<p>CollegeBound is right. I’d provide whatever documentation they are requesting and keep in contact with them and have a spirit of cooperation in communicating with them. By demanding a decision and not providing them the additional information they requested you are setting yourself up to receive a rejection. If they only have partial information with which to make their decision, they really don’t have much of a choice but to say no. That’s just my opinion though. Remember, they have to disappoint thousands of students each year through the application process, the fact you love UCF so much isn’t going to weigh in their decision. The undergrad application process is almost strictly a numbers game. They’ve rejected other students who love UCF just as much as you do.</p>
<p>I do hope you don’t let one school set the tone for your college experience. Florida has fabulous public universities. Good luck to you and your brother!</p>
<p>Thank you! We’d have no problem sending out grades-However, they would not get there for until mid february, and in turn the decision from them would take a while. Believe me, I’d have no issue sending them-I’m getting a 3.6 (core classes only) which is a huge improvement, as well as only one point from what they originally accepted me with. However, we just do NOT have the time. We need to know now, because three months is not enough to get everything together (being out of state) there’s MANY more factors to consider. However, my AP pshcyhology teacher (Who is a UF alumni) insisted writing a letter regarding everything, to the school, and will giving it to me today. I’ve read a bit of it, and it’s a very firm and honest letter, and the princable of the school is also sending a letter, because she’s appalled of this situation. Yes, I understand many people were rejected with higher stats-But as everyone has stated on this site, stats aren’t everything, and My EC’s, I can say with confidence, are pretty far beyond the average student, as well as unique. This was a mistaken, which I get. However, it was a mistake at Their hands. They’re human, it’s expected-but this is reality, and when you make a mistake in reality, you deal with whatever outcome and consequences occur. My AP english teacher says this is immoarly and ethically wrong, and I agree. They would have NEVER noticed this, if it not been for my twin brother pointing it out. I’m sorry, but I won’t give up. I’ve finally come to agree with teachers and friends-I deserve to be there, and I will get there. I will not let this simply slide. Call be insane, or rude, or any other option-but this is my future, and I will not simply back down.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone is suggesting that you forget the whole thing. However, it doesn’t seem as if you are in a position to make demands- even though the mistake was theirs to begin with. The admissions process is numbers game. I have lived in Florida for a long time and have come to believe that state universities here weigh EC’s as an important factor- especially as a tie-breaker between two students. However, I don’t believe that EC’s outweigh GPA and test scores. </p>
<p>Involved Mom said it best. Living here in Florida and witnessing my DS friends going through this process it really is a numbers game. ECs are more of a tie-breaker. I, too, would never encourage anyone to give up. </p>
<p>That being said, your tenacity and can-do attitude will serve you well in your college endeavors!</p>
<p>Okay! I just read through this whole thing and this situation sucks. I can see why you’re upset, but I don’t understand why you give off the impression that ucf owes you something. Yeah, they made the mistake and it’s their fault, but you can’t tell them what to do and by when. Ya know what I’m saying? I don’t mean to be offensive, I just don’t see how you think you can tell them what to do if they are the ones with the power… What I’m trying to say is that in the end, they make the decision, so why are you attacking them?</p>
<p>Sorry if they way I said it came off as demanding-my father didn’t state it that way. He emailed them simply saying, ‘Because of the current time frame at hand, we cannot send these grades in. We would like a decision as soon as possibly, hopefully by the end of this month so we know the steps we need to take’. My dad wrote it in a kind manner, but when he was later talking to me, he was firm about it. My AP psychology teacher just further moved the situation. He sent an amazing letter (talking about how I deserve to be there, how it’s impaled me, which he personally sees, how I’m incredibly driven and determined, always thinking highly of the school when he tries to convince me his alma is better-UF, as well as being bluntly honest how pathetic and immoral the situation is, and against everything the school represents). He sent this email…to ‘everyone’. Anyone one involved in undergrad admissions, he just sent it on it’s way, because he wants everyone to see it. I read it today and class, and almost cried, because this is what we need. Not my father to voice, or me, or other family members, but an actual teacher who is familiar with the Florida system. He sent it yesterday, and we have not received an email from UCF (they always email us back) and we think it’s do to this email. Everyone who’s anyone received it, and we’re hoping they finally realize what they’ve caused.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s different then. I assumed that when your dad messaged them that it had been more negative and I was just like geez! That’s not gonna help the situation!</p>
<p>You really need to just calm down and let things happen. I doubt you’re helping your case by writing them a million emails/letters from everyone in your community. UCF has 60,000 students, they don’t have the time to care about someone who’s not even a student yet.</p>
<p>My dad has actually been very cool headed about the whole thing…in the emails, lol. Behind closed doors, he’s beyond words. He has to intentionally read over his emails and delete many things, to make sure he doesn’t come across as rude. He wants to be very careful.</p>
<p>Part of the reason that I’ve pretty much written off UCF is because of the amount of enrollment in the school, and I feared that I would feel like a number more than a student while I was there. I’ve heard so many stories about problems with classes being full, admissions losing files/mixing them up, and degree program requirements being changed so that students have to take even MORE classes than they anticipated. </p>
<p>Granted, I’m sure plenty of students are satisfied and excelling with the degrees they’ve obtained at UCF, and if it’s really what you want Write, I wish you all the best. More than likely, whoever did mix up your files was probably chewed out beyond belief (if they’re even organized enough to figure out WHO mixed them up), but keep in mind it wasn’t “they”. It was more than likely one person, or a select few who made the mistake.</p>
<p>Thank you for the kind words:) I understand, and honestly, I’ve already forgiven the individual/s that mixed the papers up-it’s a honest mistake. However, I do not forgive how admissions have been treating us (reviewing to so much as answer a simple question) and continue to toss us from person to person, higher and higher up. I also do not forgive the fact that this would have gone unnoticed, if it had not been for my brother skeptic thoughts and confusion. That I do not forgive. We’ll see what happens:)</p>
<p>WRITE it is better to have discovered the issue now than during orientation or later. The mix-up would have been discovered at some point. I hope you can make some peace with your brother. I’m sure he worked very hard for his GPA, and has every right to claim it as his own. If the same thing would have happened to him and a stranger with a similar sounding name to his, you would be fighting just as hard for him to be recognized on his own merits, and not potentially lose his acceptance to someone who is getting accepted based off his hard work.</p>
<p>It’s just a difficult issue regardless of what happened. I hope you are able to move past it as brother and sister. College only lasts 4 years, family is for a lifetime. :)</p>
<p>Him and I already moved passed it, hurricane:) We no longer blame each other, and try to help each other out. The way we see it, he should be in, and settled. I was the one who need some form of pushing, because my GPA is on the lower end of the 50%. Except now, because I’m doing pretty well:) We’re just awaiting a decision right now, to see what they say. I think it can go either way, right about now. I just hope, that they count sense from some of the emails, it wouldn’t be swept under the rug if they decline us both. I’d end up at a CC…and would STILL try to transfer over there, so they’d never see the end of me. Justin, on the other hand, it doesn’t really matter. When he didn’t hear back, he applied to university of Illinois-chicago, as well as western Michigan. We’re fairly sure he’ll get into UIC, so if worse comes to worse, that’s where he’ll attend. Time is so late, I can’t even apply to the easiest school in Illinois-northern Illinois university…but CC may be better, because of all the shootings that occur there, definitely not interested.</p>
<p>WRITE- The situation really sucks and I’m sorry that happened to you. UCF was wrong to email your brother about your privacy information. I got waitlisted at UCF and deferred from USF. I am attending UNF, it is a great school in a good location. I hope the best for you and your brother. (:</p>
<p>Thank you! Well, they’re trying to request our first semester grades, which won’t be out until late january, early february. By the time they’re sent, and the board makes a decision, if we get in, we have three months to do everything (we’re out of state…and there’s a LOT) so it’s just not realistic. Not giving up though, I refuse to, so I’m hanging in there:)</p>
<p>Relax. Three months is plenty of time. It’ll be good experience for being in the working world and having two to six weeks to move cross country for a job -my D had 6, her friend had 2 - and unlike them, you have furnished rooms in university housing that you can move into and don’t need to buy a car, like D’s friend had to.</p>
<p>You should not be so worried about “only” having 3 months. Just do well in school, wait for your grades, and send them in. A majority of students (those who apply RD) won’t find out about their college acceptances until March or April, and I’ve never heard of someone who didn’t have enough time to prepare for college, even the vast amount of out of state students.</p>
<p>Heavens to betsy, if you cannot manage to move (only for college) in less than 3 months’ time, how are you going to manage in the rest of your life?! Students get admitted (off wait lists) from across country to Ivy League and other schools in the summer, and they manage to get there just fine with a month or less to prepare. Rethink that, and don’t use the “I need all that lead time because I am out of state” line–it really does not wash too well. Of COURSE you want to know (life will have many more situations which need patience) but don’t go with that line of reasoning for an earlier decision–and remember in general, esp. at a place the size of UCF, admissions people have heard it ALL before.</p>
<p>Radi, I don’t think you really exactly what I need to get done. How about a list, because believe me, it’s much more vast then what in state students need.
-Buy necessary forming items/apparel needed
-apply for housing (this is one of the main reasons we need a decision immediately. For summer, our only option to stay in, for financial reasons, is Nike/Hercules. Rumor is going around that it’s where all the summer students want to stay, and it’s filling up fast. By that time, it will be full, and we CANNOT afford lake Clair and towers)
-Apply for scholarships (This is a biggie, too. Our state made a recent requirement that, to apply for scholarships, you need to be accepted into a college-I was accepted into UCF, and had no other reason to apply to others. Therefore, I cannot apply for ANY scholarships-including a $3,000 community service one, which deadline is at the end of this month. Yet another reason an immediate decision is needed)
-fill out summer and fall fafsa
-take the math placement test (which, if you’re familiar with it, contains three tests, each including a practice test that is mandatory. That will bound to take a while.
-I have people that NEED to know (another bigger-my manager needs to know if her only counter girl/key holder/assitent manager is going to be here this summer/fall. If not, then we have three months to find two new counter worked, and train them perfectly to take my position. If you’re familiar with the difficulties of settling into a new job, you would understand it takes a while to do this, and my job involves anything from cooking to ordering and helping to finance the store).
-Figure out orientation dates.
-figure out the option of renting a trailer. If we’re accepted, my brother and I have many things, and there will not be enough room in the car.
-figuring out transportation to the school, as well as hotels we’d need to stay in.
-figuring out storage units (we’d need to store our dorm items, after the summer session is done, because it makes no logical sense to drive it all back up to chicago for 2 weeks, and do it all over again.)
-Talking to my car insurance company about options we have, and putting it into action (I would not have a car down there, and my parents agree that expecting me to pay $80 a month, while the car sits in at home, and I’m not even driving is obtuse.)
and many, many other things. Those stated above are just off the top of my head. The pain reason we cannot wait long is because of the job situation, scholarship situation. If we’re not accepted even after all that time, my brother will have to attend UIC, which dorms are completely full at the beginning of this month, says their admissions department. Hopefully you can see the logic of this situation, as it’s evident-we need to find out immediately, and can no longer wait and be trailed along. If you think all of those things can be done while I’m attending school five days a week, and work OVER 30 hours a week, then that’s obtuse.</p>
<p>Can’t you put a deposit down for housing now, even before being accepted? I believe a number of kids do that at the various universities across the country so that their housing is set in case they get accepted. If the housing deposit is not too much, then it won’t hurt as much if you lose it in the event you are not accepted. You can look at it as the cost of doing business with UCF.</p>
Living here in Florida and witnessing my DS friends going through this process it really is a numbers game. ECs are more of a tie-breaker. I, too, would never encourage anyone to give up. </p>