<p>What is the LEAD Scholars program?</p>
<p>What do they do?</p>
<p>How hard is it to be admitted to the program?</p>
<p>Eh honestly from an outsiders view (I may be going to UCF) it just seems like something to do if you didn’t get into honors. It seems very… socially oriented, where you can meet new people and stuff like that. I mean honestly with the rate that they accept, not many employers will look at that and say wow… I’m going to hire them. At least with Honors it shows up on your diploma. Personally I would still say join it, because it still seems like something fun, if your majors allows you to do so and still graduate on time.</p>
<p>LEAD will be easier to get into than honors. I think you should do it. It’ll be a great learning experience and way to meet people, if nothing else. Also, it’s probably pretty helpful if you planning on going to grad school.</p>
<p>And what about EXCEL?</p>
<p>Someone who got into honors said their guidance counselors said EXCEL is easier to get into. Also, EXCEL is only for students who want to pursue a career in a STEM field so lots of research opportunities and LEAD is for students who’re leaders or want to be leaders. One of them lasts two years. At least, that’s what I think.</p>
<p>My son got into Honors, but was also offered excel just for the summer B, 2013. Anyone knows how this program works, and what the benefits are?</p>
<p>Student Benefits
The mission of the EXCEL program is to increase student success in the first two years of their college career in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline. To accomplish this mission the EXCEL program offers the following benefits to EXCEL participants.</p>
<p>•The feeling of a small college experience (200 EXCEL students will be recruited every year) while they pursue a STEM degree in a large college (UCF has currently 56,000 students),
•On-campus housing to incoming freshmen in a EXCEL block (*)
•Priority Scheduling for the Common EXCEL courses,
•An EXCEL Center, dedicated for the needs of the EXCEL students where free math and science tutoring will be provided,
•An EXCEL Academic Advisor to assist in the planning of academic schedule who will reside in the EXCEL Center,
•A paid undergraduate research experience in the spring semester of the sophomore year which will be supervised by EXCEL faculty and will lead to other rewarding experiences at UCF (e.g., RAMP, McNair programs),
•The creation of a UCF-EXCEL learning community consisting of the UCF-EXCEL students, 20 dedicated UCF-EXCEL faculty in a variety of STEM disciplines and UCF staff affiliated with a number of UCF support resources currently present at UCF. </p>
<p>(*) EXCEL Students who get a housing contract from UCF Housing will be placed in the same building, dedicated to the EXCEL cohort</p>
<p>For more information about the EXCEL Program, please click on the EXCEL Informational brochure button, and/or Contact Us button. To apply for the EXCEL program please click on the EXCEL application link (EXCEL home page). The EXCEL application link is available, in the fall semester of every academic year, for prospective freshman UCF students to apply on line. </p>
<p>Taken from here: <a href=“https://excel.ucf.edu/info/prospective/studentbenefits[/url]”>https://excel.ucf.edu/info/prospective/studentbenefits</a></p>
<p>About LEAD, does it matter whether or not you were invited? I was invited to apply there and to honors and I was wondering if it was a good sign. Also, is it only for “outgoing, bubbly extroverts, introverts need not apply”? </p>
<p>A reply would be awesome! I’m really curious. (Sorry, if I’m ruining the thread.) X)</p>