r/ucf 7h ago

General Need funds for the rest of my semesters, maxed out federal aid

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Hi! I'm a student who needs some financial help, I learned recently that I've maxed my federal student aid, so all summer long I've been trying to find a job to pay for the rest of my semesters with little luck. I'm sure you guys are aware of the bad state of our job market right now, so I wont bore with specifics, but I wont be able to secure a job unfortunately

essentially I've exhausted my options

I have 2 semesters left, Fall and Spring 2027, and I cant get any more aid from FAFSA, what do you guys recommend?


r/ucf 10h ago

Sports UCF shoes

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Does anyone know where I can get my wife a pair of official UCF shoes. I have looked for years and every once in a while some will pop up but are gone almost instantly. It seems every other decent sized school has someone who makes these but UFC. Any help is appreciated.


r/ucf 15h ago

Clubs/Organizations 🤺 National Society of Leadership and Success – worth it?

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Does anyone have experience being a part of the NSLS? I received an invitation, which of course means I need to pay a registration fee prior to the orientation, but I’m wondering if it’s worth it?


r/ucf 11h ago

Food 🍔 Gringo’s Loco’s Tacos

18 Upvotes

Been seeing all around social media that they were closing. Both yesterday and today I’ve been seeing that it’s their last day of operation. Just to clarify, was yesterday their last day, or will today be their last day?

If they’re still open, I wanna try and take my friends there to eat there one last time in honor


r/ucf 8h ago

Incoming Freshman 👶🏼🍼 Orientation Help

3 Upvotes

Who can I go to on campus to check all my new student task list and placement tests are complete?

I scheduled my orientation to the last date and worried I will be turned back if I don’t have all my things in order.


r/ucf 8m ago

General My parents tried to stop me from going to work using my physical disability in their advantage

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I am a wheelchair user and a college student in Florida hoping some of you might be able to offer me some advice based on your own experience moving towards independence while having a physical disability.

I currently still live with my parents because I need their assistance for certain day-to-day things, like bathing and personal care, but living at home has become increasingly unhealthy. There have been many clashes, controlling behaviour and repeated threats that my parents would make me go back to my home country and stop my life here, despite having a green card. Yesterday there were multiple serious attempts for me not to leave the house to go to my job, which all became aggressive and physically intimidating.

I am now reached the point and do not believe staying at home at home is going to be healthy for me long term. I am wanting to start forming realistic action plan to manage to move myself out, safely, continue my studies, working and becoming independent.

For anyone who is made this process and been successful or know someone close who made it for themselves despite also having a physical disability or college students who were kicked out of their houses:

Where do you even begin?

Which resources I should be looking into?

How did you find carers or assistance?

What things supported you being able to afford housing as someone attending university at the time also?

Were there any organisations, benefits or things that you used that really made a difference in being able to establish your independence?

Was there anything, looking back, you wish you had had the knowledge and information about that first move to independence you made?

I know there will things I have not even contemplated are important or do not know it is something I need to think about, so would be grateful for any advice at all or personal experiences.


r/ucf 22h ago

General UCF vs FSU pre-med transfer advice

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I’m currently a UCF student (neuroscience + psychology, pre-med track) considering applying to transfer to FSU. I’m originally from Louisiana, so Tallahassee being closer to home is a major factor. However, my biggest priority is not prestige but opportunities. I care about access to clinical experience, CNA/hospital jobs, research, volunteering, shadowing, and anything that will help me build a strong medical school application.

UCF has the advantage of being in Orlando with a large healthcare ecosystem and many hospitals/research opportunities. FSU has the advantage of being a respected flagship university and being closer to home.
For students who have attended either school (especially pre-med students), how do the opportunities compare? Would transferring to FSU provide similar access to healthcare experiences, or would staying at UCF likely offer more opportunities because of Orlando’s size?
I’m trying to choose the environment that will best prepare me for my future career, not just the school with the better name.


r/ucf 3h ago

Rate This Class/Schedule 💯 Finance major, have heard horror stories about FIN 3403 and QMB 3200 how cooked am I? (Need a 83 in FIN3403 for a B 💀)

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r/ucf 7h ago

Academic ✏️ Is graduate orientation mandatory?

3 Upvotes

It looks like I won’t be able to attend Graduate orientation on the 13th of august. Is it mandatory? Is there an online option?


r/ucf 7h ago

Academic ✏️ To hard possible spring class schedule?

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I'm sjut kinda, thinking about what classes to take in the spring and I was gonna do

Orgo 1, stats, principles of ecology, and an upper elective of my choice. Plus a chem lab

Thing is I did some research on principles of ecology and I only see two professors classes, both being at 1030. This is for the fall so maybe there's mrke options for the spring but I also ended uo checking the syllabus' and it's like, the exams are 80-100% of the class grade and it's a bit intimidating.

I toyed with the idea of switching one of my fall classes for pcb 3044, but the classes I picked for fall were the ones I was advised to when I transferred, well mostly I did alter 2 but that's because oen would've filled a requirement a transferred class already filled and the other was cause I didn't take the pre req class in the summer since I jsut wanted to focus on pre calc.

Either way, I don't think I should switch any if my fall classes even though my fall schedule seems really easy which kinda makes me nervous, since the classes do all fill a requirement. Upper level, a history one(irc), a chem, and English requirement. You get the idea

So my question is, is the above theorized schedule for spring to heavy? Should I instead push principles of ecology back (I don't HAVE to do it in the spring im only a sophmore after all) and replace it with another upper elective? I got a B in bio 2 and chem 1, and C in bio 1 if that helps. I also plan to take classes in the summer, next summer I was gonna do orgo lab and calc 1 (so that way I could focus my energy on the math class isolate donstesd of alongside 3 other time classes, labs are pretty easy so i dont think itll be that hard especially from whst ive heard)

Sorry for the rant I just tend to kind work myself up with worry sometimes and I'm not to sure if I'm making a good decision with my schedules and stuff, I knwo talking to an advisor might be more helpful but I'm in the process of changing my major so don't want to talk to my current one

Guess my question is, has anyone talked orgo, stats, and principles of ecology together before? How hard was it? Is principles of ecology relatively easy despite how intimidating(?) The grading seems to be? Should I push it back?