<p>Not to direct anything towards anyone here, but since it appears to me that many of the “super score students”, ie., perfect GPA and 2100 SAT score, apply to UCF, get immediately accepted, but plan on never actually attending, are taking away an admissions spot from a real, “less than perfect” student who would kill to attend UCF ? This deal that the “BIG” state schools such as FSU will notify in late December and UF in late February seems unfair to the rest of us little people. Too bad that all the public schools in florida can’t cooperate and a have rolling admissions to make it fairer for everyone ?
NOTE - After applying to all the state schools, I just realized that I am also guilty of this practice, and it makes me feel kind-of crappy !</p>
<p>That’s okay-we knew this would happen. Schools want nothing more then to accept those with great GPA’s, and dazzling ACT/SAT scores. They’re what I like to call the ‘all Star’ students-and many of us are not them. Currently, I’ve been waiting for a little over a month to hear back from them, with no answer in sight. It makes me regret letting personal problems affect my grades, but there was nothing I could do. I’m one of those people, as well as a very many on this thread, who have no intent of going anywhere but UCF…it’s UCF or none at all. However, you should feel proud of what you accomplished in high school, don’t pity us. Once UF and FSU choices come out, UCF will then see who was truely loyal to their school, and had intentions of of attending there. It’s college admissions though, so what can you expect? They want the super star students-the rest of us will just wait patiently. Though easier said then done:)</p>
<p>Tell me about it. This sucks. All I want is UCF.</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken, if someone chooses not to attend a school, then that opens up a spot for another applicant. So say if someone with a 2400 SAT/36 ACT and perfect GPA gets accepted to UCF. They choose not to attend to UCF, so someone else would be able to take that open spot and attend UCF. We could say that the person taking the spot has a 1600 SAT/24 ACT and 3.8 GPA.</p>
<p>I’m not too sure if this is true or not, but I’ve been told it before by others and it seems to make sense to me I suppose.</p>
<p>Is this likely to be true for scholarships too? I’m looking at UCF and UF but the 4 year honors program at UCF is really attractive as well as the scholarship opportunities it offers.</p>
<p>The spots do reopen for the deferred students or even the denied if they reapply( but usually outright denial is a sign of a larger problem), so it in essence just slows down the process for the kids who want ucf</p>
<p>as for scholarships. If you are a merit scholar they show you the money up front to get you to accept @ UCF early…other scholars recieve money to keep them there after acceptance.</p>
<p>Sabertooth-</p>
<p>Hi and you are 100 % correct. I apologize for not making my point
clearer which was that those super score students that get immediately
accepted to UCF, will sit on their acceptance for several months and wait
until they get notified by the other schools, then when accepted by the other schools,
they will decline their original acceptance at UCF and then attend the other schools
at which point a spot will open up and then UCF will notify other students in line. This policy will delay acceptance by several months to those students who really
wish to attend UCF .</p>
<p>It would take us forever to find out if a spot ever opens up because UF takes so damn long. By then we would have probably made other arrangements</p>
<p>It’s all just a part of the college application process. This is why every college bound student should apply to some <em>safety</em> schools in case things doesn’t go as planned with their first choice. I don’t necessarily think it’s wrong that some kids are using UCF as a safety net, because I think a lot of us do the same for other schools as well. For the borderline cases, I think the rolling admission policy works in their favor since they have a chance of being deferred pending new scores instead of being outright rejected.</p>
<p>Edit- “This deal that the “BIG” state schools such as FSU will notify in late December and UF in late February seems unfair to the rest of us little people.” </p>
<p>I read from a post of yours saying that you have a 3.9 GPA and 2140 SAT. I’m not sure where you’re aiming at when you say how it’s “unfair to the rest of us little people.”</p>
<p>I apologize if I sounded like a jerk, but allow me to respond.
If all the public universities in Florida had a similar rolling
admission policy, then applicants such as myself would immediately
accept an offer from our goal school and also immediately decline the acceptance from UCF, which will free up more spots at UCF for those students who definitely will attend if given an offer of admission. Also again, applicants such as myself, will then not use UCF as a safety school and hold onto an admission acceptance spot for months, only to relinquish the acceptance offer in late December / February when decisions at FSU/UF are announced.</p>