Hello everyone! I used to use this forum when I first got into UCF. Now I completed my bachelor at UCF, and I currently working on my master’s degree at UCF. This forum has help me significantly in the beginning process of trying to accepted at UCF. If anybody have any questions, I am happy to help 
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Congrats!! Can you share your UG degree and masters program please. My kids are soon to be looking into graduate school. Thanks.
Did you get any of the Pegasus scholarships? I just got accepted today but I have no idea if I got one or not.
Hey GreasyBoy! Congratulations on your acceptance. Ucf is a wonderful school! What term did you get accepted in? Summer or Fall? It all depends. If it is summer, I am assuming you will start Summer B. Summer B starts the end of June and ends at the beginning of August. It will take financial aid a while to review everything and package your scholarships, grants, and/or loans. For the summer semester, you will not probably see your financial aid package until May or June. For the fall semester, you will not probably see your financial aid package until June or July . . . Maybe August.
I did not get scholarships, but my grants basically covered tuitions, food, and housing for myself. With the financial aid office, you need to constantly check up on them. I can name a couple of times financial aid screws me over. I had to visit them or call them to fix the issue. They are trying to process 60,000 students for financial aid so they are bound make mistakes sometimes. You need to have patience with them. You also need to constantly check your myucf. Financial aid will add any require documents they need from you on your myucf account. It will be on your top right side under your to-do list. The faster you give them the required documents, the faster they will package your financial aid. Also don’t be afraid to call them for any problems or updates. I suggest you give them time to process your FAFSA and your acceptance. Check your myucf for any require documents they need. Call them if you have any questions or if you want an update on them processing your stuff
@GreasyBoy Hey GreasyBoy! Congratulations on your acceptance. Ucf is a wonderful school! What term did you get accepted in? Summer or Fall? It all depends. If it is summer, I am assuming you will start Summer B. Summer B starts the end of June and ends at the beginning of August. It will take financial aid a while to review everything and package your scholarships, grants, and/or loans. For the summer semester, you will not probably see your financial aid package until May or June. For the fall semester, you will not probably see your financial aid package until June or July . . . Maybe August.
I did not get scholarships, but my grants basically covered tuitions, food, and housing for myself. With the financial aid office, you need to constantly check up on them. I can name a couple of times financial aid screws me over. I had to visit them or call them to fix the issue. They are trying to process 60,000 students for financial aid so they are bound make mistakes sometimes. You need to have patience with them. You also need to constantly check your myucf. Financial aid will add any require documents they need from you on your myucf account. It will be on your top right side under your to-do list. The faster you give them the required documents, the faster they will package your financial aid. Also don’t be afraid to call them for any problems or updates. I suggest you give them time to process your FAFSA and your acceptance. Check your myucf for any require documents they need. Call them if you have any questions or if you want an update on them processing your stuff
@Moonerised4286 Hello!! I will be attending UCF in the fall! Do you have any tips for incoming freshmen (ie. getting adjusted to college life, making friends, etc)? Do you have a favorite study spot? Thank you!
@ufmomfriend Thank you! Undergrad was absolutely fun. I had an amazing time. UCF provides so many opportunities for undergrad students and graduate students. I got my bachelor in International Relations and Global Studies with a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. For my masters, I am going for Nonprofit Management. I am also going for a graduate certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
It all depends on the graduate program your kids want to apply to. Every program has different requirements. Some programs have a high acceptance rate while others do not. It also plays into factor that majority of people that are accepted into a high acceptance program tends to have excellent grades and resume to begin with. I know every year during the fall semester, they have a graduate fair. I want to say it is usually in October or November. It is free. Graduate programs set up stands with information and flyers about their program. You can walk up and down the rows talking to directors and teachers in the program. I highly recommend you and your kids go if you are close by. It is extremely informative. I changed my mind about getting a Master in Political Science because of that fair.
On UCF graduate website, they actually list the acceptance ratio for the program. It will give you an idea about how tough getting into the program is. Graduate students can also apply for teaching or grader positions which helps with tuitions. Those can be tough to come by depending on the program.
UCF has a lot of opportunities. They have a career services which helps with practicing for interviews, critiquing resumes, and getting interships/jobs. They also have numerous of clubs that can help gain connections. They have numerous of research position. Graduate students have their own graduate lounge that has presentation rooms, study areas, and computers. Graduate school is a lot work compare to undergrad, no matter what program you are in. They expect a lot more from you. Usually when I posted online discussion for a class in my undergrad, it was a couple of paragraphs. Now I post about 3-4 pages for discussions. UCF provides so many different resources. They are computer labs, tutoring online/on campus, writing center (which helps with improving students writing), study rooms, etc. They even have a counseling center which helps students with stress, depression, anxieties, etc. It is free for students, and you are assigned your own therapist.
I hope this was informative. Let me know if you have any more questions!
@Moonerised4286
Thanks for the info!
Both my kids love ucf and I hope they apply there for grad school.
Once again, thank you.
Go Knights!
@sewin2music hey! Congratulations on your acceptance!
My advice is that to remember college is totally different from high school. A lot of high school students have a rude awakening when they get into college. Many freshman flunk out by the end of their freshman year. In college, you need to put in the work. You can not get away with half doing stuff like in high school. Teachers will not hold your hand and they do not care if you submit an assignment or not. They will not chase you down telling you that you are missing this assignment. Many professor are understanding if you have a note supporting the reasons why you couldn’t do this assignment or test.
You also need to self discipline in college. That is another reason students flunk out by the end of their freshman year. Freshmans have the freedom of being on their own. They do not have to worry about their parents are teachers down their throat, so they will stay up all night, sleep all day, party a lot, miss classes, etc. You need be self discipline. It is okay to go to parties, sleep in, miss a couple of classes, but do it in moderation. If you are going to miss a class because you do not feel like going or you party too hard, remember to make up the work and get notes that you missed from the class so you can be all caught up. There were times that I was feeling good that day or I just felt too tired so I slept in. I always made sure I was caught by the next class though.
Also remember, the syllabus is your best friend. All of the attendance policy, grading policy, weekly lessons/assignments, participation points, etc are on the syllabus.
The easiest way to makes friend is to join club. UCF have hundreds of club. They have a club for every major and hobby. Join a club that you are interested in. If you are interested in exercising, join a club about exercising. You will make friends in that class, plus you will have an exercise buddy to motivate you. If your major is engineering, join an engineering club. You will make friends who have the same goal as you, and you will make connections for your future career. I know UCF does a little club fair. It is usually the beginning of the semester. You can walk around and sign up for club that sounds interesting to you. They will email information about their first meeting and etc.
My favorite study spot is the library. The fourth and fifth floor is required to be quiet so you can get a lot of thinking done. I also like all-Knight study. They are open 24 hours so it is excellent place to go to if your dorm/apartment/house is too noisy and you need to get some late night studying done. It is a beautiful day outside, I will bring my laptop to the fountain, and sit there to get some homework done.
UCF provides many resources for students. They have computers, study spaces, printers, scanners, tutors, etc. They have a writing center if you need help improving your writing. They have study lounges. They have a health center which is free to students. You can go there for a health check up or if you are sick. Some services, you make have to pay money for like a psychiatrist, but it is extremely cheap. If you have insurance, it will pick up the cost. They have a pharmacy if you need to pick up medications. They have a counselor center if you are dealing with relationship problems, anxieties, depression, stress, etc. I love the counseling center. I go there often. They are so helpful. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from teacher or seek advice from a therapist. College can get stressful. It is nice to have someone who listening to you for an hour talking about your problems, and they give you advice and work out the issues with you.
Remember to have fun, but also to stay proactive.
@Moonerised4286 Thank you so much for your detailed reply! I’m looking forward to being a knight next year!
Hello, I was deferred from UCF for the Summer term. I applied as a transfer student (3.25 college gpa) and I’m currently enrolled in 18 credit hours(will have 30 after Spring).
It also says, “An admission decision is being deferred pending receipt of a final official transcript.” I believe I’ll be finishing the semester with a 3.4 gpa, but I may need to take an Incomplete grade for one of my classes due to an illness.
Do you think having an Incomplete on my final transcript (which I would later turn into an A or B) would look bad and decrease my chances of acceptance?
@willowthetree hello!
If you are graduating with your associates before transferring then you should be. As long as you completed 60 credits, and you completed the required class, then you should be accepted. Now if one of the classes that is marked incomplete is a required general Ed class, then you might have trouble. If the incomplete class is a required general Ed then you will have trouble.
If you are transferring before you completed your associate degree, and the incomplete class is a general Ed then you might have trouble. If you have 30 credits all together after this term then it might be tougher for you since they are judging your college grades, high school grades, etc. When you graduate with your associate degree, they only look at your college grades.
May I ask, are you going to a community college or an University?
@Moonerised4286 Thank you so much for the response! I will have 30 credits to transfer with once Spring is over in about a week. The class I will have the Incomplete in is an elective, Creative Writing, so I don’t think it will be the biggest deal, but I really want to transfer. I’m currently at a state college in my home city so the options are limited. I’m thinking about writing an email to the admissions officers just stating how much I love the school and would love the opportunity, etc.
@willowthetree The admission office absolutely sucks with responding back to people’s email. As long as the rest of your grades are good then you should be fine. You can ask the admission officer about your chances before you submit the application. They will tell you the areas that might need improvement on
Hey just got accepted into grad school, was wondering if you know much about the availability of assistantships?
@Siobhan17 congratulations! It all depends on the graduate program honestly. Some programs have more assistantship than others. What program were you accepted in? That will give me an idea about the availabilities for assistantships. Also are you going for your masters or PhD? They tend to give first priority to PhD students but there are plenty of master student’s with assistantship depending on the program.
Does anyone know how to select roommates? I don’t know anyone else that is going to UCF, but I heard that there was a way to link your facebook to some website to find potential roommates. If someone could share any information about the process I would really appreciate it.
UCF used room surf, but they seemed to have stopped that a couple of months ago. People are just joining UCF2022 on FB and trying to find roommates on there.
@jeneric Thanks!
I’m an out of state transfer student who recently applied I’m looking to get into UCF’s experimental animation program it’s my dream school I’ve got a 3.2 at the moment (it’ll hopefully get higher) and I’m getting my AA from my community college next semester too. I was wondering if you knew anything about my chances of getting in (i know I’ve got kind of a low GPA but I’ve heard they like out of state students because its a higher tuition cost but I’m not sure how many oos students they have there). But even if you don’t know any information regarding my chances do you know anything about how students like the animation program there? and how is off-campus living at UCF? thanks