Yeah I applied for the Fall-Spring one because the summer is going to be fully online.
Has anyone got admission from UCF without asking for an expedited decision? I am waiting it out but I donât know if thatâs the best option for me. My stats are 1070 SAT, 4.2 weighted GPA, 21 dual enrollment credits, and all AP since Freshman Year.
Iâve seen some people on this forum get in just from rolling decisions for waitlist, so it is possible. I would suggest waiting if you can but donât wait too long (like late May). Good luck!
my brother got a response from ucf today saying he was rejected without requesting an expedited decision but he is going to call and appeal it.
i think that if you can wait then wait but do not wait too long, especially nearing the may 31st date (i personally feel like theyâll become more tedious and picky when they have a few more spots available for their freshmen class).
i personally think your overall application is great, considering how determined you are. we have an sat score of a 10 point difference so i feel that you have a good chance of getting in!
when do you think would be a good time to request an expedited decision to avoid the committee becoming pickier? iâm not necessarily in a rush to hear back since i donât have any other college iâm waiting to pick necessarily but i am nervous about what decision i might get.
i think after may 1st to may 8th (possibly may 15th) would be a great time range to request an expedited decision; however, please know that i personally think that the admissions committee will get pickier so i could be wrong and there may be more space available rather than only a few spaces. i am only saying that i think theyâll get pickier along the weeks due to the fact that so many people (especially aside from this forum) that have requested expedited decisions and there are people who have remained quiet/there are many views of this forum, hence why i think there are a few spaces available at this time but even fewer when itâs closer to may 31st. also, i hear more acceptances off the waitlist up until now.
however, if you can wait, i think most people are choosing to wait at this time. remember that the waitlist is a rolling acceptance/rejection so from this time up until may 31st, you could be accepted off the waitlist at anytime.
How many people got a decision rolling? (without expedite)
On the weighted GPA, hereâs how UCF uses that for admission.
First of all, they only use the core classes required for graduation in Florida. So that means your elective classes donât count at all. They donât help you; they donât hurt you.
UCF adds one bonus point for AP, IB and I believe dual enrollment, and 1/2 point for honors. Thatâs different from some places. For example, here in Miami our school system adds 2 points for AP/IB and 1 point for honors. So students from here end up having considerably lower weighted GPAs with UCF than our local schools claim they have.
are the gpas everybody here is posting the ucf recalculated gpas they have? i donât actually know what mine is or how to figure it out. sorry if that sounds dumb
i think the gpas everyone has been posting on here are our schoolâs unweighted and weighted gpa (what we have right now in our senior year). not sure how to recalculate your gpa for the ucf recalculated gpa but all i know is that only your core classes (no electives) come into play when recalculating. i think there are some threads or other forums that talked about how to recalculate your gpa to see if your gpa meets the ucf standard though.
The thing I donât know about UCFâs recalculation is whether they apply bonus points to ALL AP and Honors classes.
Our school system only awards bonus points only for grades of B or above, but I donât know what UCF does.
I also think an applicant could call UCF Admissions and ask what their UCF-calculated GPA is.
If you had the actual UCF calculation, you would have something relevant to compare with available information.
i called ucf to ask about my gpa and turns out my recalculated gpa is a 3.15. i asked what my weighted was and they told me the recalculated gpa is already weighted technically under them. other than that, my high school weighted is a 4.3. really hoping i get in
is the 3.15 far off from you actual unweighted?
my unweighted in high school was a 3.2 last time i was told so not really. itâs kind of funny actually that itâs just a small difference
UmâŠ4.3 - 3.15 = 1.15?
This is the issue both christineb and I have posted about just a few posts above.
UCF uses their own system of weighting GPAâs, considering only the core requirements for high school graduation for Florida public schools â English, math, science, social studies, foreign language. Thatâs it; nothing else.
If you took some courses that were Honors, AP, IB, DE, etc, but they are NOT core â those courses do not count for your UCF weighted GPA used for admission.
So in plain EnglishâŠif a lot of your high grades were in non-core classes, your UCF weighted GPA is going to be somewhat lower than your schoolâs weighted GPA.
yeah, iâm not exactly sure what my high school unweighted gpa is at the moment. last i knew it was a 3.2 but a contrast, my raiseme profile says it would be closer to 3.6. so iâm not actually sure on what it is. my bad i might have worms in my brain
edit: i might have completely missed the point of what you were saying so tell me if so
No, I think youâre getting it, but it doesnât matter what your school says, or what raiseme says.
What matters is what UCF says.
You can try to recalculate your GPA according to UCF criteria, but the much more accurate method would be to simply call Freshman Admissions and ask them.
AndâŠif you get somebody friendly on the phone, talk to them a bit and ask them what they think your chances are. Theyâre nice people, and theyâll help you if they can.
The worst they can do is say they donât know.
oh okay i get what you meant now.
when i called them they told me i have a 3.15 for ucf and that considerably, the people with higher gpas are going to be getting spots sooner than people with lower gpas. so i do have a lower chance but iâm hoping being top 20 of my class and having dual enrollment under my belt will help.