How does UCF compare to FSU with admissions this cycle? Is FSU more competitive, or are they about equal now?
Recommendation letters donāt mean much. Nobody is going to have bad or negative recommendation letters. They are all basically the same. And many schools use the additional prompts or essays for scholarship and honors college etc. they donāt apply them to your general admissions. There is just no possible way for an admissions team to read through 60,000 students with 4-5 essays each via prompts. They would need massive teams and incredible coordination and alignment, strategies and processes.
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This year UCF dropped the Top 10 Knight program which might have increased stats a bit, but FSU still has much higher GPA and SAT/ACT scores for admitted students.
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Where can I find that ?
I wonder if more highest level bright futures people knew they were guaranteed 16k merit there would have been more applicants to fsu
We had no idea, but itās nice to be offered
How dangerous is FSU? We started considering FSU mainly because we got the OOS tuition waiver- but in all honesty, Iām feeling a bit discouraged by FSU after doing more research: I hear that it is very difficult to get on-campus housing after freshmen year (unless you have an incredibly high number of credits coming into FSU); and if you try to obtain off-campus housing, it is very expensive; and if you live off campus, you may need a car - but the parking situation at FSU kind of sucks (i.e. very difficult to find parking). Also, the major that my kid wants to get into only accepts 5-10 students. Iāve really been trying to look at the positives b/c FSU would be cheaper and is much higher ranked than the other school we are looking at (UCF). While FSU has a beautiful, compact and walkable campus - there are some definite downsides. Also, the flights from Tallahassee to DC are expensive. UF may not even be consideration because of how competitive it is to get into, and also because UF most likely will not offer merit compared to some of these other schools. On the upside with UF - their OOS tuition will be same or possible cheaper than my in-state options.
Yes - I noticed that too. In previous years, more people would report that they got more money from UCF v. FSU - but this year many are reporting the opposite.
I think FSU is still more competitive to get into- they still have their 53rd national ranking (compared to 125 for UCF) to rely on. And from what I hear (still need to visit), FSU does have a beautiful campus. I think UCF Honors College might be more difficult to get into FSUās Honors College though. I could be wrong though.
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Not to discredit UCFās honors college, but I applied with an essay (that I thought was not good at all) and they admitted me? I wasnāt upset since that was my first pick if I didnāt get into UF, but I honestly donāt think they put much weight into who they admit and rather look at who put in the effort to applyā¦but I could be completely wrong
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UCF also took away the Knightās of Achievement award (the full OOS Tuition Waiver for OOS), which was the highest award (outside of NMF awards) that OOS students could be offered. I have heard that competitiveness at UCF has gone up substantially. So I think these reductions in merit is a sign that UCF is on the road to becoming less of a ābuyerāsā school.
I donāt know how important the essay is, but I believe the stats need to be pretty high.
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I forget when FSU announced the updated Vires criteria and amount, but it was after applications were due. So next admissions cycle might see an even bigger increase knowing that. It is definitely more than what my daughter was offered from UCF.
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Hey there! Thanks for stopping in! I hope your graduate studies are going well! Iām strongly considering UNF as undergrad school just to keep costs cheap and because Iām in love with the campus. However, Iām concerned about how ārigorousā
it would seem when applying to grad school as opposed to other competitive schools like FSU, U Miami. Would you say that UNF was academically rigorous enough to prepare you for your graduate education at UF?
If this is true, my daughter should have a good shot. If itās all about super high SAT OOS, less so. Weāll see Friday. I donāt have a sense for how brutal it is OOS. What is OOS acceptance rate?
Yes, I applied and was deferred, and they told me to feel free to send āsupplemental materialā like essays or examples of further accomplishments like awards or leadership positions but also strongly implied that it was students with 32 ACT and ups (and the SAT equivalent) that were often admitted. So, I would say while the essay probably does matter, test scores matter just as much, if not more
I think the OOS acceptance rate is pretty low (I thought read somewhere that it is in the teens). The problem is that a lot of OOS will meet the profile that is align with what the school wants - so in the end, we just wonāt know - kind of like all the super selective schools.
Didnāt know they lowered the standards! Definitely rubs salt in the wound lol.
I think the overall acceptance rate is also in the teens or low 20s. Itās not 30% which is what it says when you google UF acceptance rate.
100% - Honors College at UCF is about stats. At UF - I believe it is much more holistic (because many kids with SATs in the 1500s were denied).
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I think UF is the only Florida public that takes a holistic approach.
You can go back and look at the version of this thread from the last few years. You will see OOS applicants with high SAT scores & GPAs who were rejected. Does that mean your daughter will be rejected? Of course not. Still, for an applicant from OOS that doesnāt have stellar stats, I think impressive ECs are a must (more than the Treasurer of this club and a member of that club).
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