<p>I got deferred because of my SAT scores. I do have low SAT scores but I was hoping that my class rank and my gpa would save me. I called them last week to ask if I can turn in recommendation letters or stuff and they strictly told me no, just SAT/ACT scores. </p>
<p>My SAT scores are:
Math: 470
Reading: 460
Writing: 440</p>
<p>:'( I already took it twice with about the same scores. </p>
<p>I just got my ACT scores:
Composite: 21
English: 18
Math: 17
Reading: 27
Science: 22</p>
<p>Will this help me get into UCF? or should I take the January SAT's.</p>
<p>What is your GPA?
I’m in somewhat of a similar situation. I have a 560 R 370 M 610 W SAT and I just took my ACT so it hasn’t been sent yet 21 (27 R 24 E 18 S 16 M) w/ a 4.8 W, 3.6-7 UW. I haven’t heard back yet and I applied in October. When did you apply? Hopefully our 21’s are good enough . Depends on everything else though I guess.
But since you’ve been deferred is there a Feb. SAT? B.c if you take it in Jan and are not really prepared it will be counter productive (I know from experience) and their deadline isn’t for a while so you may want to take that one ? Or you should retake the ACT actually. I’m pretty sure your ACT is way better than your SAT.</p>
<p>Yeahh im in a similar situation aswell…I applied in October…October 7th to be exact…and i STILL havent found out yet. But my ACT scores were really bad…i took it 3 times and i got an 18. 19. and again 19…so im not planning on taking it again because everyone has told me, including teachers, that once u take it two to three times your chances of actually improving are really not that high. I have a good GPA, involved in a lottt of clubs, 250 community service hours…etc…People have told me though that if you havent heard back from them yet then consider it a good thing…not a bad thing. If i dont get a reply from them by january 7th im going to email them so see what is taking so long because its not normal…</p>
<p>yeahh i dont know whats taking them sooo long to give an admission decision…but dont worry about it cuz usually students who get deferred USUALLY not all the times though…get accepted a few weeks later. and if you REALLY want to go to UCF and its ur first choice and u dont get accepted then theres always the possibility of going to Valencia Community College which is right next to UCF and it guarantees a direct gateway to ucf. Thats what i will do if i dont get accepted. GOODLUCK!</p>
<p>Thank You <3! it is my 1st choice, but i also applied to FIU which is like 10 minutes away from me, I hope I get accepted there too!
UCF got my act scores today, it still says deferred. Hopefully it chances soon! lol</p>
<p>and if anything goes bad i’ll just go to Miami-Dade College :/</p>
<p>oh really? im like 20 mins from FIU too lol…I live in Weston but i didnt apply there…orlando is where i really want to go. so well see what happens :)</p>
<p>Did you get your writing score? I thought the ACT website said scores can be sent until the writing scores are in? Ohh and how do you know they got your scores ? Did you call ?</p>
<p>Your december ACT scores are not much better than your SAT scores (they are the equivalent of an SAT range of 980-1010) and this is too low for UCF. Take the SAT again in January. Try to get that SAT math and reading total to 1100 for a shot (assuming that your class rank and GPA really are good, if not, you need even higher SAT’s to compensate).</p>
<p>Thanks all you guys for responding.
I think I won’t make it. </p>
<p>And yep! i got my writing score and everything. UCF got them today, its in my Portal.
and I’m going to call UCF on Monday, I think thats when the offices are open again from break. </p>
<p>Also, when I got deferred i asked the lady if i can change from fall to summer and she told me that first time college applicants are automatically considered for both summer and fall terms.</p>
<p>^ True but idk I’m sending in the reactivation form… b.c if they consider me borderline for fall they may want me to retest and all that ish but I just want to get in lol, so hopefully I can get in summer term. & Argh! My writing scores aren’t up</p>
<p>i also tested poorly all 4 times that i took the SAT, but showed a little improvement here and there. i think it helped show them that i kept trying. they do automatically consider you for both summer and fall terms, however when I got deferred I sent in the reactivation form, switching to summer and they accepted me around 2 weeks later. on that form they ask a reason and i put that ucf was my first choice and just wanted to get my foot in the door, etc. it worked.</p>
<p>In my experience, the January SATs were tougher than the ones before summer.
Taking them during May or June won’t help out much in your case though. "/</p>
<p>I would sign up to take the next SAT, whenever it is, and start cramming with the blue College Board SAT book. It’s extremely helpful. Just lock yourself in a quiet room for as many hours as you can spare in a day and work with the blue book. It helped me to raise my scores into the 2100’s. :]</p>
<p>^thanks! I got my act scores of 21, but i guess I’m still deferred. I’m studying to retake it in February and trying to get a 25. Using phuloridian tip :D</p>
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