Prestige vs. Comfortability

Applying to College
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<p>Clearly, the debate on FSU or UF has been covered many times before, but I honestly can't decide which reasons are more essential to my education in biochemistry before medical school... Also, I'm definitely wanting the honors program for either of the schools. </p>

<p>FSU:
- Liked the school for years
- Cousin's orientation made me feel great
- Decent biology program
- Adequate medical school
- Really nice people
- Beautiful dorms and campus
- Good honors program</p>

<p>UF:
- Just recently got a liking for it
- Great academics (higher ranked)
- Very good biology program
- Top 50 medical school (Shands is wonderful)
- People are nice
- Dorms are fine
- Honors program isn't that great
- Getting to like it... and could definitely get used to it fast.</p>

<p>What do I choose...? What's best for my future and a place that I could get used to relatively fast and love...? Or a place where I already feel comfortable and excited for, but wouldn't give me the better education?</p>

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<p>Have you been accepted by both, and need to decide so that you can enroll this fall?</p>

<p>If you haven’t applied yet, don’t worry about this just now. Apply to both, visit both, find out which accepts you and whether you get into the honors program or not, whether you get more financial aid at one place or another, etc. etc. Then decide.</p>

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<p>I’m applying in the fall. Okay, that sounds like a good deciding factor. Even with Florida Prepaid, surely there are some costs that will arise. Thank you.</p>