{"id":12719,"date":"2024-01-19T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/?post_type=faq&p=12719"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:49:00","slug":"how-do-i-appeal-a-merit-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/question\/how-do-i-appeal-a-merit-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I appeal a merit scholarship?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merit scholarship funding is limited. On average, just 20% of admitted students are offered a merit scholarship. Awarding is based primarily upon the student\u2019s academic credentials. It is typical of students awarded a scholarship to have earned test scores and grades above the admitted fall FTIC average of 1370 SAT, 30 ACT, 96 CLT and 4.32 GPA. Most awardees will have presented only A\u2019s and B\u2019s throughout their high school career, however, no one factor guarantees or excludes a student from being awarded a merit scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

Admitted First-Time-in-College (FTIC) students for summer and fall who met the October 15 Early Action application and November 15 Material Submission deadlines will be evaluated by the Scholarship Committee in the first round of scholarship reviews. If scholarship funding remains after the initial award round, the Scholarship Committee may review admitted FTIC students whose application files were completed after November 15<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students may submit an appeal to the Scholarship Committee if one of the following conditions are met:<\/strong><\/p>\n