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<p>A lot matters where you go for undergrad…without a successful undergrad career, med school won’t be obtainable…P2N mentioned “saving money for grad school” but if you don’t get the grades to get there, it is for not (props to P2N’ D, great to hear of her success).</p>

<p>OK, the Common Data Set thread is really hard to get through and find the info. How about we put the three schools you mentioned together and everyone can look at the cold facts as reported by them, without Bernie Machen’s input (maybe that is where the Gators are…still trying to explain his ratings).</p>

<p>[Office</a> of Institutional Research - Florida State University](<a href=“http://www.ir.fsu.edu/surveys.cfm?ID=common_data]Office”>http://www.ir.fsu.edu/surveys.cfm?ID=common_data)</p>

<p>[Office</a> of Institutional Planning and Research - UF Factbook](<a href=“http://www.ir.ufl.edu/OIRAPPS/CDS/data.asp]Office”>Office of Institutional Planning and Research - UF Factbook)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www6.miami.edu/planning-research/CDS0809.pdf[/url]”>http://www6.miami.edu/planning-research/CDS0809.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Please pay attention to a couple of things regarding UMiami</p>

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<li><p>Admission stats. UM admission rate is lower than UF/FSU. SAT/ACT 25/75 scores are higher than the state schools. UF gives a “GPA range” in its average GPA which doesn’t say if it is higher than UM’s 4.2 since the top end of their given 25/75 range is 4.3. UF boosters will point to the GPA averages and class rank, but 57% of UM’s students are OOS, most notably from the Northeast. UF/FSU are over 90% in-state. I would, with Bright Futures and UF’s top 5% preference expect this. </p></li>
<li><p>Student to faculty ratios: At 11 to 1, UMiami’s is almost half the state schools, who are in the 20-20.5 students to faculty ratio</p></li>
<li><p>Class Size: Over 50% of UMiami’s classes are 2-19 students…the state schools have the opposite, over 50% or more in the 20+ range, especially UF</p></li>
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<p>Use all this data to make your own decisions…poster will have their own opinions, but absolute, unsupported statements of the “XXX is more selective or XXX Faculty is weak” wilt under analysis.</p>