<p>FL - You have an interesting mix of talents. That’s a good thing. It’s possible that you will like the diverse academics at USF. I personally like STEM school, like WPI, but many of my friends preferred a university setting. </p>
<p>AP physics (or chem) would have been more helpful for engineering prep, but perhaps the AP Bio will get you some elective credit at college. Good luck! </p>
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<p>What about Florida A&M with the big automatic scholarship?</p>
<p>Have you considered the brand-spanking-new Florida Polytech in Lakeland? Tuition was FREE this year. Not sure about next year, but it is bound to have many incentives.</p>
<p>I did look at Florida PolyTech! I liked it, but I’m hesitate to apply to a school that only has 6 majors. That’s too much of a commitment.</p>
<p>Florida Polytechnic does not have any ABET accreditation. If you want free, Florida A&M has many ABET accredited engineering majors.</p>
<p>If you can, visit (and tour) USF and UCF. Since Lakeland is on the way from south Florida, you should also try to visit Florida Poly, for no other reason that to check out the construction of a new university.</p>
<p>FAMU (engineering) vs. USF/UCF/FIU/FAU/UNF, etc. While FAMU offers the automatic scholarships, the other state schools offer competitive merit scholarships. When you combine low in-state tuition rates with these merit scholarships, it leads to FAMU having a hard time competing for high stat in-state students. </p>
<p>FAMU (engineering) vs. FSU. This choice is interesting, since FSU is far less likely to offer merit scholarships, than UCF/USF, etc, yet the FAMU/FSU engineering school would offer the same engineering programs/faculty to students at both schools.Still, FSU’s campus/reputation seems to be far more appealing to many students, so they are likely to pay the premium to attend FSU (vs. FAMU).</p>
<p>What Gator says about FAMU-FSU Joint Engineering College is true. The school is jointly operated but each university separately runs their program. How this actually works and how they could imagine that it would work smoothly is beyond me, but the school has been around for years now.</p>
<p>I notice that FAMU engineering students have won some prestigious awards/internships (I read their Engineering Newsletter a while back), and some of the faculty research projects at FSU look interesting. The money FAMU offers is quite tempting for a STEM student, especially when you consider that you’ll get the same engineering education, whether it’s FAMU or FSU. Just to be clear, there is just one physical campus for the E-school and it is separate from both the FAMU and FSU campuses.</p>