What are my chances at UCF? [3.5 UW, 1160 SAT, electrical engineering]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • Permanent resident
  • Florida
  • Public
  • Bangladeshi
  • Women

Intended Major= Electrical Engineer

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.5/4
  • Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 4.1
  • College GPA (for transfers):
  • Class Rank: 56 / 510.
  • ACT/SAT Scores: SAT Math=600, SAT English 560

Coursework
Freshmen year: Final Grades

WORLD HIST= A, HOPE-PE V= A, PHY SCI= A, GEO HON= B, ENG 1= A, INTENS READ= A, DIGITAL INFO TECH= A

Sophomore year: Final Grades

AMER GOVT HON= A, ECON FIN LIT HON= A, AICE GLBL PERSP 1 AS= A, BIO 1= A, ALG 2 HON= A. AVID 1= A, INTENS READ 2= B, AICE ENG GEN PAPER 1= A

Junior Year: Final

RESEARCH 1= A, BIOSCIENCE 1 HON= A, AICE DIG MEDIA&DES1= A, AICE US HIST AS= B, AICE ENG LANG AS= B, CHEM 1= A, PRE-CALCULUS HON= C

Extra: Chinese 1= A

Senior Year: Semester 1 (I did the worse this year)

ADV PL CALCULUS AB= B, AFR AMER HIST HONORS= B, AICE MARINE SCI 1 AS= B, AP COMPUTER SCI PRIN= B, AICE ENG LIT 1 AS= A, GAME & SIM PROGRAM= B

Extra: AP physics 1= D, Chinese 2= B

Dual Enrollment: MICROCOMPUTER= F, COLLEGE ALGEBRA: B

[So far, I have 1 C, 1 D, and 1 F. I don’t think I ever wanted to rip my hair out before][I’m sorry][Legit just venting]

Extracurriculars

  • Member of Newspaper Club/Newspaper Club
  • Member of Art Club, Art Club
  • Participant of Palm Beach Regional Science Fair, Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair
  • The Junior Academy Research Project, The Junior Academy Research Project
  • Street Art Festival
  • Palm Beach Museum of Natural History, Volunteer
  • Tutor
  • SAC Student Representative, School Advisory Council

Essays/LORs/Other
I wrote a pretty good essay/ personal essay

Cost Constraints / Budget
I’m getting FAFSA.

Schools (colleges I got into-)

  • Florida Tech
  • Howard University
  • Penn State
  • The State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Virginia Tech
  • University of West Florida
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What does that mean?

Are you a graduating senior? I’m confused. You got into six schools. Were you waitlisted at UCF?

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Oh, I’m a senior. I know I got into those six colleges, but I really want to go to UCF.

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Congrats on some great acceptances!

Are you waitlisted for UCF? It sounds like you prefer it to any of your current acceptances. Unfortunately, it doesn’t typically have room to accept very many off the waitlist. I looked at the most recent CDS I could find, and only about 43 were enrolled off the waitlist (this was out of over 2,000 offered a spot on the waitlist.)

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No, I’m not waitlisted. I just really wanna go there. I submitted my application for fall 2024 on April 26.

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Got it. Sounds like you decided sort of late-ish to apply, but you got your application in by the May 1st deadline. I do know it has been harder and harder to get into. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Best wishes!!

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Thank you. I hope so too.

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What does this mean? All you will be getting from the FAFSA is a $5500 direct loan, and whatever portion of the Pell Grant you are eligible to receive.

The federally funded need based aid won’t fund full costs at any of these colleges.

I would strongly suggest that you look at the costs of all of these schools. At the ones where you were accepted, did you receive a financial aid package, and are any of the colleges affordable?

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