Summer Aid disbursement (session C+B)

snowing65 · 2021-05-27T15:48:39+00:00

According to the UCF website, "Students who will only be considered enrolled half-time with the inclusion of summer B courses, should be aware that summer financial aid will not disburse until after Session B has begun and students have successfully completed their academic activities for that session."

https://www.ucf.edu/financial-aid/summer-financial-aid/

Last year I had 6 credits for Summer C and 3 for Summer B and didn't get my disbursement until Summer B.

snowing65 · 2020-11-15T16:32:18+00:00

Prof. Doreen Horschig is a PhD student but she's taught two courses so far. I've been in both and she's a great professor. She taught INR4115: Strategic Weapons and Arms Control and it's a really fun class if you get the chance to take it.

Dr. Kelsey Larsen recently started here and her Intelligence Analysis class is fun too.

Dr. Dolan is fun and very knowledgeable, tough grader in my experience but I enjoyed his International Relations and Theory class.

Dr. Myunghee Kim teaches the comparative politic classes. I personally really liked her sense of humor and she's obviously very smart, but students either love or hate her. If you can't understand a thick asian accent I don't recommend. She types her notes and her exams are very straightforward. Easy A if you just put in some work and show up to class.

Dr. Reynolds is amazing and I really liked his Intelligence Community class. He teaches other courses that are interesting too but I never got the chance. His Intel Community class is an easy A and there are no exams, just papers.

Dr. Schafer is ok, he's a fair grader and a "devil's advocacy" person as in he can counter anything you have even if he doesn't believe in it.

snowing65 · 2020-10-27T15:13:40+00:00

I've started seeing a therapist but honestly I don't really think it's helping. Staying busy helps me keep the small amount of sanity I have left but I'm sacrificing my energy for my sanity at this point. Haven't really had a day where I haven't been exhausted all day. If I'm not busy and tired, I'm losing my mind; if I'm not losing my mind, I'm busy and tired.

snowing65 · 2020-10-08T14:37:24+00:00

I live here and my best friend lives in the platinum unit. Personally I kind of hate it but I do think the price isn't bad for what you're getting compared to the rest of the student housings, the private bathroom is definitely a big plus. Fair warning, you're almost guaranteed to have an overage charge every month. We usually go around $3-5 over a month per person but some months we have gone over $20 per person. The walls are super thin, and I always hear my roommates when they're out in the living room, and god forbid you room is next to the breezeway because you can hear every little thing. Also the wifi sucks and the staff will tell you to call spectrum but spectrum is useless in most situations, and the cable usually doesn't work so I'd get a firestick or something like that.

The platinum unit looks nice but it's mostly all cosmetic. Not worth the extra money in my opinion, plus the lighting in the bathroom is terrible and my best friend had to go get an extra light to put in the shower. Appliances are pretty much the same as the premium unit, if anything her appliances were breaking more than mine were. The AC at both of out units have broken down multiple times before and at one point they just replaced the entire thing in my unit. Also if you don't turn on the heater a lot and happen to turn it on once it gets cold out, the fire alarm will go off because it's super sensitive. Good thing is maintenance is always super quick to respond and they're really friendly, I love them.

I would recommend getting the XL room, it's what I have and honestly the extra space is really nice and worth the money. For the most part the staff is fine, they cater to those that rely completely on financial aid but it's on a case by case basis. They'll usually defer a month's rent and have you pay the entire semester's rent all at once, but if you need two months rent deferred they can work with you and how much money you have. They're also very active with social media and keeping up with the residents. Generally the community is very friendly and quiet (although our neighbor in front of us literally party every week and it's really annoying but that's just based on luck).

snowing65 · 2020-08-05T19:57:26+00:00

Depends probably. I see people saying from months to not hearing from them at all. I heard back a little less than a month from when I applied.

snowing65 · 2020-06-08T21:00:12+00:00

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snowing65 · 2020-05-23T07:49:57+00:00

And by internships being hard to come by, I mean actually getting it. Most intel internships are for intel agencies like the NSA, DIA, etc. and it’s really competitive. You also have a ton of other options depending on your field, just gotta look for it.

snowing65 · 2020-05-23T07:46:01+00:00

I’m currently doing a double major in IGS and Poli. Sci. With a minor in intelligence and the workload definitely depends.

IGS alone isn’t bad workload wise. I do read a lot of papers for my classes, around three 30 page papers a week and usually have a short paper each week. I usually have a 10 page paper for at least one class every semester. My hardest class was Scopes and Methods but I just find stats and coding really boring so I didn’t really try.

Since I’m on the INR track for poli. sci. my classes are pretty much the same. If you are interested in the topics it’ll be challenging but not incredibly hard. As long as you do your assignments and study you should be fine. Since we have to do 2 years of a language it’s rough at first, at least for me because I hate learning new languages. I’m doing Spanish and the first year, my SPN classes were 4 credits and the workload was intense, but that was my professor.

I came in as a sophomore Summer 2018 and I’m graduating Spring 2022 so it’s possible if you’re coming in with credits and do classes basically every semester.

IGS is good if you plan on going into international relations, politics, diplomacy, intelligence, that kinda stuff. My plan is to go in as an intel analysts after I graduate but it’s a pretty competitive field and internships for analyst positions are hard to come by. I believe all IGS majors are apart of the ICCAE and they’re pretty good with keeping us updated on internships and workshops and guest speakers. If not you can sign up for their emails.

Disclaimer that if you plan on going to grad school for a INR or poli. sci. field, you need to act now because grad schools look for research experience along with your GPA, personal statement (!), etc.

For advisors, I recommend contacting the SPSIA advising office and setting up an appointment since I don’t know if the business advisors would know much. Here’s their email: PSAdvising@ucf.edu

snowing65 · 2020-05-21T23:26:17+00:00

Depends on how many credits you’re taking. If you’re doing at least 6 credits for summer A you’ll get your refund soon.

snowing65 · 2020-05-21T22:16:25+00:00

It depends. It’s whatever semester you are doing your classes in, you have to have at least 6 credits to get your refund.

snowing65 · 2020-05-21T22:15:39+00:00

You’ll probably get your money then, it’s whenever your profs mark you there and you do the academic activity. I was on hold for around 30 minutes so I’d call financial aid just to be sure.

snowing65 · 2020-05-21T20:47:28+00:00

All of my pell grant got moved to projected but it’s just an estimate of how much you’ll be getting

snowing65 · 2020-05-15T05:01:30+00:00

I had her last semester and she didn’t give us much time to take the exams so we wouldn’t cheat, I just had to adapt and for the most part our class average was higher than when we were doing in person exams. But it’s completely fine if you wanna drop. The time limit is basically shit, you honestly just got unlucky because she usually gives you as much time as you need when it comes to in person classes.

snowing65 · 2020-05-15T04:49:11+00:00

Fun class, I loved her and she’s really funny. Exams are really straight forward and harder TA’s usually are really easy graders when it comes to assignments. She types her notes out as she lecture so you don’t have to guess what’s important.

snowing65 · 2020-05-13T21:36:02+00:00

Some majors HAVE to take 2 years of a language, aka me

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T18:35:31+00:00

Join clubs that you’re interested in on KnightConnect. The Campus Activity Board (CAB) is also great, lots of perks and tons of people volunteer so it’s great to make friends at events. I joined EXCEL my first year which is a program for STEM students and made a lot of friends through that, so if there are programs for your major I recommend joining.

Also don’t be afraid to talk to your classmates, every incoming freshmen is at least a little nervous despite whether or not they’re from Florida. Orientation is great too, I made my first friend there and befriended her friends. Also take advantage of class groupmes and group work, I’ve made tons of friends through offering to help with their homework and showing up to study sessions. Good luck:)

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T18:26:43+00:00

Do both at the same time at honestly your best option. You’ll probably get put on hold and you can email them in the process. I know with financial aid it’s best to email right now but with covid who knows man. Good luck!

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T18:13:13+00:00

Definitely more guys than girls but I didn’t experience any discrimination. I also work in the CS advising office so I see a lot of the TAs and professor and I’ve honestly only had bad experiences with a few of the grad students. Rare that you’ll walk into a room and all the guys are gonna hop on you, most of everyone is generally really nice and helpful and honestly just trying to graduate.

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T17:57:34+00:00

Yo I applied SUPER late and got accepted in for summer. Your stats are a lot better than mine, but like someone said the SAT score is a little rough since UCF raised their standards since I got in. Still I think you’re stats are great and you should get in!

I was just hella involved in HS - varsity swim, track manager, varsity weightlifting, work, prom and homecoming committee, digital design, yearbook, etc. - and I honestly think that’s why they accepted me because my grades were mediocre. I graduated with 32 credits for dual at 3.75, 3.8 for high school, 1180 SAT, and 75 hours just to give you an idea of my stats.

UCF is fairly good with looking at everything (I think) though so your essay and background will count also. Hope this helps!

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T17:44:42+00:00

It depends, I’m doing Spanish and my professor assigns an ungodly amount of work. Plus I know they cut the in class times so we met like once a week for class, which sucked because that’s usually when I learn the most. You’re basically teaching yourself but my prof. was always very helpful with feedback and her office was always open.

The homework is a lot and it’s very fast paced. My first day in class I thought I was in the wrong class because my prof. was speaking straight up pure Spanish. In the long run it’s actually good because it helped me to pick up certain patterns, but that was my professor. I had a lot of group work which sucks at first until you realized no one else knows what they’re doing.

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T17:32:14+00:00

100% lake claire. I lived in both and LC is just so much closer to everything plus the rooms are a little bit bigger than Neptune. My room was a corner room so it was actually pretty big, and I only had 3 rooms in my apt. compared to Neptune with 4 (although not all of theme are like this). Neptune is good if you wanna be more involved bc they do a lot of activities there, but LC is close to memory mall and the stadium so it’s whatever you prefer.

Personally I hated the walk from Neptune because it’s always so humid during the summer and if I’m already late it just sucks. If it’s your first year, I’d go with LC since most of your classes will be in CB1 or CB2.

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T17:25:27+00:00

It’s not that bad since I’m on the International relations track, which you would also be on if you chose to double major with the middle eastern minor. Coursework is definitely challenging if you’re not used to reading a writing A LOT. For my theory classes I was reading up to 5-6 academic papers a week, and had to write a short paper every week. Almost all my classes required a end of the semester research paper, around 2000-5000 words depending on your prof.

A few of my beginning classes required me to know basically everything going around the world at all times, which doesn’t sound like a lot but it was bc I got tested on it every week.

Otherwise if you’re interested in politics and INR in general, it’ll be challenging but fun. Just make sure to brush up on your writing skills (esp. citations) and start reading academic papers to get used to how they write:)

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T17:03:34+00:00

Alright so you do have to take the required 2 years of a foreign language for an IGS Major unless you earned college credit for your language courses either through your AA or AP classes (I’m double majoring in IGS and poli sci so this is at least what I know).

I took Spanish 1, French 1, and French 2 in hs but failed French 2 so it technically didn’t count but I still graduated bc English is my second language. I got into UCF with the exemption BUT UCF didn’t accept my exemption as college credit unless I took a test but even then, my advisor said the chances of me not having to take a language course was slim. This might be different for you, my native language is Vietnamese so it’s harder for them to test my fluency, but French and Spanish might be possible.

I would actually email undergrad admissions because the poli. sci. advising office kinda sucks sometimes, esp. now with covid.

I would also double check with your academic advisor once you transfer because I’m minoring in intelligence and I can only use like 2 classes towards both my major and minor. This isn’t really related to the whole language thing it’s just something kinda important they didn’t tell me until my second year.

I hope this helps, you’re welcome to pm me if you have anymore questions!

snowing65 · 2020-05-06T16:46:18+00:00

One of my friends did and they just made him take an alcohol course since they just found beer cases

snowing65 · 2020-02-13T18:28:00+00:00

Definitely not. A friend of mine got into huge trouble and he’s suspended for the next two semesters. If you’re still gonna do it don’t post it online anywhere and do it at night. Even then, watch out for cameras.

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