<p>I am pretty sure i get 100%BF. (as far as i remember from the brochure and what people around me tole me)
I went into ISIS and it says i am getting 1890 per semester or 3780 annually.</p>
<p>Am i getting full scholarship?</p>
<p>and I heard i also get around $150 for books but have no idea how to confirm that on ISIS or how to spend that money.</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance</p>
<p>It’s not really 100% anymore. Bright Futures only covers $126 per credit hour now. But yes, $1890 per semester is the full Florida Academic Scholar amount.</p>
<p>they no longer provide book money.
bright futures has changed pretty dramatically over the last 4 months or so.</p>
<p>also, the number they give you on isis is with 15 hours.
<a href=“http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf/awardamt.htm[/url]”>http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf/awardamt.htm</a></p>
<p>That doesnt sound good 
but Thanks for Replies!</p>
<p>Also, BF will remain the same, and UF (as well as the other florida schools) all have permission from the state legislature to increase tuition these four years in order to get to the national average. That means each year your tution is going to increase, but BF will remain the same. So, for the Academic scholarship (formerly 100%), it will pay $126 vs $145/credit hour this year. Next year UF will increase its tution again, etc. etc. So, your academic scholarship by your 4th year (assuming a freshman this year) will only pay something like 55-60 percent your senior year. And, as aforautumn mentioned they have totally discontinued the semester stipend which used to accompany BF. Other changes … if you drop a class, past the normal drop/add period, I believe, you then have to pay for that class, whereas there used to not be a financial penalty to you. You might want to read the changes in the scholarship; you should have gotten a letter/email about those changes.</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>Higher Education in Florida is still and will always be one of the best values in Higher Education.</p>
<p>Bright Futures Controversy:</p>
<p>The Bright Futures Scholarship was first created in 1997, and was meant to emulate the Hope Scholarship. Originally the Program dispersed just above 42,000 scholarships for about $70 million dollars. Over the last decade the cost for the scholarship has balooned substantially. The Scholarship currently costs the lotterys coffers more than $436.1 million, with about 170,000 students taking advantage of the program.</p>
<p>The requirements for attaining the scholarship were meant to increase each year but have not, resulting in the current state of the award.</p>
<p>[Bright</a> Futures Scholarship Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Bright_Futures]Bright”>Bright Futures Scholarship Program - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>another important question…</p>
<p>if i had BF last year (as a freshman) did i have to do anything to reapply for it this year?</p>
<p>^Nope, [Florida</a> Student Scholarship and Grant Programs](<a href=“http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/factsheets/BF.htm]Florida”>http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/factsheets/BF.htm)</p>