your stats? Were you accepted on the first pass or deferred and then accepted?

@Trixiet GPA may not always be a solid indicator… GPA inflation is a serious issue in some major counties in FL.

my guess about in-state scholarships:
Provost- 32+ ACT, 1450+ SAT
Pegasus Gold- 30-31 ACT, 1400-1440 SAT
Pegasus Silver- 29 ACT, 1350-1390 SAT
Pegasus Bronze- 27-28 ACT, 1300-1340 SAT
if anyone has anything that might switch these numbers up… add it to the thread!

The only reason I think Gold is 1400+ SAT is because someone on here with a 1370 got silver and i think it would be weird if they cut it off at 1380 or 1390 but maybe they did? idk more people gotta post before we can figure that part out.