<p>Alright. I have been accepted into both Pace University in New York City and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Now it comes down to my decision. New York City is where I want to be more than anything, however, upon visiting Pace, the atmosphere seemed very "high-schoolish". Maybe I was expecting too much though? I had only visited top 50 universities until this point. While Pace does cost substantially more money than UCF, I was offered admission into their honors college with a good amount of scholarships. I plan to major in Computer Science. I could go to Pace with a minimal amount of debt and be in the city of my dreams, but I don't want to be picking the school based solely on it's location. UCF's honor's college requires an application which I will be sending in soon. Another thing is the academic quality of the schools. I have heard pretty good things about UCF and their programs, but I cannot say the same for Pace. Many of the forums online do not speak highly of it. Is that just because of the other universities, such as Columbia and NYU, in the NYC area that overshadow it?. Pace's acceptance rate is also a whopping 86% which kind of scares me. Pace is, however, ranked in the top 5 colleges for undergraduate internships and has some impressive alumni. So obviously they are doing something right? I'm just don't know what to do. Both schools are ranked about the same on U.S. News and Forbes. Does that mean both have similar academic quality? </p>
<p>If anyone was wondering, my stats are:
SAT Single Sitting: 1960
SAT Superscore: 1980
Highest Scores: CR680 M650 W650
GPA: 3.67UW 4.032W</p>
<p>Should I be aiming higher than these schools? They both offered me money so that is kind of why it has come down to these 2.</p>
<p>I do need to visit UCF first. For all I know, there atmosphere may be the same.</p>
<p>But anyways, what do you guys think is my best option? </p>