2019 UCF Acceptance/Scholarship Thread

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied:9-22-2018
Found out yet? Date: 9-29-2018
Decision: accepted

In State/Out of State: In state

Unweighted GPA: 3.95
Weighted GPA: don’t know, never figured it out for core classes, all As in AP or honors
ACT/SAT scores: 1310/31

Course types: 11 AP

Community Service Hours: 100
Extra-curricular: golf team, future problem solvers, technology student association, ultimate frisbee captain, academic bowl

Other: ranked 11/383 students

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: Pegasus Gold

Accepted to Burnett Honors college today!!! YAY!

Are you accepting admission? yes - already did. First choice school.

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Sat score is now 1150

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@Wallflower2001 That’s a great improvement! +70 from where you started when you posted on this thread first, and +30? from the last attempt. Good luck to you.

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: Submitted application 11/16/18. All supplemental items got into UCF around 11/27/18
Found out yet? Date: 12/13/18. Haven’t gotten the letter in the mail yet.
Decision: Accepted

In State/Out of State: In State

Unweighted GPA: 3.69
Weighted GPA: 4.08
ACT/SAT scores: 1300 superscore

Course types: Honors, Dual Enrollment, Medical Magnet Program, Business Program

Community Service Hours: 293.75
Extra-curricular: I listed 9 clubs and wrote one or two sentences about each one.
Other: Adobe, Word, and Red Cross certifications. Even if you don’t think it’s that important you should list it!

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded:
Haven’t found out yet.
Are you accepting admission? Yes!

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@Alitig1 That’s awesome you got accepted into the Honors College! I have a 1300 SAT and they told me that the average is 1450 to get accepted so I was nervous to apply but now I definitely will!

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@supravent I’m not discouraging you from applying but @Alitig1 had a 31 along with the 1310. A 31 would be comparable to a 1410 (100 points higher than their SAT). You should definitely still apply because you won’t know unless you try. Just wanted to point out that the 1310 wasn’t their highest score.

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: September 28
Found out yet? Date: Nothing yet
Decision:

Out of State

Unweighted GPA: 3.7
ACT/SAT scores: 28

Course types: Honors/AP

Community Service Hours: 99+
Extra-curricular: Varsity Cheer
Drama

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Does anyone know why it takes UCF longer to make a decision about some applicants than others, when applications were submitted at the same time? Do applicants with high test scores/gpas get accepted quicker than others with not as high scores/gpa? My son applied (in state) in October for Summer 2019 and I have seen others apply around the same time or after him who have already received responses.

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If I get a scholarship what would be the point of hitting decline or extend? Does pressing accept mean I’m committing? Also, if I have bright futures, do the two scholarships stack? Like could I use one for room and board and the other tuition.

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@awkward4ever
Extend so they don’t give it away!
BF pays first, then scholarship

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: September 2018
Found out yet? Nope
Decision:

Out of State

Unweighted GPA: 3.5595 I think? The grading system in my school is kind of weird. Not sure if this is Weighted or Unweighted
ACT/SAT scores: 1300 SAT/28 ACT

Course types: My school is just implementing honors/accelerated courses in the last 2 years - I took what was available, including 3 out of 5 AP classes available my senior year.

Community Service Hours: ~300 hours
Extra-curricular: Theatre/Drama, Science Club vice president (includes Robotics & Olympiad teams), Varsity tennis (my team won districts), vice president of Interact Club, Chairperson in NHS, Spanish Honor Society, Student Ambassador, YMCA Volunteer, among others.

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded:

Are you accepting admission? Undecided. I am currently waiting for other college decisions to arrive by March and then I will make a final decision then.

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@NinjaMom123 My daughter is somewhat in the same boat. I don’t know the answer, but I do believe they are holding her application a little longer to decide whether they will put her into fall or summer. She applied to fall, and her stats are pretty good, but possibly she’s on the lower end of the “match”. She applied on November 1 and all her scores and transcripts were sent in shortly after and she still hasn’t gotten a decision yet

I also think that because there was a recent round of college acceptances across the country for early decision, some decisions are being made as students begin to commit to other colleges. Once that starts to happen, those that applied to UCF but preferred another school will decline the UCF offer and that will free up some more space.

This is just my thought process! I feel that we will hear back from UCF any day now. Best of luck to your son!

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: November 1st
Response: within 2 weeks
Decision: Accepted under Top 10 Knights (daughter)

In State

Unweighted: 3.81 GPA
Weighted: 4.2 GPA
SAT: 1410 (700 math, 710 reading)

Course Types: all honors with a total of 9 AP’s, 4 of which currently taking

Community Service: Reported last year after 100 hours met
Extra-curriculars: Band all 4 years, currently in Symphonic Band I, Yearbook, Mu Alpha Theta, math tutor, part-time job since last May, National Honor Society, early childhood classes, Foreign Language Honor Society, English Honor Society, Art Honor Society, swim and track freshmen year, summer assistant for middle school band camp, AP Scholar, 4 AP Calculus

Type and amount of scholarship: Florida Academic Scholar/Bright Futures, Pegasus Gold $14,000, and Pop Warner First Team Scholarships at district, regional, and national levels. Currently have several applications pending for private scholarships.

Applied to Burnett Honors College-application received 12/17, hoping to get a response by mid-January

Accepting admission? Most likely. Received generous merit scholarships at Stetson and Rollins (President/Dean’s Scholarships) but D is interested in the BSN Nursing program. Applied at FSU and UF and will hear back in January and February. Assuming that she gets accepted at UF, doubtful she will see the merit scholarship funds. Getting into Burnett Honors would definitely get her commitment, especially since we are in Seminole County and she would have family support close by.

Any feedback on admission to Burnett will be helpful. D is really hoping she gets accepted!

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Term: Fall 2019
Date applied: not yet
OOS
Weighted GPA: 3.7
SAT: 1240
50+ service hours
Varsity sport every year
NHS NEHS NLHS
Lots of clubs
Courses: taken 7 APs
ap world
ap chem
ap lit
ap lang
ap physics
ap calc
ap bio

chance me?

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DS applied for Summer because he wants to start college earlier and received his admission decision quickly. However, he has not received any news of an in-state merit scholarship, although his stats are right in there with other students who have received merit awards. Did he screw himself out of a scholarship by selecting to start in the summer session?

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My daughter got Pegasus Gold. She hadn’t applied for Burnett yet. Her application was received on Monday so we hope to get a response by mid January.

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My DD:
Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: 10/6
Found out yet? Date: Found out 10/30
Decision: Accepted

In State/Out of State: out of state

Unweighted GPA: 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.45
ACT/SAT scores: 1340

Course types:
9- honors English, Honors US history 1, honors geometry, Honors Italian 2, computer science
10- honors English 2, honors Us History 2, honors Italian 3, Honors French 1, honors algebra 2, honors chem , AP ENV SCIENCE
11- AP Micro, AP English Lang & comp, APworld History, AP Physics 1, honors math analysis, honors Italian 4, honors French 2
12- AP Calc BC, AP English, AP Chem, AP Physics 2, AP Statistics, AP Biology, honors french 3

Community Service Hours: ~ 225
Extra-curricular: VP NHS, president Italian Club, Girl Scout gold award recipient, Congressional bronze medal award, 3 years varsity gymnastics, heroes and cool kids , French and Italian National Honor society
Rank; school does not rank but top 10%

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: OOS bronze Pegasus, $7000 per year

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@gizana It’s good to know he is not alone. I hope you are correct about the early decisions and we find out, at least, by February. That will be soon after FSU and UF notify their freshmen applicants of acceptance and just before students choose on campus housing (March). Good luck to your daughter! Keep me posted.

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Term: Fall 2019
Date Applied: Nov. 1
Found out yet? Nope

In State/Out of State: In State

Unweighted GPA: 2.87
Weighted GPA: 3.7
ACT/SAT scores: 1380

Course types: 2 IB HL, 6 AP

Community Service Hours: 100+
Extra-curricular: Cross-country, Rugby, Track, Habitat for Humanity, Robotics

Type and amount of Scholarship Awarded: Not announced yet

Are you accepting admission? Maybe

Just wondering if its just me but I see so many people who applied and got their decision within two weeks and I applied almost 2 months ago and still no decision. I also confirmed that all my documents needed were turned in. Any ideas why it is taking so long?

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Many of my son’s friends applied in late Oct and early Nov and haven’t heard - seems like that is when they received a flood of applications. If you are concerned you can always call the admissions office - they are very nice to work with. Good luck!