2013-2014 University of Central Florida Application Thread

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kmp0410 said:
Are we expected to address every grade below a C individually? I had a bit of a bad run towards the end of my undergrad, mainly due to bad study habits. Ended up with 5 C's. I took multiple years off and am now finishing a M.S. at USF (new MCAT too) with better study habits and grades that reflect that.

Should I just list them all or kind of talk about them as a group?

Also, my LOR's are also kind of odd. I am a non-trad since its been multiple years since I graduated undergrad. UCF has an area where you can use supervisor letters instead of teacher letters for non-trads, or they have the traditional 2 Sci + 1 Non-Sci + 2 Char for regular students. I am basically in the middle, I have 3 Sci letters + 2 Char letters from supervisors. My M.S. program is entirely science classes, so there is no opportunity for me to get a non-science letter, but then by having teacher letters I don't really fit in the non-trad section either. Hopefully REL can help me out here...

Thanks everybody.
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A bad semester or period can be spoken of collectively, whereas a single bad course or two can be addressed individually. So the LOR rules are mainly for the majority population. If you are in a upper level degree program, all science, we will accept 3 science letters. The character letters can be from others that know you away from school and can tell us who you are, prefereably not supervisor letters -- if at all possible get a couple of letters from other parts of your life.
 
Supervisor was probably not the right word to use, my character letters are from an employer who I worked with for 2 years and a Physician I shadowed. So I think those should fit, thanks.
 
Looking forward to applying to UCF!

I'm wondering, REL, if you could share with us what the application load is looking like at the moment? (ie. How many primaries and secondaries are in, interviews scheduled, etc.) My primary app has been held up, so I won't be able to press send till today, and it looks like I won't be verified till late August/September. I also don't have an MCAT score (registered for Aug 3). I'm wondering whether it's realistic to even bother this cycle.

Go Knights!
 
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Does anyone else have the "Hold for information" status? Does it mean it's still being processed or been reviewed already?
 
broke oz area said:
Looking forward to applying to UCF!

I'm wondering, REL, if you could share with us what the application load is looking like at the moment? (ie. How many primaries and secondaries are in, interviews scheduled, etc.) My primary app has been held up, so I won't be able to press send till today, and it looks like I won't be verified till late August/September. I also don't have an MCAT score (registered for Aug 3). I'm wondering whether it's realistic to even bother this cycle.

Go Knights!
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Waaaaayyyy toooooo early to have anything meaningful with regard to data. I do anticipate ~4k apps and to interview about 450 this year for 120 seats. This is a long season so after you get your apps in be prepared to throw another log by the fire and keep a good book....um, no, series of books handy. It will be several months of run-n-gun, stop-n-wait.
 
DAPI said:
They were for an opening ceremony. Dean German will tell you about it when you interview 🙂
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Thanks! I hope I get an interview. Sorry haven't been on here in forever. Just submitted my secondary.
 
Also, my school doesn't actually give B-, just A, B, C.... Should I have explained my B's in my case? I'm sure I have got an 80 or 81 in multiple classes, but received a "B" for it. Maybe I'm overthinking it.


Scratch that. Definitely over thinking it. It said "below" a B-. Doesn't apply either way.
 
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Hi REL,

I received the secondary on July 3rd and I'm looking forward to having it submitted today!

UCF is one of my top choice schools but after looking at some of the responses on this thread, I have a feeling like I'm already late in the game in terms of submitting my secondary.

I have been approaching returning secondaries with a 2 week turnaround time. Will this cause schools to question my interest in their program?
 
uphillBattle said:
Hi REL,

I received the secondary on July 3rd and I'm looking forward to having it submitted today!

UCF is one of my top choice schools but after looking at some of the responses on this thread, I have a feeling like I'm already late in the game in terms of submitting my secondary.

I have been approaching returning secondaries with a 2 week turnaround time. Will this cause schools to question my interest in their program?
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Just because 10-15 people post o. This thread that they submitted secondaries does not make you late!!! Think of how many people apply to this school total and all the people still waiting to be verified. You're on perfect track
 
dkpremed said:
just because 10-15 people post o. This thread that they submitted secondaries does not make you late!!! Think of how many people apply to this school total and all the people still waiting to be verified. You're on perfect track
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+1
 
dkpremed said:
Just because 10-15 people post o. This thread that they submitted secondaries does not make you late!!! Think of how many people apply to this school total and all the people still waiting to be verified. You're on perfect track
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Appreciate the response.

Also, when I upload my picture it the resizing makes it blurry. Does anyone else have this problem?
 
What does everyone's status say? Mine says hold for information (awaiting completion if secondary and fee payment) but I've already completed both.

REL, any thoughts? Should I call?
 
I have the same issue. It is said to wait 2-3 days but I submitted on the 8th so I think I will call
 
I just called and found out that the admissions person was away for awhile so just didn't get a chance to change our statuses. They were very nice and helpful and said there is nothing to worry about
 
Agnieszka020 said:
I just called and found out that the admissions person was away for awhile so just didn't get a chance to change our statuses. They were very nice and helpful and said there is nothing to worry about
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Great! Thanks for calling and letting us know 🙂
 
Status changed to complete, ready for review. It says it will take 15 business days to be either AORTA or not competitive...so excited!!
 
What's aorta? The main pathway to the student BODY? Ahahaha I'm hilarious. Ok really though. What's it stand for?
 
ewelling said:
Status changed to complete, ready for review. It says it will take 15 business days to be either AORTA or not competitive...so excited!!
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When did you submit? And are you an in-state applicant if you don't mind me asking?
 
Captain Sisko said:
What's aorta? The main pathway to the student BODY? Ahahaha I'm hilarious. Ok really though. What's it stand for?
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Haha no idea... But I know it means "interview eligible". I'm assuming it's just like another screen.
 
Agnieszka020 said:
When did you submit? And are you an in-state applicant if you don't mind me asking?
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Yes IS. I submitted 07/04. But I think the admissions person who changes statuses was out for a bit so they are just now updating statuses. Admissions also told me they have to manually review LORs so that may hold people up.
 
http://www.theledger.com/article/20130711/news/130719873

Hi REL, I was wondering if you could comment on the article in the link above. I am planning on applying to all of the FL schools this year and USF and UCF are high on my list. I was wondering what impact this new move by USF can make on the school. Do think it is a negative that USF is moving away from a deal with Tampa General and just trying to spin it in a positive light?
 
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SEC MD said:
http://www.theledger.com/article/20130711/NEWS/130719873?tc=ar

Hi REL, I was wondering if you could comment on the article in the link above. I am planning on applying to all of the FL schools this year and USF and UCF are high on my list. I was wondering what impact this new move by USF can make on the school. Do think it is a negative that USF is moving away from a deal with Tampa General and just trying to spin it in a positive light?
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It's a little unfair to ask a known staff member of one school to comment directly on another school
 
sb247 said:
It's a little unfair to ask a known staff member of one school to comment directly on another school
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Well, for many people, it comes down to picking between USF and UCF. As of now, USF has TGH which is a huge plus. I am trying to obtain insight on how losing that would affect USF as this would help me chose between the schools.
 
SEC MD said:
Well, for many people, it comes down to picking between USF and UCF. As of now, USF has TGH which is a huge plus. I am trying to obtain insight on how losing that would affect USF as this would help me chose between the schools.
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It's like a woman asking a guy why she should date him instead of someone else....in front of the other guy....when the guys are friends. If you can't see why that's a little awkward, I don't have another analogy
 
sb247 said:
It's like a woman asking a guy why she should date him instead of someone else....in front of the other guy....when the guys are friends. If you can't see why that's a little awkward, I don't have another analogy
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This reminds me of my dating life 🙂
 
sb247 said:
It's like a woman asking a guy why she should date him instead of someone else....in front of the other guy....when the guys are friends. If you can't see why that's a little awkward, I don't have another analogy
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Rel is known to be one of the few adcoms who is candid about his thoughts on other programs and how UCF measures up. Anyone who is familiar with Rel on SDN knows that he keeps up with the moves by other programs around the state and does not hesitate to share is opinion. Also, to be perfectly clear, the question was specifically directed at Rel and it is up to him, not you, to determine whether or not he feels comfortable answering my question.
 
aaaaand to bring the convo back to this wonderful application cycle: I'm complete! C'mon EFI… C'MON EFI!!!!! 🙂
 
My status disappeared. Where it would say application complete I got nothing. No email for change of status either. Maybe a glitch? Anyone else have this issue?
 
Captain Sisko said:
My status disappeared. Where it would say application complete I got nothing. No email for change of status either. Maybe a glitch? Anyone else have this issue?
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It happened to me when I went from on hold to complete. The next time I logged back in it was back.
 
Anyone else struggling with this secondary? The last essay seems to be another whole personal statement.. and two pages single spaced?!
 
I finally was verified today and received UCFs secondary today! Planning on submitting it by monday!!!
 
Captain Sisko said:
My status disappeared. Where it would say application complete I got nothing. No email for change of status either. Maybe a glitch? Anyone else have this issue?
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This may happen on even hours at the top of the hour for 2-3 minutes as the system resets.
 
REL, I wish every school had someone like you on the threads willing to answer our questions!!!

Do you know when 1st interviews will start to go out for regular decisions? Have the admission committee started looking at complete applications?

Thank you!
 
gobigorgohome22 said:
REL, I wish every school had someone like you on the threads willing to answer our questions!!!

Do you know when 1st interviews will start to go out for regular decisions? Have the admission committee started looking at complete applications?

Thank you!
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I can't comment on what will happen this year with certainty, but last year I remember the first interview invitations went out in the middle/towards the end of the third week of August. Usually, they try to schedule interviews about 3 weeks in advance.
 
neuronerd24 said:
Anyone else struggling with this secondary? The last essay seems to be another whole personal statement.. and two pages single spaced?!
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I was at first, but once I got going it flowed pretty well. Just start writing things you want to say, then edit and piece them together afterwards.
 
Are secondary application invites sent out in batches on certain dates? My primary application has been verified for about a week but haven't received an email from UCF. I'm still waiting on my score, so could that be why I haven't received an email/invite?
 
azngujuonfire said:
Are secondary application invites sent out in batches on certain dates? My primary application has been verified for about a week but haven't received an email from UCF. I'm still waiting on my score, so could that be why I haven't received an email/invite?
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Currently a 3 person office with 2 in the office this week and next week. Things will get a bit slow...but we'll git 'er caught up really soon. If you have at or above minimum requirements you will get a supplemental app.
 
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