My son told me UCF only considers SAT score and GPA in admissions. Is this true??? If not, how does he submit a resume or portfolio of his tech work when there is nowhere in the Future Knight portal to submit anything?
This is not true. If his GPA and SAT are competitive, they will then read his essay. (Common app.) I can not express adequately how important the essay is! Also please note it’s not the length of the essay that’s important…it’s the content.
I don’t know for sure, but I suspect Victor is correct above. If you call Undergraduate Admissions, they can probably help you. I have found them to be very helpful in the past.
On the essay, I agree the content is critical. I also think it is very important to go beyond what the applicant did, focusing a great deal on whatever lessons they learned that they will carry forward in life.
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The application itself has a spot to add extra curriculars, so you can put that work there. UCF has two essay prompts of their own, not the usual Common App one, that they say is not required, but highly encouraged. They may call them personal statements, but they are basically essays.
This may help answer some questions. Application Process FAQs | UCF Undergraduate Admissions
I would follow this advice from the FAQs
There are really no optional parts in a a college application. What is required is the bare minimum and most colleges that have optional parts are looking for applicants who will separate themself from the applicant pool
The only exception if you are a Florida High School student guaranteed admission under the top 10% rule but even then they don’t guarantee which semester you will start Summer, Fall, or Spring. Spring is the worst because they want you to go somewhere in the fall online or community college etc.
The application for admission provides space for a listing of extra and co-curricular activities; this portion of the application should be completed in lieu of submitting supplemental materials.
The essay is an optional component of the application for admission. If you elect to submit an essay, please select a topic within the application form and submit it within your completed application.
I chimed in on the other post, but I will reply here as well. I have a daughter who is a senior. So what is on the application today could be different. There was no place to really put a resume, just a place to list a few ECs. I always recommend that kids do the essay. My D chose why UCF. With all that, kids need the GPA and SAT/ACT to be at a certain level.
I do know some kids that when they were deferred, they called admissions and sent in extra materials. Please apply ASAP. They are rolling admission and it is getting late in the application season.