<p>FSU is more student friendly. There are many things to do on campus as well as many places to eat (restaurants, sushi bars, etc). Students are warmer and friendlier as a result. UF tends to breed more competitiveness and rivalry. Most things to do are off campus. Students tend to stick to their own groups. However, Warrington School of Accounting is well known.</p>
<p>I got into both Universities and chose FSU over UF, this was because of the campus and the attitude of the students. UF students seemed to be a little more arrogant and I felt that the FSU campus was much more inviting.</p>
<p>Academics- hands down, UF. Let's face it, FSU is full of people that got rejected from UF, unless you planned on majoring in the arts, FSU has top-notch art programs. </p>
<p>Athletics- Lately? UF...National championships abound. </p>
<p>Partying- FSU had that locked up for awhile...but the latest ratings say no. Both cities have great bar scenes. </p>
<p>Town- Tally-big city, capitol. G-ville- hard-core college town, everything revolves around the school, even the city recycling bins are orange and blue. And no matter what anyone says...both are full of hicks!</p>
<p>Clearly, I go to UF, but all of this is true.</p>
<p>As an FSU graduate with family graduating from both schools...</p>
<p>UF is not a hands-down step over FSU. Totally wrong. Both have strengths and weaknesses, but Florida State recently received:
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The undergraduate Accounting Program is ranked No. 25 and the graduate Accounting Program is ranked No. 23
among public and private institutions by the prestigious annual rankings of the Public Accounting Report. (2007)
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See: <a href="http://cob.fsu.edu/pdf/cobfastfacts.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://cob.fsu.edu/pdf/cobfastfacts.pdf</a></p>
<p>Go 'Noles!</p>
<p>What about their medical schools? Does anyone have any info on their schools???</p>
<p>Thanks!
Sandi</p>
<p>FSU has a state-of-the art school of medicine</p>
<p>I go to FSU and was torn between UF and Fsu. I was accepted to both as were many of my friends. The ones who chose FSU over UF were like me in that they were impressed by how nice the campus is. Its super pretty here and ofcourse it has a couple “not so attractive places”, but for the most part tallahassee rocks. You have to drive around the city to see some of the nicer parts. But either way FSU’s campus (the place where you will spend most of your time) is 10 to 1 nicer than UF’s campus.</p>
<p>Gville is boring for most part and is extremely dirty. The streets are filled with garbage from the parties and the campus doesn’t bring much to the table.</p>
<p>To the OP,
You mention that you didn’t think UF was very “competative”. Before you assume admissions, realize that the average SAT of accepted students is above 1335 and GPA is above 4.0. The gropu of applicants with a 1070-1300 )1185 average) SAT still had only a 38% admit rate. For that matter, FSU isn’t that easy to get into either. But assuming automatic acceptance to Florida when you say your high school transcripts “limit you” could be dangerous, unless you have 1350+ SAT or you’re a minority.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/frprofile.html[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ugrad/frprofile.html</a></p>
<p>Any Yes, UF is ranked #47 (Tie with Penn State and U-Texas) overall by USNEWS (Although I have a lot of problems with this ranking and feel UF is underranked by 10-15 slots)has a “Top” business department:</p>
<p>For overall Undergrad business, US is ranked by US NEWS ranks Florida #25 overall and #15 among publics.</p>
<p>For Accounting, US NEWS ranks Florida # 18 overall and #12 among publics.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cba.ufl.edu/rankings.asp[/url]”>http://www.cba.ufl.edu/rankings.asp</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa/about/rankings.asp[/url]”>http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa/about/rankings.asp</a></p>
<p>UF also has an MBA ranked #37 by USNEWS and the GMAT score of 690 is #20 of ALL US MBA programs, even edging out Cornell by an insignifigant margin.
<a href=“http://www.floridamba.ufl.edu/Press/rankings.asp[/url]”>http://www.floridamba.ufl.edu/Press/rankings.asp</a></p>
<p>So, yes for business, UF is a great first choice for almost ANY applicant.</p>
<p>And the most important factor if you want to go the accounting route is CPA pass rate where UF grads almost double the national average of 27%-</p>
<p>[About</a> FSOA - Fisher School of Accounting - Warrington College of Business Administration](<a href=“http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa/about/rankings.asp]About”>http://www.cba.ufl.edu/fsoa/about/rankings.asp)</p>
<p>For direct comparison:</p>
<p>University of Florida pass rare (2005-2007)- 47.5%
Florida State pass rate (2005-2007)- 43.7%</p>
<p>UF has a 9% edge over FSU on CPA pass rate (47.5/43.7 = ~1.09)</p>
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<p>Haha. While this may be a slight exaggeration, there is much truth to this statement. That being said, UF > FSU, which makes FSU look even worse.</p>
<p>The point is that outside the state of Florida, both schools are totally irrelevant.</p>
<p>FSU has a pretty strong accounting program.
I echo the sentiments of others who have said that it is negligible. Go with whatever school you would be happiest at.</p>
<p>As for the people talking about “rednecks”, it is pretty obvious from this thread who the most ignorant people are.</p>
<p>Truth be told, pass your CPA and it won’t matter if you went to Harvard or north-south-east lousiana state.</p>
<p>Ha! I just noticed he OP’s post is dated 2004! Seems he/she has probably even graduated by now…</p>
<p>Hey guys! Anyone know how good the International Relations/Political Science programs are at these schools? Any idea which one might have the upper hand?</p>
<p>Right now my first choice is Georgetown, but they’re sucky with aid so I’ll probably end up staying in Florida. That being said, which one would be better for this major? Thanks! (:</p>
<p>For political science, FSU wins hands down. Even UF grads will admit to that.</p>
<p>I’m still debating on whether or not I should go to FSU. If UF plans to reject me, than FSU is my last resort. Does anyone here know which school is the best as far as biomedical engineering goes?</p>
<p>Generally, UF is stronger in engineering than FSU. However, go visit FSU: [FSU</a> Undergraduate Academic Program Guide](<a href=“http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/engineering_biomedical.html]FSU”>http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/engineering_biomedical.html)</p>
<p>If you’re indifferent between the two, pick the cheaper option</p>
<p>Barring certain programs, I wouldn’t understand why anybody would go to FSU over UF.</p>
<p>The general perception at my high school is that FSU is the school for UF rejects.</p>
<p>When I was in high school in the 1970s we thought UF was only for farmers.</p>