<p>Ok so i got accepted into UF like 2 weeks ago, BUT some of my friends have gotten accepted into other colleges and the colleges sent them info on scholarships the college will give them if they go there. Example, some friends got into UF and FSU, but a week ago some got a letter from FSU saying they'll give them from $5,000-$10,000/year if they go there. Does UF do that? Cuz im starting to regret not applying to FSU. :/</p>
<p>anyone know an answer for this ?</p>
<p>Have you gone to UF’s website to see what merit scholarships they offer? </p>
<p>I thought that UF had discontinued many of their merit scholarships because Florida students with good stats were already getting Bright Futures.</p>
<p>The FSU freshmen academic scholarships are above and beyond BF.</p>
<p>See: [FSU</a> Admissions | Freshman | Finances | Freshman Scholarships](<a href=“FSU Admissions | Error 404 page not found”>FSU Admissions | Error 404 page not found)</p>
<p>Yes, but he didn’t apply to FSU…he applied to UF. He wishes that he had applied to FSU since it seems that’s where he’d get more money.</p>
<p>UF has little in the way of scholarships. FSU and UCF, however, do try to sway students’ decisions away from UF and to FSU honors and UCF honors with some very generous scholarships. Even those who just miss the honors cut-off may be eligible. Usually the awards go to those who applied during the early cycle cycle for FSU, as this demonstrates strong interest.</p>
<p>What about grants and stuff for EFC 0 people?</p>
<p>Sunny, I doubt the FSU scholarships were created with UF in mind. They were created simply to attract more of the best students. I would not present the FSU scholarships as UF-centric in the least.</p>
<p>UF also has an academic scholarship program similar to Florida State: </p>
<p>[Academic</a> Scholarships : UF | Office for Student Financial Affairs](<a href=“http://www.sfa.ufl.edu/programs/scholarships/academic-scholarships/]Academic”>Academic Scholarships | UF Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships)</p>
<p>The UF Presidential Scholarship appears to be a parallel to FSU’s University Scholarship.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>How can you tell? I don’t see any award amounts, nor do I see how many are awarded.</p>
<p>*I doubt the FSU scholarships were created with UF in mind. They were created simply to attract more of the best students. I would not present the FSU scholarships as UF-centric in the least. *</p>
<p>Oh, I disagree. Big schools that are in the same state are competing for the same high stats kids. Since UF is higher ranked, FSU has to offer some incentives to get high stats kids to choose them.</p>
<p>The existence of such parallel scholarships is enough and are intended to convince the best students to attend. FSU’s site also doesn’t show how many are awarded. Using the logic you seem to apply here, the UF scholarships are intended to attract the best Florida students away from Florida State…which actually is correct - in part.</p>
<p>One example from the past includes UF having generous National Merit awards and crowing about having the most NM students. FSU, which had the most NM students in Florida for years dropped the practice of “buying” such students and then UF took up the slack, and claimed the NM number state “title”. UF recently dropped this practice and now UCF offers huge money to NM students…and, you guessed it - now brags about having the most NM students. Those former NM monies now go to the best students who apply.</p>
<p>These state schools are keenly aware of what each other does to recruit students, especially the oldest competitors in Florida - Florida State and UFlorida. However, it is incorrect to claim any one university is THE competition target, since the recruitment process is extremely fluid from period to period. Plus, FSU is also not far from Auburn University, UAlabama, UMiami (ranked by US News higher than UF), GTech and so on.</p>
<p>Since most FSU students come from south and central Florida, most FSU students have to pass a lot of schools to select Florida State as to where they wish to attend.</p>
<p>Schools present their scholarships in different ways. And schools have a different array of scholarships. Before even starting the application process,we checked to see what awards and scholarships schools offered and some schools made the list because of their offerings over those who did not.</p>
<p>But you did not do this,and at this point the only thing that matters is what UF has for which you can NOW put your hat in the ring for consideration. That excludes anything that required applications earlier. Call financial aid and admissions and start your research. It doesn’t matter what any college, including FSU or New Hampshire State offers at this point since you did not apply to those schools. Don’t bother wasting your time comparing. There are thousands of college out there with awards that UF does not have, I assure you. And you can easily find them, or you can focus your search on what one school, UF does have.</p>
<p>^Good advice, but acceptance at UF does not mean enrollment at UF. </p>
<p>Perhaps the OP has more options than this school.</p>
<p>Absolutely. He should look at all of the options available to him at all of the schools that have accepted him. He’s wasting him time looking at schools that were not on his apply list. The curtain is drawn for those.</p>
<p>I’m not regretting applying to UF b/c i also applied USF and UCF and got accepted, but denied them since UF was and is my first choice due to the College of Pharmacy there, and they’re kinda bias and have a tendency to select UF undergrads over other applicants into the program. I’m not worried anymore since i just found out that i have the 75% Bright Futures scholarship (didn’t get the 100% b/c i have 0 volunteer hrs due to my job) and i might also receive the VA scholarships b/c of my dad, and also the first-generation college one. SO i should be good hopefully.
Thanks for the replies though lol :)</p>
<p>How did you find out about your bright futures?</p>
<p>It still says “pending” when I go to check</p>