On November 19, 2018, UCF is holding a Director’s Forum for National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists. Has anyone attended this in the past?? was it worthwhile?? does it include a campus tour and honors dorm tour?? It also sounds like they will pay for the student and one parent to fly there, stay in hotel and get a rental car. Has anyone had success with this?? What if you want to stay longer and see more of Orlando?? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
correction - date is November 16
There is a review of this event from last year in the 2018 national merit thread on the National Merit scholarship subforum. There is also a mention of the March event for finalists.
November: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/2057290-updates-and-info-for-those-students-looking-to-become-nms-with-the-ucf-golden-knights-fall-2018-p1.html (I think it is on pg 2 or 3)
March: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/2008875-2018-national-merit-finalist-thread-p21.html (keepscrolling down)
There seem to be a few students or parents on the NM subforum who either are interested or already attend UCF.
I have not seen the offer to pay for the visit mentioned anywhere, however. Good luck!
We are interested yet cannot make it to the one in November. However, I learned the one that they host for Finalists will be March 29 so hopefully we can get out there for that one if it is still tops on our list…
@themcgees What did you decide about this? Are you heading to UCF tomorrow for the Director’s Forum? I didn’t see anything about paying for a flight for this, but I did see USF offers to pay one parent and a kid there if they are NMSF.
if anyone goes I would love to hear your thoughts!