Term: Fall
Date Applied: 10/22/17 UCF received transcripts and SAT scores 11/28 ish
Found out yet? Accepted first go
In State/Out of State: In state
Unweighted GPA: 3.3
Weighted GPA: 3.6
ACT/SAT scores: 1240
Course types: Honors, Pre- AICE, AICE, AP, Dual Enrollment
Community Service Hours: 130+
Extra-curricular: National Honor Society, Choir Program, Leadership Conservatory
Other:
Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded:
Are you accepting admission? Yes
@DarkFlameCorn email scholarships@ucf.edu if there is nothing under your To Do list on MyUCF and you want to find out why.
@Trixiet I agree with @rah5720, GPAs are not standardized and can vary greatly across schools. Right or wrong, the easiest way to compare candidates apples-to-apples is via standardized tests.
UCF recalculates all GPA’s for a standardized number.
@EvDrew They recalculate for the Honors/IB/AP points, but they cannot determine whether an A at High School A is equal to an A at High School B. Different schools use different grading scales, different teachers are more generous or stingy with grades, etc. That is the variation that I am referring to.
Oh I agree it’s a leveling way of viewing candidates @fl1234 and @rah5720, just pointing out it’s not the end all of indicators of college success. Seems like it should be a combination of the two in this regard. Not all colleges rely as heavily on it. If you look at any of the tools that gauge chances of admission at UF, for instance, GPA is much more of a determining factor (after reaching a minimum threshold of test score). UCF uses standardized test for merit scholarships. GPA can show a view of effort and rigor of schedule.
@Trixiet I do think merit scholarships should be based on gpa AND test scores. One or the other is not the right way to go but there should be minimum requirements for both. GPA should never outweigh test scores and test scores should never outweigh GPA. With test scores, the problem is that they don’t necessarily indicate how hard they try in school but with GPA, there is serious inflation issues. Many kids with high GPAs and low test scores are not products of what they call, “testing anxiety,” but they are products of serious GPA inflation. Overall, I do agree both should be used in the decision but for UCF, I do not think that is the case.
for information’s sake: for out of state scholarships: Daughter awarded OOS Pegasus Gold with 1480 SAT
Does anyone know about how long it takes to hear back about scholarships? I applied November 17th and was accepted December 14th, which was a really long wait even though I’m auto-admitted through Top 10 Knights and they received my transcript the same day.
@ella582 it seems to be taking a lot longer this year for them to award in state scholarships. Daughter was accepted in September and just got notified of her scholarship last week.
What the heck is this accept or extend stuff within thirty days? Who can decide in 30 days most schools aren’t deciding by then especially UF!
Fortunately, you can defer your acceptance of the scholarship until May 1.
Term: Fall 2018
Date Applied: November 30th 2017
Found out yet? Date: Yes, December 20th 2017
Decision: Accepted
In State/Out of State: In-State
Unweighted GPA: 3.295
Weighted GPA: 3.7
ACT/SAT scores: ACT: 26, SAT: 1180
Course types: All AP and honors
Community Service Hours: ~30
Extra-curricular: None
Other: Wrote one of the best essays known to man as my personal statement.
Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: None yet
Are you accepting admission?
Heck yes. Go Knights!
@UCFBest2018 When I first sent in all of my stats I had a slightly lower GPA and SAT score all honors and dual enrollment courses, and way more hours and extracurricular but got deferred. I just retook the SAT and now I’m waiting for them to process my scores and give me a superscore.
@UCF0923 That’s really unfortunate, I wish you the best of luck and hopefully you get accepted. Though for myself, I really think my essay is what helped me the most.
I was accepted on October 2nd but I haven’t heard back about scholarships. When I emailed they told me I was still under consideration although according to this forum people who applied and got accepted later have already received scholarships. Can anyone chance me based on my stats on getting merit?
Term: Fall 2018
Date Applied: September 29, 2017
Found out: Accepted October 2, 2017, also accepted to honors College on October 14, 2017
In State/Out of State: Out of State (Pennsylvania)
Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: 4.96
SAT score: 1520
Course types: honors and AP
Current AP courses: AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics I, AP European History
Past AP Courses and test scores:
AP Chemistry (5), AP Biology (5), AP English Language and Composition (4), AP Statistics (5), AP US Government and Politics (5).
Community Service Hours: around 60
Extra-curricular: paid employment, cello, GSA executive Council, science fairs and competitions, Science National Honor Society
Scholarships: apparently still under consideration
Accepting admission: yes but the scholarship would REALLY help
Any idea why it’s taking them so long to consider me and do you think I’ll get something? I don’t want keep bugging them because I already sent them two emails within the past month.
Term: Applied for Fall 2018, accepted for Summer 2018
Date Applied: 9/28/17
Found out yet? Date: Deffered 11/1/17, accepted 11/9/17
Decision: Comitted to UCF!!
In State/Out of State: In State
Unweighted GPA: 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.1
ACT/SAT scores: 23/1120
Course types: Mostly Honors, with 4 AP Classes
Community Service Hours: 150+
Extra-curricular: NHS & FBLA
Other:
Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: None
Are you accepting admission?
Yes !
@omarrrr I can not believe that they would not offer you a scholarship with a 1520 SAT and your GPA. I also don’t have any idea why it would take them so long to offer one- maybe they are considering you for a higher level scholarship above the Pegasus ones??? I have no idea if they do that, but otherwise it doesn’t make sense to me why they would take so long to offer one. Good luck!
@omarrrr If you are a national merit semifinalist, you won’t get a scholarship notification until march-ish (once they receive the list of finalists). That’s the only reason I can think of for your delayed/lack of scholarship notification.
@sewin2music That would comfort me but I am not a national merit semifinalist so I have no idea what’s happening lol