<p>Hi! I was hoping to transfer to either FSU or UCF once I obtained my AA (at an in-state school) this summer, the latter of which offers a direct-connect program from my community college, but I'm a little more drawn to FSU.</p>
<p>I have a 3.25 GPA and I've been in community college since as a dual-enrollment student and my grades have improved greatly the past few semesters, and I've been involved with College Democrats and the newspaper and have a few printed articles in the town newspaper, all that stuff, if it counts as an AA transfer haha</p>
<p>I am a little stuck on programs, though, because I wanted to get into an International Affairs program which is not limited access but I also wanted to see if I could get into their Public Relations/Communications program which is.</p>
<p>When I transfer I know I'll have to send my high school and college transcripts, but will I also need to send in AP scores, SAT/ACT scores to FSU as a transfer student?</p>
<p>If you have an AA, I don’t think you have to send anything else. The AA is your golden ticket. High School GPA and SAT/ACT scores generally don’t matter.</p>
<p>Thank you! Also, I won’t be able to get my AA officially until after two summer classes I’ll be taking over the summer to fulfill my credit hours. I do plan on applying before the July deadline, but will I have been too late to get into the Fall semester?</p>
<p>You can apply before you have completed your AA. All that matters is that you have your AA completed before you start. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure some people here have reported that they started during the summer semester after getting their AA in Spring, but it didn’t post until sometime after they started in Summer.</p>
<p>It could be likened to applying to Graduate School while still working on your undergrad degree. If you’re admitted, it’s only under the assumption that you will have your degree before you actually start. </p>
<p>To help you OP on the Limited Access/Non-Limited Access stuff, I would actually recommend not applying to the Limited Access stuff. Start off in International Affairs, and then if you are interested in the COM/PR stuff, visit there advisors and talk to them about maybe getting into their majors. </p>
<p>The reason I say that is that with non-Limited Access programs, you pretty much get in as long as you have your AA and a 3.0. With Limited Access programs, you could get accepted by the university, but the program doesn’t want you- and then you’re stuck. </p>
<p>I’ve always been under the impression that it’s easier (and less stressful) to change your major once your in FSU than it is to try to get into a limited access program that likely isn’t accepting more than a small number of students. </p>
<p>I could be way off on this advice, though. I thankfully never had to deal with Limited Access stuff as an undergrad.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how easy it is to change majors once you get accepted. If you get accepted to one major and then immediately try to change it, you may encounter resistance.</p>
<p>Changing into a Limited Access major is going to be difficult, but aside from that, as long as you meet your new major’s requirements, there generally isn’t any issue with switching majors.</p>
<p>Yeah I was accepted and started last Summer session at FSU before I even sent them my final transcripts proving I completed my AA in the Spring.
You’d easily get in for International Affairs but I highly doubt you’d get in for Communications because it’s Limited Access and your GPA isn’t high enough for them to even consider you. I would stick with being on track for International Affairs and then go from there about switching majors after acceptance and enrolling.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I sent in my application a few weeks ago, but since I had applied the year before as well they also show they received my high school transcript and SAT scores…which really weren’t that great, honestly, so I’m worried that may affect the decision process. I’m also still in the process of getting my AA which I’ll have by August.</p>
<p>Will I be notified by email when the decision has been posted regardless if I was accepted or denied?</p>
<p>It will be up on the admissions status check wether you’re accepted or denied before you get an email about telling you to check your admissions status on the decision. I found out I was accepted a week before I even got an email saying a decision had been rendered. If your SAT for each subject is about 500 (?) you’re safe if it’s below then you would have already been notified of rejection. They don’t care about HS transcripts though, they only look at it for Foreign Lang requirement if you didn’t take it at your CC.
I doubt you’d be rejected to be honest.</p>
<p>If you are applying as an upper-division transfer, they don’t consider high school transcripts or test scores, even if they are on your profile. They don’t play a role in the decision process if you have your AA or at least 60 credit hours.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about them being there, especially if they aren’t great.</p>
<p>I was accepted and have already scheduled an orientation so I will be attending here. I’ve been scrambling over housing (I’m too late for on campus residency) and making sure my AA is good to go…</p>
<p>I have another question about majors: I’ve already applied for International Affairs as a junior, but now I’m wondering if maybe, if possible, double major in another field. I’ve been looking at Economics, even though it is limited access I have the required courses and GPA minimum. While it is a bit late, could I take a stab at applying to that program as well?</p>
<p>You can double major. It’s not an issue as long as you don’t overload yourself to the point where it’ll effect your GPA and you’ll be able to graduate when you plan to. Talk with the advisor of that department they’ll be way more helpful.
But yeah double majoring as a transfer is no issue. I am a History major (transferred as incominf Senior) and added Art History as my second major but dropped it to a minor recently because it would mean I’d have to be here an extra semester and I personally can’t afford it.</p>
<p>If you want to live on campus, you might not be too late. The application for incoming transfer students for Fall/Spring still seems to be available. While I would say there’s a 99.999% chance you would be placed in Rogers Hall, you would be housing on-campus in an apartment. </p>
<p>Housing really isn’t all that great about making it easy for incoming transfers. A lot of transfer students don’t realize that they might not have to apply for housing with the regular freshmen that are coming to FSU. This has always been a problem with housing and even with a lot of the changes that have happened in the last few months to a year they haven’t really made it any easier to figure out. </p>
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I know there’s still at minimum a few spaces in Rogers for the Fall.</p>
<p>As for double majoring, that’s certainly possible. I would contact the advisor for the major you’re looking to double in (especially since it’s Limited Access) and just ask about how you would go about possibly double majoring. It can’t ever hurt. </p>
<p>I’ll likely be living off-campus anyway because I’ve heard from several people renting is cheaper than living on-campus. Is that true for FSU? I realize I may be a bit too late for cheaper apartments because it’s already mid June. I’ve been looking around but I’m a little worried how financial aid will be able to help me out with that. I’m on PELL’s full amount and Bright Futures Medallion and probably on a few loans, unfortunately, but I am planning on going job searching up there when I start school. Lol, I’ve been going a little frantic over getting things settled so I’m all over the place.</p>
<p>Rogers is $2340 a semester- about $585 a month (although you pay per semester with Housing, I find having the per month rate is helpful for comparing places)- for rent, which includes electricity, water, and internet. Plus, your application fee gets applied to your rent, unlike a security deposit. </p>
<p>Plus, living in Rogers, your rent would get paid along with your tuition/fees, and any other charges to your account (such as books from the bookstore) when financial aid is disbursed in early September. So if you had sufficient aid to cover your tuition and your rent (it sounds like you would), you wouldn’t have to worry about paying the rent every month on time if you live off-campus.</p>
<p>I know people on each side of the fence on the on-campus vs. off-campus debate. Personally, I like the ease of living on-campus. You’re generally a 15-20 minute walk at most from anything on campus, etc. I have lots of friends that enjoy living off-campus, for various reasons. Ultimately it’ll depend on what your preferences and your situation warrants.</p>
<p>You can live there as an undergrad. Housing will say you have to be 23 on their website, but I lived there this past year as an undergrad, and I was only 21 when I applied. The building doesn’t appear to fill up completely (for example, 2 of the 3 neighboring apartments on my floor this year were empty for almost all of spring semester), so they generally will let you live there if you apply for it. </p>
<p>Just make sure that if you decide to apply to live on-campus, that you’re okay with Rogers, as if you are an undergrad and get assigned to live somewhere, it’s very difficult to get out of your housing contract and move off-campus. </p>
<p>It looks like the Housing website is going to be offline throughout the rest of today. It looks like the earliest you could apply for on-campus housing is going to be tomorrow morning. IF you do decide to apply, just remember to fill out the transfer student application. There’s two different applications I believe (one for freshmen, one for transfers).</p>
<p>Recently applied for Fall 2013 as upper level transfer to a non limited access program. In-state appicant. All transcripts and other required info is submitted. How long does it typically take to get a decision from admissions?</p>