<p>I am an out of state student from New York and truly hoping to attend UCF this Fall. I have been deferred and I am awaiting a decision. It would be a dream to attend here. I hope to study hospitality and have a plan to build a hotel in the future. I have lived in a small town my entire life and always desired to live in a city. One of the main attractions for me to attend this school aside from the strong programs is the ability to find people I can relate to and finding interesting clubs and activities. I have a learning disability that affects handwriting (physically), some organizational issues, and Tourette Syndrome. I am very much an advocate for myself and always seek out help. My biggest worries for college are that I will be overwhelmed with the workload and be unable to find support from professors. Can other people who attend or attended this school give me their perspective and opinions? I have a 3.4 GPA, 25 ACT and consider myself a slightly above average student. I always attempt work at my highest ability and I am extremely involved in my community.</p>
<p>Hi there! I’ll try and give you some personal view on the school, especially in terms of coming in with a disability, and how the school works with that. I’m a freshmen here at UCF, and I am enrolled at their student disability center, here on campus. My senior year, after multiple tests being ran, I was said to have a very severe case of ‘Dyscalculia’. To put it to simple terms, it’s basically dyslexia with numbers, which makes math near impossible for me to do (Numbers in general, really). I was a bit skeptic, walking into college life and wondering how I was going to deal with this. Student disability service has been so fantastic in helping me these past semesters. They go very out of their way to make sure that you’re comfortable, and being provided with what you should be. They also make sure all professors cooperate with you. For your specific disability, they would likely give you a long period of extended time on all your texts/exams, and also give you the option to take them OUT of the lecture hall (You would go to their building and take it in a room, usually by yourself, so you don’t feel anxious). The whole school really does do everything in its power to make sure you succeed here, no matter what may be holding you back. While majors change, if I’m being honest, the work load is not all that bad. As long as you manage your time well, you have plenty of time to hang with friends, join clubs, or even have a job, if you choose to. You just have to be smart about it! I think you have a very good chance of gaining admission, but for summer term. Fall might be a bit out of the ball park. However, as I was a summer b student (Also out of state-I’m from Chicago) I highly suggest any college freshmen to do summer B. It was an amazing experiance, and really prepared me for college before those who showed up for fall term. I wish you the best of luck, and if you have any questions, feel free to message me!:)</p>
<p>Thanks for the awesome reply! I will be visiting the campus on Feb. 22nd and can’t wait! When is/was your winter break? I never saw it posted on the ucf site. Thanks again!</p>
<p>It means they are delaying the descision as to whether to admit her. I got that at first and then was waitlisted which means I am basically denied but still have a slim chance of being admitted. Basically, it is better she is deferred instead of being waitlisted.</p>
<p>Thanks. I know the ONLY reason it wasn’t a flat out no is because of the theatre part. If she had been applying for just a “normal” major, it would have been a rejection based on those horrific ACT math scores. :(</p>
<p>Hi, I’m new here and am wondering why someone would withdraw their application after being deferred? Is there anything to lose by keeping your app in?</p>
<p>Yeah it really makes no sense to me to withdraw. I think they just want less people to “choose from” when selecting the remaining students to enroll.</p>