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april sometime
2015-2016 University of Central Florida Application Thread
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According to REL's most recent waitlist update "You should receive information from the Scholarship Committee by the middle of March."
Anyone looking into 2nd look? I've planned a trip the following week to look for housing and show off the campus a bit
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Does anyone here know if UCF requires parental tax information on the fafsa form?
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I'm also wondering this myself. I have another school that requires parental tax information, but some that say that it won't help you. What would be the best thing to do in this case? Just put parental information anyway?
UCF does not require parental information. During my interview they told us that they understand many will enter it because other schools will require it, but they still won't look at the parent info. I'd go ahead and enter it if your other school needs it.
Anyone else get the final decision email today? It seemed to state simply that the interview process was over but also implied that I was not offered an interview (despite attending one early on). Can we safely assume that this email was sent to everyone and that the current status on the portal trumps this email?
I did not receive an e-mail like that on my end and I believe that UCF announced their end to the interview season a couple weeks ago.
Maybe it was from UF? I am aware that they announced their end to the II season today.
Ah, good call
We did have our last interview for this cycle yesterday. It has been a very strong application year and there were many more that we would have like to have included this year. I truly appreciate all that have applied and wish that we could have done you better if you did not receive an invitation.
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Congratulations, classmate!
I got accepted last Wednesday too! I am in disbelief even still. Wondering how my wife and I are going to find a place to live with two dogs (one a doberman)...
UCF was my TOP pick of all the schools I applied to/ interviewed at.
@REL is it true that we will be getting financial aid updates some time this week/middle of this month? Thank you for all of your activity on this thread and willingness to answer our questions!!
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When I called both Laurel & John from the financial aid department, they said financial aid info should be rolling out within the next few weeks/throughout March because the committee was getting ready to meet soon.
Oh sweet! Thanks for the info! When did you call them?
Last Wednesday or Thursday, I think 🙂
I think it's always Wednesdays
oh dang.... now I feel like a dork. I told everyone at my work that "today's the day!!" haha
Actually, only accepted students will receive FA info. In looking at my last update I did say you should receive FA info by mid-March that was wayyyy off base (don't know where that came from!) Sorry.
Hello REL! So just to clarify, should accepted students expect to receive their financial aid information soon?
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If today was the last round of acceptances that would make the "Not Yet Accepted" list an official wait list now, right?
Yes it does. It also means that we are entering the phase where the Waitlist is in short-term lockdown. We will not visit it until we attrit down to 119; my guess is that th
On another note we are expecting another strong MATCH Day today! In the competitive early matchs of urology and ophthalmology, again we had all match that applied - 1 urology, 3 ophthal!
Can anyone or current UCF students shed some light on what kind of residency programs UCF has to offer, if any? Or what ties it has to institutions with competitive residency programs? I know it's still considered a new school so I'm not sure exactly what UCF has to offer. @REL if you have any information on this it would also be very helpful!
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I'm sure a current student or REL will provide a better overview but to my knowledge, as of right now, UCF offers one residency in internal medicine through Osceola Regional Medical Center and the Orlando VA. However, late last year they announced new plans to develop residencies throughout FL including Gainesville and Ocala in more areas including OB/GYN and family medicine, among others (if I remember correctly they said something about adding hundreds of residency spots over the next couple years?). In addition to that, I believe UCF has affiliations with the Florida Hospital and Orlando Health residencies, where the med students all do rotations at anyways as part of the clinical curriculum.
Although UCF is new, there should be zero doubts about the school's ability to support you in the future while securing a residency. If you haven't already, just wait till you see this year's match list. I don't think they've posted it on the website yet, but someone posted it in the accepted students Facebook page and it is beyond amazing! They matched at some amazing places including: Emory, Yale, Wake Forest, Sinai, Case, Mass. General, Baylor, Vanderbilt, and a bunch more.
I dont have a facebook and would love to see the matchlist. Can you post it on here?
Thanks!
I'm a current student and would be happy to answer any questions. I matched at my first choice residency program- a top 15 in the nation. Was very happy with my experience here. I've also requested to be on the FB page. Someone asked about finding a place to live with 2 dogs- the harder issue is breed restriction but I have a pit mix and was able to get into an apartment with creative re-naming and a side picture. You can likely find a house to rent without any restrictions without any problem. Several people in my class bought homes during M1 and sold with a profit this year in less than 30 days.
Does anyone know if we submit vaccination records? And has anyone been contacted about the urine drug screen? I got the background check done...I want to make sure I don't forget anything!
they sent me an email with a checklist/all the info we need to get done before orientation, including info about vaccinations and the drug screen. I'm sure you'll be getting it soon!
How long after your acceptance did you receive it? I was accepted early Feb.
hmm I was accepted earlier this month and received it recently. maybe shoot them an email if you're concerned?
Those emails are sent from Student Affairs and Student Services. I suspect that they send them out in batches and several were out last week after Match week was done.
So Student Affairs IS sending them out in batches and they should be coming soon. Also FA said that the Scholarship Committee has been making decisions in batches also. Several should be released this week, and more in the coming days/weeks.
With regard to scholarships etc., make sure that you review your offers. Sometimes a big scholarship still doesn't overcome the cost of that program, factor in all of the tuition/fees and cost of attendance. Also do not let a program convince you that you need to make a decision now!! You do not.
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Me three!! woohooo!!!!!
Just received mine as well!
I'm not sure if this is appropriate to ask, but would anyone be willing to share how much they got for financial aid? I'm just curious because the amount I received is rather small, even though I'm grateful for receiving anything in the first place, but financial aid is a big deal for me since I'm a disadvantaged applicant. Just wanted to gauge what UCF's offers look like. Hopefully this question doesn't rub anyone in the wrong way!
I'm not sure if this is appropriate to ask, but would anyone be willing to share how much they got for financial aid? I'm just curious because the amount I received is rather small, even though I'm grateful for receiving anything in the first place, but financial aid is a big deal for me since I'm a disadvantaged applicant. Just wanted to gauge what UCF's offers look like. Hopefully this question doesn't rub anyone in the wrong way!
They "recommend" that you keep your award information confidential. So if anyone were to share, it'd probably be best to PM! I am also disadvantaged and didn't get an exorbitant amount, however it's more than any other school has given me not even counting the fact that I'm in-state so its already a cheaper school to go to. I'm not sure how much disadvantaged plays into the scholarship process, it might be a lot or a little, but many med students come out with loans regardless so I imagine it's more merit-based. I don't know any other school that strives to give 100% of its students some type of aid though so that is super awesome!
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Got my packet too! A little over whelmed at what the cost is looking like for an out of state student.... But I guess that's what I signed up for....
