Anybody know anything about tuition, scholarships, fin aid, etc. for UF?
Have they been released yet and where can I find them?
Have not been released yet, the UF SFA website indicates FA is released in March but last year it came out in February (next week-ish).
Anybody hear anything about merit??
Anxiousmom12, I too am anxious. Haven’t heard anything about merit yet. Its hard cause everyone keeps asking if its going to be UF or UCF . Hard to answer as we haven’t been able to compare apples to apples ($and a tour and meeting with Honors program at UF delaying our decision). Just did Burnett Honors College one on one and they were pretty impressive. Hoping some merit close to provost he received at UCF.
Some people on FB group for 2022 parents says they got merit offers in email Friday but it was only about four.
At this point I believe all scholarship awards went out
I got an email Thursday further explaining the Honors admission scholarship and it said there would be an email later for any merit offer. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I asked to join the FB parents group the other day and still haven’t been approved.
What is this “merit” people speak of? lol.
Not many people get it, but I do believe it exists.
Is there somewhere we can check if we got a scholarship? I mean if its all out then I guess we are out of luck. Other schools emails have accidentally been filtered out of our email and see were able to go to our school website, log in and see results of financial aid awards.
@Melissa96 so, at this point, if we haven’t received an email about scholarships, we are out of luck?
Yes. All merit awards have been sent. Financial aid should be out early-mid March
Well, I guess my sons decision is being made for him. Lol
Would have thought that auto accept to honors, auto accept to Undergraduate research scholars program, $2k honors admission scholarship, and being told you are Top 10 reception material doesn’t mean you are merit worthy. Congrats to all those winners of merit.
The UF website says Presidential Scholarships go out by mid-March. Has anyone received a Presidential scholarship?
Have OOS Scholarships been sent out, as well?
Yeah my son and many others who received honors admission last year (before the honors scholarship was a thing) didn’t receive any merit $$$ either. Makes the decision tough for a computer science major with provost scholarship/UCF Honors admission. He also felt like UCF valued him more and made him feel wanted. The merit scholarships at UF seemed extremely random and were handed out to many with lesser stats. He still chose UF though and LOVES it. Just ended up being a great fit for him. Good luck!
Yes, reading some reviews of CS dept on reddit ( as suggested by Trisherella, thanks) has him thinking UCF is the way to go. They obviously value what he has to bring to the table as they are throwing that provost scholarship at him. Plus he is really interested in their competitive coding team. I wonder if UF thinks the Honors $2k ( not a year) and their sheer “prestige” is enough to win over kids so no need to bother with a presidential scholarship offer. lol
Our D received a presidential scholarship offer last Friday. She has top stats but also extensive EC’s, leadership, and awards, etc. I don’t think her offer was based on stats alone. According to UF’s merit FAQ’s, they offer 1,000 merit scholarships to incoming freshman.
@Sunlioness, congrats to your Daughter. My son was lacking in the leadership arena for sure. Glad to hear someone on here getting the money they deserve from a great school.
@sunlioness are you OOS?
No, in state. If you look at UF’s website under scholarships for incoming freshman you can see what they offer for OOS. Presidential scholarships are all in state. The OOS ones are alumni, sunshine, and gator nation scholarships.