UF Honors Vs. UCF Provost Scholar Award

anonymoushorse7
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:13:48 +0000

My family can pay, esp. with bright futures and all… but it sucks cause I’m also a twin.
But they can afford both of us going to UF with Bright futures. Just paying housing sucks too.

bobbo> I’m gonna play a bit of devil’s advocate…

“But if you struggle adapting and don’t finish too high you’d be a lot better off in the 30th percentile at UF vs. the 50th percentile at UCF. The difference might even be smaller than that because engineering vs liberal arts is a bigger difference than UF vs. UCF so you’ll be competing with smart kids in both places.”

But UCF Honor’s has great perks! Most of the honors kids get the schedules they want. But I didn’t realize the 30 vs. 50. What convinced you about this? Does prestige really matter? I love the UF student population… I feel they are more like minded but it is more competitive for opportunities there than at UCF. Possibly more opportunities for experience, would you say that experience trumps prestige?

"Also UCF has a much higher percentage of commuters/part time students and people who are going to do the minimum just to get a degree. It is also not an SEC school. I’m sure you can still have fun at UCF but the atmosphere is definitely different. "

Well it’s definitely reducing that percentage. More and more live on campus and it’s getting more selective. There are many kids this year accepted to FSU, but deferred by UCF. But yes I do feel that many are there to cruise by to get their degree but this may be biased. But won’t I find my niche in whatever college I go?

Strikeb4ck> I appreciate your honesty and input! :D

What do you guys think of UCF’s honors program? xD